Trees

20 May 2008 -- Environmentalists say conserving the world's forests is one of the quickest and cheapest ways to combat climate change. One group - Conservation International - has launched a campaign to demonstrate just how important the world's forests are.

Conservation International wants to raise awareness of the critical link between forests and climate change.

The U.S.-based organization launched its "Lost There, Felt Here" campaign on Tuesday in New York with the premiere of a public service announcement. The ad features American movie star Harrison Ford, best known for his role as Indiana Jones.

"When forests get slashed and burned, it releases tons of carbon into the air we breathe," said Harrison Ford. "It changes our climate. It hurts."    » read more »

Donation Will Help Plant Over 18,000 Trees on Public Properties Including Housing Authority Developments and Public Schools

April 22, 2008 -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and David Rockefeller today announced their joint pledge of $10 million to the MillionTreesNYC initiative to plant trees in public spaces including New York Housing Authority (NYCHA ) developments and at City schools.

MillionTreesNYC artist's depiction: Graphic courtesy MillionTreesNYC

This donation of private funds made to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City by Mr. Rockefeller and Bloomberg Philanthropies will allow over 18,000 trees to be planted throughout the five boroughs.    » read more »

- New Widgets Available for "The Bachelor: London Calling," "Brothers & Sisters," "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy," "Samantha Who?" and "Ugly Betty"
- Watch a Video, Plant a Tree -- For Every Ten Videos Watched Via a Widget, ABC and the Arbor Day Foundation Will Plant a Tree

State is quickly assessing the area and developing response plans

October 5, 2007 -- LANSING - Michigan’s Cooperative Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Response Project partners today confirmed a second EAB infestation in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.). The infestation was discovered during the removal and inspection of a 2007 detection tree and is located near the town of Moran in Brevort Township in Mackinac County (about 15 miles northwest of the Mackinac Bridge).    » read more »

Communities eligible for low interest loans for reforestation projects

September 2, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD– Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed legislation today to help Northern Illinois communities infested with the tree-killing emerald ash borer finance potentially expensive reforestation projects.    » read more »

June 27, 2007 -- [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced legislation to help municipalities defray the costs of performing Emerald Ash Borer management activities normally performed by the federal government. Management activities include managing the EAB population by surveying trees, removing infested trees and replacing removed trees.    » read more »

June 19, 2007 -- BATH—Why are the ash trees “dressed up” in Oak Grove Cemetery? It’s part of a project involving the Maine Department of Agriculture and the City of Bath Forestry Department to demonstrate a method of surveying for the emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis. This brilliant emerald-green beetle has already been responsible for the death of more than 20 million ash trees (Fraxinus spp.) in the Midwest states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois since it was officially identified in 2002.    » read more »