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Summer 2020
In this issue, venture to the Northern Rockies to learn what is being done to protect whitebark pines and all trees in high-elevation forests. Understand how trees and nature can provide psychological, educational and emotional benefits, and learn how American Forests’ Vice President of Urban Forestry, Ian Leahy, feels that trees have spoken to, and driven, him. Plus, explore how the Canada lynx and ocelot are connected by one river and the dire need for forest restoration.
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Summer 2020 Articles
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Offshoots: Finding Ourselves in the Forest
By Jad Daley Maine’s nearly 3,500 miles of coastal forests offer endless beauty and wonder. Credit: Courtesy of Jad Daley.
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Innovation: Turning Waste to Wealth with a Wood Reuse Economy
LARGE TREE BRANCHES and used timber piled up at Baltimore’s 5-acre forestry waste station called Camp Small. Many of the
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Place-Based Partnerships: American Forests and Intel Commit to King Fire Restoration
An intense wildfire ripped through this canyon in California, killing all the trees and leaving behind patches of barren land.
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Movement Building: Creating a Movement for Forest-Based Climate Solutions
Daley discusses the FCWG Policy Platform with members from both U.S. political parties in March. Credit: American Forests. THIRTEEN YEARS
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Partner Profile: Timberland
American Forests Named Timberland’s North American Tree Planting Partner Timberland’s 13-foot-tall boot brought crowds of people to American Forests’ booth
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Youth Profile: Alex Herr
Girl Scout Alex Herr Trailblazes Project to Get Youth Hiking Herr summiting Mt. Carrigain via the Signal Ridge Trail in
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Action Center: Show Your Love
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Washington Outlook: Support for City Trees Grows
With increasing funds for more trees in cities, more people will be able to experience the many benefits trees provide.
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The Understory: Playing Carbon Defense
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Forest Footnotes: Summer 2020
New Program Launches Amid Push for Stronger Urban Forestry Presence in Academia The country’s second urban forestry program will be
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Earthkeepers: A Return to His Initial Passion
Kittler recently traveled to northern Montana, just outside Glacier National Park, to meet the partners American Forests works with in
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Last Look: Our View
It’s been a strange spring, as most Americans have been sequestered in their homes because of COVID-19. But the experience
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Save Our Summits
The Fight to Protect High Mountain Forests By Jill Schwartz All images by Morgan Heim and Jenny Nichols unless otherwise
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Tree Think
How Forests Are Good for the Mind and Soul By Catherine Arnold People who spend time in nature often say
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Returning to a Land That Owns Us
By Ian Leahy Ian Leahy’s nephews play among the trees in the woods behind his childhood home in Royal Oak,
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Two Threatened Cats, 2,000 Miles Apart, with One Need: A Healthy Forest
By Katherine Gustafson Credit: Brad Latham DEEP IN THE RIO GRANDE NATIONAL FOREST in southwest Colorado, a Canada lynx steps
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