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By sustainably cutting trees, the New England Forestry Foundation believes it can make more productive forests By Amanda Gokee CENTER HARBOR, N.H. — Red oak, pine, and yellow birch trees grow…
Jones Family Farms and Winery of Shelton, Connecticut has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 New England Leopold Conservation Award. Given in honor of renowned conservationist Aldo Leopold,…
Groton Place (aka Groton Dog Park) and its next-door Sabine Woods, two privately owned forestlands that are open to the public for recreation, are closed for at least two weeks after damage from…
Media Contact: Tinsley Hunsdorfer, thunsdorfer@newenglandforestry.org Littleton, MA (September 29, 2023) – Significantly expanding staff at a time of growing concern about protecting forests from…
The Portland Museum of Art is throwing its weight behind a new category of wood product that easy on the environment. Last week, the Portland Museum of Art was awarded $300,000 by the U.S.…
To address our housing crisis and climate crisis, we know we need more dense housing near transit. But the multistory building materials we primarily rely on today, steel and concrete, are extremely…
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey today announced new steps to ensure Massachusetts’ forests are managed to optimize carbon sequestration and mitigate climate harms as part of meeting the…
Wood is an ages-old construction material—but it is one that is receiving renewed attention, especially with the rise of mass timber. This group of engineered-wood products offers the possibility…
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report urges all nations and states to move faster on climate change – the life of the planet depends on it. There are two ways for a…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has kicked off what’s being billed as a “transformative effort” to restore New England’s forests through climate-smart forestry practices.…
On Saturday morning, 13 members of the College and Town communities met at Cole Field, equipped with shovels, buckets, gloves, and saplings. The group planted 53 native plants — 25 trees and 28…
Battle bugs: Rhode Island deploys predator beetles from Virginia to protect hemlock trees against invasive insects Rhode Island is mobilizing a small army of “tiny but mighty” bugs to…
