The Southeast Farm Press reported last week that the deadline for getting help dealing with debris from Hurricane Michael has been extended for six months because of the volume of debris that is left. Wet weather has slowed the ability of contractors to remove the debris as well. For more…
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Morning Ag Clips posted a story last week on a new web site developed by the Georgia Forestry Commission to track the location of current wildfires across the state. The site details where each fire is occurring, how big it is, and what the status of the fire is. You…
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You might remember that Hurricane Maria crossed over the island of Puerto Rico in 2017, completely destroying much of the forested part of the territory. The amount of destruction there was just devastating, and the forest will probably not recover in our lifetime. If you are interested in learning more,…
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If you purchase a live Christmas tree each year, you might find prices a bit higher than what you paid in previous years. According to several articles on the internet, this is due to a shortage of trees caused by the 2008 recession (which caused farmers to plant fewer trees),…
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You’ve probably heard about the massive forest fires that are spreading through parts of California, and you might have even seen some of the images of smoke and flames associated with the fires. But while the fires are affecting the forests in the area, they are also causing problems for…
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A new study recently published in Nature Communications shows that taller trees in a forest died at more than twice the rate of smaller trees at the end of extreme drought. The research used airborne lidar to sample the health of forests with such detail that they could drill down…
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Here is something you don’t hear every day. You may know that there are some horrendous forest fires burning out in Sonoma County, CA, northwest of San Francisco. Apparently the ash is falling so densely that it has caused a weather instrument that measures type of precipitation to report rain,…
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