A new book titled, "The Longleaf Pine Ecosystem: Ecology,Silviculture, and Restoration," edited by Shibu Jose, Eric J. Jokela, andDeborah L. Miller of the University of Florida has just been published bySpringer Science of New York. This book is a state-of-the-art synthesis ofwhat we currently know about longleaf pine ecosystems and represents along-awaited update of the earlier classic longleaf pine book by Wahlenberg(1946).
Washington, D.C. - The American Tree Farm System® (ATFS), a program of the American Forest Foundation, has named Jo and Kathy Pierce of Cumberland County, Maine as the 2007 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year. The Pierces received the award during the 14th Annual National Tree Farmer Convention held in Madison, Wis. This annual ATFS award recognizes outstanding sustainable forest management on privately owned forestland.
Educators, policymakers, forestry and natural resource professionals and others interested in forest and agricultural biomass issues and opportunities will want to attend the “Status, Trends, and Future of the South's Forest and Agricultural Biomass” conference on August 29-31 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens.
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2006- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Chuck Conner today announced that sign-up for the $504.1 million Emergency Forestry Conservation Reserve Program (EFCRP) will start July 17, 2006. The program helps landowners and operators restore and enhance forestland damaged by the hurricanes that occurred in 2005.
Confronting the Cogongrass Crisis Across the South, will be convened in Mobile, AL November 7 and 8, at the Author R. Outlaw Mobile Convention Center. The conference will cover the most effective and efficient cogongrass management strategies and treatments for forests, preserves, rights-of-way, and pastures, and with direct utility for municipalities and parks.
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council, (NUCFAC) announces a new approach and format for the U.S. Forest Service's National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge cost share grant program:
The USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, will soon advertise a GS-12/13 Rural Forestry Program Manager position located in the Cooperative Forestry Unit, State & Private Forestry, the Regional Office, Region 8, Atlanta, GA. The Forester serves as Rural Forest Program Manager for the Rural Forestry Assistance Program, providing leadership, guidance, assistance, and administrative/technical direction throughout the thirteen-state Forest Service , Region 8 area.
The Request for Nominations letter seeking candidates to serve on the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council will be mailed early next week.
The Nontimber Forest Product Curriculum Workbook, written by Dr. Kathryn Lynch, is available through the Institute for Culture and Ecology website. This project was funded by the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry.
(this information provided by Project Learning Tree, American Forest Foundation)Washington, D.C. - Environmental education may not yet be mainstream by this 39th anniversary of Earth Day, but there is growing recognition that it should be, with record levels of new funding that would be proposed under U.S. Senate and House bills introduced yesterday as the "No Child Left Inside Act of 2009." The bills would provide $100 million in new grants to schools that have adopted environmental literacy plans to provide environmental and outdoor educational opportunities for students and professional development for teachers.
