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The 20-foot tree stands half naked surrounded by the lush green of the forest. Stripped of its lifeline to nutrients and water, it only has months to live. "It doesn't know it's dead," says David Taylor, a U.S. Forest Service botanist for the Daniel Boone National Forest, pointing overhead to the healthy leaves that pose a stark contrast to the rest of the tree's withering body.

A thick layer of wood shavings carpets the Breckenridge Nordic Center parking lot, extending between stacks of tree trunks, some with bark and some without, and two red metal 38-foot-long contraptions.

The mighty oak is vanishing from our forests. Researchers, mindful of the disappearance of the American chestnut tree in the mid 20th-century, are anxiously trying to discover why the oak is disappearing - and make it stop.

Californians could soon invest in trees to offset the greenhouse gases they pump into the air when they heat their homes or drive to work.

The battle for bed linen supremacy - long fought over high, higher and highest thread counts - may be taking a detour from the cotton field to the forest. Instead of pitting pima cotton against Egyptian cotton or lustrous sateen against no-iron percale, this latest skirmish for market share involves sheets and pillowcases made using fibers of bamboo plants and beech trees.

Dean Schmidt likes hybrid poplar. So do many landowners interested in getting involved with the growing market for both renewable energy and paper products. Schmidt, WesMin Resource Conservation and Development coordinator in Alexandria, works with landowners who are already growing or who are interested in growing the crop.

Kathleen Schuler on a new report that tracks the economic impact pollution has on Minnesota, Don Arnosti on sustainable tree harvesting at the Leopold Center in Wisconsin and Dennis Olson on U.S. farm subsidies in the run-up to the debate over the Farm Bill.

Members of CDA - Iriba an association of bee keepers have called on other bee farmers to conserve the environment while carrying out their activity. In an exclusive interview with The New Times last week, Vedaste Birindwa, the President of Iriba, revealed that working together in an association has encouraged them to realise the importance of conserving the environment.