Necessary Forests

     This blog is an exploration of what forests mean to the lives we want to be living--what threats forests face, what changes they are...

An intriguing theroy has been kicked around in the scientific world for more than a decade.  It’s particularly timely right now as the wo...

Exotic Invasives in Charlottesville This afternoon, unless a hard rain is falling at 1 p.m., I’ll be standing in a body shop parking...

Tree of Heaven is the dandelion of the tree world.  It arrives unbidden and unwanted; it thrives with zero care; and it’s the devil to ge...

Thanks to Ruth Douglas for forwarding the following article.  It seems especially timely, given recent discussions on the importance of ...