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States pursue small scale biomass as they await rule changesPlanet-Profit Report

Dovetail Partners has initiated a project to evaluate the impacts of federal and state policies and incentives related to promoting bio-energy production, while also considering potential impacts of rising energy prices.

Delegates at a global U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources were on Tuesday trying to agree on ways to deploy about $4 billion in cash to help developing nations save tropical forests.Reuters

King County ecologist Lisa Brandt had a problem. To build a habitat for salmon breeding, she needed to move more than 30 logs through a densely wooded area along the Snoqualmie River channel, but she couldn't find a suitable method of transportation.The Seattle Times

Trees and other vegetation must use what is in their environment. So it is not surprising to find that they absorb pollutants (natural or man made) which may be absorbed successfully or may cause the vegetation to die.ENN

There are now local, regional, national, and global opportunities for individuals in a wide variety of land development professions to participate in long-range environmental sustainability for our society. A common element of all of these efforts is the importance of a healthy community forest.

FSC has launched a survey to establish what forest data FSC Certificate Holders currently collect and to assess what mapping techniques are currently deployed for forest management information systems.FSC

The summer of 2010 was a banner year for many of the weedy and invasive plants of concern in Wisconsin, according to state officials who are urging landowners to not yet put away their garden gloves and pruning saws for the year.Wisconsin DNR