Habitats
These scientists created a ‘cloud curtain’ in Peru’s tropical forests to mimic the future
At Wayqecha Biological Station, a research site deep in the cloud forests of southern Peru, a giant “cloud curtain” hangs over the canopy to intercept clouds. It is meant to mimic reduced cloud cover under a warming climate.
Mexico Fires
Environmentalists say that the recent fires in Mexico represent the country’s “biggest ecological disaster of this century.” That’s no overstatement. Authorities are still trying to assess the damage to a million and a half acres which included virgin rain and cloud forests. Living On Earth correspondent Janna Schroeder tells us of her recent, first-hand look […]
U.S. Forest Service: Quiet Reformation
History may be in the making in the nation’s federal forests. For decades, mining, grazing and especially logging have defined much of the mission of the US. Forest Service. But now, the agency is shifting focus and it’s moving toward putting recreation, and the protection of our drinking water supply first. The man picked by […]
Riparian Buffers
Before the days of dams and levees, great rivers used to overflow from time to time and drop nutrients in their wake. Plants in the resulting flood plains would in turn help purify the water and limit erosion. Today, in Minnesota, there’s a federal conservation program in which farmers are being encouraged to turn riverfront […]
Northern Forests Plan Issued
Eric Westervelt of New Hampshire Public Radio takes a look at the Great North Woods and a recently finished plan for their future. After five years, the Northern Forest Lands Council has issued its recommendations for managing the twenty-five million acres of forest which spans New England and New York State. Local landowners and the […]