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In this issue, discover how replanting after the Camp Fire using climate-informed techniques could help forests better withstand the rising threats of climate change. Read about the need to plant billions of seedlings, but U.S. nurseries tasked with producing them face labor, infrastructure and other shortages. Plus, learn how growing trees and building healthy forests can breed jobs during the unemployment crisis.
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Fall 2020 Articles
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Offshoots: U.S. plants roots in global trillion trees movement
By Jad Daley The U.S. needs healthy and resilient forests more than ever, given that they are the best nature-based
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Donor Profile: Sheryl Gold
Advocate inspires with decades-long support of forests Sheryl Gold in her East Hampton, N.Y., backyard. Gold has been an advocate
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Youth Profile: Joshua Simon
Southern roots lead to career in urban forestry Joshua Simon is a master’s student studying environmental social science at the
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Action Center: How to choose the right tree for your yard
PLANTING A TREE on your property can be beneficial to you and your community. Trees lower your utility bills by
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The Understory: What is a forest carbon sink?
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Forest Footnotes: Fall 2020
#BlackBotanistsWeek — celebrating black people who love plants #BlackBotanistsWeek, a social media campaign, helped promote, encourage and create a safe
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Growing trees, growing jobs
How restoring forests across the United States can help address the unemployment crisis By Michele Kurtz After being incarcerated, William
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Place-Based Partnerships: La Sal del Rey planting prepares rare Texas thornforests for an uncertain future
La Sal del Rey sits atop an estimated 4 million tons of salt and is seven times saltier than the
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Earthkeepers: Rhode Island Governor, a Tree Equity champion
Raimondo volunteers at a tree planting event in Woonsocket, R.I. on Arbor Day 2019. Credit: Office of Governor Gina M.
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Washington Outlook: Two legislative wins on Capitol Hill for national forests
The 154 U.S. national forests cover a combined 188 million acres. This summer, the Great American Outdoors Act was signed
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Growing pains: the race to plant billions of trees
We need to plant billions of seedlings — soon — to bring our forests back to health. But with the
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Innovation: American Forests launches Tree Equity Score tool to help cities expand tree cover
Trees in the U.S. absorb 17.4 million tons of air pollutants, preventing 670,000 cases of asthma and other acute respiratory
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Movement Building: Global coalition strives to put forests at the forefront of climate solutions
Forests, and other natural solutions, can account for more than one-third of the global reduction in carbon emissions that is
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Last Look: The nature right around me
A CAREER DOCUMENTING WILDLIFE has taken Morgan Heim to exotic far-flung destinations, including the Himalayas, Thailand and Colombia. But when
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Replanting Paradise
The endeavor to grow forests that can take on the future impacts of climate change By Austin Rempel Wolfy Rougle,
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