Tree planting

“If we’re not taking care of those aquifers, we will not have access to the resource. We cannot do anything if we do not have the basic input, the water.”

Research from the U.S. Forest Service found that in 19 of 20 U.S. cities surveyed, urban trees are on the decline. The vital piece of urban infrastructure are declining an average of three percent per year.

There’s a new bumper stickers that says: “Trees are the Answer.” The idea is to make us all aware of how important planting trees is to the environment. But, commentator Andy Wasowski says that while the basic thought is right, the methods can be very wrong. Mr. Wasowski lives in northern New Mexico surrounded by […]

For politicans who want to seem green, tree planting is an easy pasttime. But those politically inspired projects; don’t impress commentator, Robert Leo Heilman.

More than a decade ago nations agreed that richer countries should pay poorer countries for “clean development” that reduces carbon emissions. The first tree carbon project in Africa under this agreement is now underway. But the trees aren’t native, and t