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10 years of successes and... learning experiences. Lincoln is here to share what we've learned about forest gardening so far, and introduce you to some rock ...
https://apnews.com/article/sycamore-gap-tree-hadrians-wall-britain-vandalism-cfd4e6d5bec32f5b89fc40b459b89cb1
Prosecutors in England say two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old tree that toppled over on Hadrian’s Wall.
https://www.startribune.com/ancient-legacy-tree-boundary-waters-minnesota-climate-change/600360250/?gift=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzYW1sX2lkIjoxMjMsImFydGljbGVfaWQiOjYwMDM2MDI1MCwic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9uX2lkIjoxMDkyNDA3OCwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnN0YXJ0cmlidW5lLmNvbS9naWZ0LWFydGljbGUvNjAwMzYwMjUwIiwiaWF0IjoxNzE0OTk2NzkxLCJleHAiOjE3MTYyMDYzOTF9.mgffcUv_uHc-JRG3MDa6-8n5PuBEhmMJKBiYNRQkJC0
The Legacy Tree has withstood windstorms, endured drought, dodged fires and even escaped the lumber mill, which leveled the surrounding forest — but it may not survive Minnesota’s future climate.
https://grist.org/agriculture/climate-change-tree-urban-city-arborists-heat-drought-native-species/
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/17/pheonix-arizona-hottest-city-tree-planting-shade
Phoenix broke several heat records last year. Now Grant Park, which has inequitable tree cover, is seeing a tree-planting drive that promises some respite from 100F temperatures
https://apnews.com/article/new-jersey-maple-syrup-trees-agriculture-stockton-6fe698eea78c598d9cc69c05383e82d6
Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/18/great-koala-national-park-logging-habitats
Another campaigner says state environment minister ‘refuses to do anything’ ahead of koala protection summit in Sydney
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/israel-afforestation-jnf-naqab-displacement/
Israel has long used forestation projects to push Palestinians off their lands. That has included the ongoing displacement of Bedouin people in the Naqab desert by a large tree-planting project, funded in large part by charitable donations from the US.
https://thewalrus.ca/cities-are-good-at-planting-trees-theyre-not-so-good-at-keeping-them/
One city managed to buck the trend, and its urban canopy is flourishing
https://time.com/6899903/how-trees-protect-the-planet/
"Trees are many things in our climate-fragile world: shields, indicators, educators, and managers," writes Daniel Lewis.