Forest noun Definition: Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares (just over an acre – ed.) with trees higher than 5 meters (just over 16 feet – ed.) and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agriculturalContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Forest”
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Timber's Term of the Week: Forest
Forest noun Definition: Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares (just over an acre – ed.) with trees higher than 5 meters (just over 16 feet – ed.) and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agriculturalContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Forest”
Anthropogenic Deforestation
Anthropogenic (caused by humans) deforestation is the conversion of land use from forest to another designation. Logging, commercial or otherwise, doesn’t equal deforestation. It is what the land becomes that is the issue. Often, the conversion is to an agricultural use, e.g., the conversion of Amazonian rainforest to soy, vineyards, or rangeland. Deforestation, what isContinue reading “Anthropogenic Deforestation”
2009 Fire Season Outlook for Western US
Northern California Again Poised to Add Millions of Tons of Carbon Dioxide to the Atmosphere Due to Wildfires Northern California saw nearly a million acres burned last summer. This year may see a repeat of last season. That assessment comes the National Interagency Fire Center‘s (NIFC) Predictive Services, which, in its assessment, evaluated the conditionContinue reading “2009 Fire Season Outlook for Western US”
Ersatz Coffee
As you may know, I’m supposed to cut down on my coffee drinking. I’ve written about it before, here (Coffee East of Java), here (Coffee, East of Java, Part Deux), and here (Teecino, Not Quite Coffee). Well, I have found something that tastes sorta, kinda, like instant coffee: Inka Naturalis, an instant beverage made fromContinue reading “Ersatz Coffee”
Timber's Term of the Week: Barber Chair
Barber Chair n A tree that, while in the process of receiving the back cut, splits lengthwise and leaves a vertical piece of wood on top of the stump. The remaining piece sticking up in the air is reminiscent of a chair. The splitting of the butt of the log during the latter part ofContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Barber Chair”
Timber’s Term of the Week: Barber Chair
Barber Chair n A tree that, while in the process of receiving the back cut, splits lengthwise and leaves a vertical piece of wood on top of the stump. The remaining piece sticking up in the air is reminiscent of a chair. The splitting of the butt of the log during the latter part ofContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Barber Chair”
Green Giant Politics
My wife and I are members of the Sierra Club. She, because she supported their agenda. Me, because I want to know what the arguments are going to be about. The other day, we found a mailer from the Sierra Club imploring us to write the President, the Speaker of the House, and the SenateContinue reading “Green Giant Politics”
Humboldt Wildland Multicultural Scholarships
Humboldt State has funds from the USDA Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program for multicultural freshman and transfer students attending Humboldt State University starting fall 2009. You must enroll in and be on track to graduate from the Forestry or Rangeland Resource major with your choice of options: Rangeland Resource Science Options: Wildland Soils Rangeland ResourceContinue reading “Humboldt Wildland Multicultural Scholarships”
Timberati on the Graveyard Shift Draft #1
Lee Lofland over at the Graveyard Shift has asked if I’d like to do a guest column. Lee’s a retired detective who’s “solved cases in areas including narcotics, homicide, rape, murder-for-hire, robbery, and ritualistic and occult crimes. He worked as an undercover officer for several jurisdictions, and he even spent a few years as aContinue reading “Timberati on the Graveyard Shift Draft #1”
Nullius in Verba 