Here’s the past week of all things forest, it’s your Forest Digest.

Trinity Forest in Dallas, Texas
The Great Trinity Forest has over 6000 acres of trees.
  • US Raises Concerns About Pipeline Through ForestsABC News
    The U.S. Forest Service, along with environmental groups, are opposing the placement of a natural gas pipeline from Ohio to North Carolina by several large energy conglomerates as it is currently planned, arguing that it will disrupt critical national forest lands.
  • Charter Forests Could Bring Innovation to Land ManagementHeartland News
    A new method for forest management has been proposed based on the charter school system, in which forests on federal land could be managed outside of the forest service and would be free from some of the requirements of national forest lands.