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News Articles: forests

A longleaf pine forest on private land in Middle Georgia.

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  • Environment

Longleaf pine growth on the rise in Georgia and the Southeast, study finds

Conservation efforts are to thank, but natural regrowth remains slow.

December 25, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Dr. Erin McCullough collecting dung beetles in Massachusetts in July.

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  • Science

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor

Creating a census of the dung beetles of Massachusetts gives clues into the health of forests and fields.

November 22, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel

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  • Science

Deer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou

Wildlife ecologists have seen white-tailed deer expanding their range in North America over many decades. And since the early-2000s these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western Canada. These forests are full of spruce and pine trees, sandy soil and freezing winters with lots of snow. They can be a harsh winter wonderland. And ecologists haven't known whether a warmer climate in these forests or human land development might be driving the deer north. A recent study tries to disentangle these factors – and finds that a warming climate seems to play the most significant role in the movement of deer.

Read more in the journal Global Change Biology.

Curious about more wildlife news? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.

May 03, 2024
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By:
  • Regina G. Barber,
  • Emily Kwong,
  • and 3 more
Dead trees in the forests of the Harz Region.

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  • Europe

Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale forests

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline.

August 05, 2023
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By:
  • Esme Nicholson
Fire burns in the hollow of an old-growth redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park in California. The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government lands.

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  • Environment

The U.S. plans new protections for old forests facing pressure from climate change

The Biden administration catalogued 175,000 square miles of old growth and mature forests on federal land. It plans a new rule to better protect woodlands from fires and other climate change effects.

April 20, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Diakine Sambou, queen of the sacred forest of Kaoupoto, on Feb. 23, 2021, in Mlomp, Senegal.

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  • World

Meet the people safeguarding the sacred forests and lagoons of West Africa

In parts of West Africa, communities have designated biodiversity hotspots sacred and measure their value by the peace of mind they provide, rather than in dollars and cents.

February 05, 2023
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By:
  • Ricci Shryock
This 1990 aerial file photo shows a section of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska that has patches of bare land where clear-cutting has occurred. The federal government plans to reinstate restrictions on road-building and logging on the country's largest national forest.

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  • National

The U.S. reinstates road and logging restrictions on the largest national forest

A federal agency said it is reinstating restrictions on road-building and logging on the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. USDA's move repeals a Trump administration-era decision.

January 25, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Viktor Radushinskiy, a member of Ukraine's forestry department in Zhytomyr, looks at a site in the northern Ukrainian woods where a fighter jet crashed.

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  • World

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
Viktor Radushinskiy, a member of Ukraine's forestry department in Zhytomyr, looks at a site in the northern Ukrainian woods where a fighter jet crashed.

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  • World

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Nathan Rott,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 1 more
A picture of the tree canopy at the Fernbank Museum's 65-acre forest.

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  • Environment

Georgia has many trees, but few old-growth forests. And advocates say they need to be protected

Old-growth forest can do things younger tree stands cannot, ecologists say. Older forests may sequester more carbon and harbor increased biodiversity. Now, the people who love these rare, complex ecosystems say they need protection.

 

April 26, 2022
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By:
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
Crazy worms — an invasive species from Asia — pose a threat to forests, scientists say. The worms can thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.

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  • Animals

'Crazy Worms' Threaten America's Trees — And (Gasp!) Our Maple Syrup

The invasive worms, which reproduce rapidly, are creating havoc in forests. They thrash around so violently that they can jump out of a person's hand. They also lose their tail — on purpose.

June 13, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Workers watch the backfires they set with the flamethrowers mounted on their ATVs at Sprewell Bluff during a recent prescribed burn. The land was part of some 10,000 acres of public and private land maintained by fire in the area.

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  • Environment

How The South Fights Fire With Fire, And What The West Can Learn

It was a superb Spring day in the mountains of west Georgia, with bluebird skies and a light breeze through the longleaf pines, when a helicopter rained...

February 03, 2020
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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