American Forests

George Ramirez lives in the small town of Manzano, about 60 miles south of Albuquerque. Manzano is a Spanish land grant community where residents depend on wood for heating, cooking, building, and medicinal plants. An effort by Ramirez that began with...

In the mid-1800s Henry David Thoreau wasn't exactly a revered celebrity among the good folks of Concord, Massachusetts. He was a local fellow who couldn't cut it as a teacher, thought of himself as a writer, occasionally ran his dad's pencil factory,...

The lack of trees on Haiti's hilltops and valleys contributed greatly to destruction caused by late-May floods, according to the Associated Press. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AP estimates more than 90 percent of Haiti is deforested; David Adams, director...

In the 1860s, Fredrick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's vision of forested spaces for urban dwellers led to the creation of many gorgeous parks, including the magnificent 526-acre Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. Except for the Terminal Moraine boulders...

New York has stepped up its greening efforts with an initiative aimed at replanting trees in five cities: Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, Rochester, and Poughkeepsie. The Urban Forestry Initiative has received the blessing of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton...

Mourning: William E. "Bill" Towell, 88, of Southern Pines, North Carolina, who died May 2. Towell, who had an illustrious career in resource conservation, served as executive vice president of AMERICAN FORESTS from 1967-1978. Towell also authored many...

Every time a tree falls or is cut in the city two things typically happen: part of the tree is ground up into woodchips and part is saved for firewood. Quite often, trees end up in city landfills after being severed into manageable pieces, which precludes...