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Harris Sherman confirmed as NRE under secretary
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Senate unanimously confirmed last week Harris Sherman as the Department of Agriculture's under secretary for natural resources and environment. Sherman, who has been the executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, will oversee the U.S. Forest Service.
Wood making comeback as power source
Friday, October 16, 2009
USA Today reports that power plants across the country are turning to wood to make electricity. The move is spurred by state mandates to encourage renewable power and by bills moving through Congress that require more renewable electricity nationwide.
Ten-year carbon experiment in Bolivia yields mixed results
Friday, October 16, 2009
More than a decade ago in the northeast corner of Bolivia, a group of polluters and environmentalists joined forces in the first large-scale experiment to curb climate change with a strategy that promised to suit their competing interests: compensating for greenhouse gas emissions by preserving forests. The outcome of that...
Endowment releases work on community-scale biomass facilities
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities has announced completion of 45 "best-in-class" case studies of community-scale wood-to-energy systems selected from projects across Canada, Europe and the U.S.  Led by the Biomass Energy Resources Center (BERC) of Vermont, the case studies illustrate the that local biomass...
Aspen trees die across the West
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that a mysterious ailment -- or perhaps a combination of factors -- is killing hundreds of thousands of acres of aspen trees from Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona through Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and into Canada.
Indiana urban forestry efforts recognized
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Indiana Urban Forest Council, Inc. and the Indiana DNR, Division of Forestry, Community and Urban Forestry program recently honored several individuals and groups for outstanding urban forestry work in 2009.
Webinar on SFI 2010-2014 standard Oct. 22
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Sustainable Forestry Initiative will hold a SFI 2010-2014 Standard webinar on Thursday October 22, from 1:00 - 2:00pm EDT. Participants will learn about the SFI Standard review process, significant enhancements to the SFI 2010-2014 Standard, and the implementation timeline for new provisions in the SFI 2010-2014...
Comment period for CSP interim final rule extended
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has extended the comment period for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) interim final rule to October 28. See the Federal Register notice for more information.
USDA under secretary nominee testifies before Senate
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Harris Sherman, President Obama's nominee for USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee this week on roadless areas, climate change and rural development. NASF sent a letter to the committee this week in support of Sherman's nomination.  
Scientists race to prevent ash tree's extinction
Thursday, October 8, 2009
The native ash tree, which provides $25 billion worth of timber and decorates backyards across North America, could be doomed by the emerald ash borer  — unless scientists are successful in freezing millions of ash seed, reserved for the day when researchers figure out how to kill or control the devastating bug.

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