Currently, the MPCA is working on a health impact study of St. Paul’s existing management plan for emerald ash borer—see the full (existing) plan HERE. The HIA hopes to further inform the existing plan from a public health angle. See the MPCA’s lit. on Value of Trees, HERE. If you wantContinue Reading
The World Wildlife Fund, Mexico’s Environment Dept., and Natural Protected Areas Commission released a report that cites decline in population (to its lowest level since studies began in 1993) due to several factors: GMO crops Displacement of food (milkweed) Reduction in habitat (illegal logging in Mexico + urban sprawl inContinue Reading
You can expect EAB to persist in 2014 despite our Polar Vortex deep freeze. Here’s a press release from the Wisconsin DNR: Keep your Emerald Ash Borer plans in spite of cold weather A forest health expert says the ongoing frigid air hugging the state is not enough to wipeContinue Reading
Per MPLS park & rec: [Established] Trees Need an Inch of Water Every Week — Trees are thirsty all the way through fall “Minneapolis’ boulevard trees still need an inch of water every week throughout the summer and fall. Extremely dry conditions followed the spring and early summer rainfall that drenchedContinue Reading
The project is called SPRUCE (Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Climatic and Environmental Change) and is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. It’s a collaborative effort between the USDA Forest Service and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The planned experimental site is a bog within the Marcell ExperimentalContinue Reading