University of Washington researchers have produced electricity from a tree. Perhaps once they plant the Sahara with those eucalypts to alleviate global warming, the trees could deliver the power to provide their water. Or maybe not. According to their online article,”The custom circuit is able to store up enough voltage from trees to run a low-power sensor.”
Category Archives: Environmentalism
Planting a Forest in the Sahara to Save the World
Should we spend two trillion each year in afforestation costs in the Sahara Desert to potentially reduce global warming? Scientists say it’s feasible. Read here.
Extending THP Time
An article on the California Progress Report website says that California Assembly Bill (AB) 1066 would weaken environmental protections provided by the the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act. Taking An Ax To Forest Protection: Legislature Poised To Weaken Timber Harvest Plans was written by Traci Sheehan, Executive Director of the Planning and Conservation League. She contends, “Even after severalContinue reading “Extending THP Time”
Green, Inc.
Fear motivates. Fear was the reason I got into forestry. When I was in college (I grew up in the 1960s and graduated high school in 1969), Martin Litton’s iconinc picture of a boy looking out over a large clearcut of redwoods caused a number of us to take action. The Photos Were a SnapshotContinue reading “Green, Inc.”
Tree Planting
What’s wrong with this picture of two women planting a tree? Take a look and put your answer in the comment section. Odwalla is donating $1 per click toward the purchase of trees for planting in a state parks in one of eleven states (including California). The promotion runs until the end of 2009. IContinue reading “Tree Planting”
Get your facts first
and then you can distort them as much as you please.– Mark Twain Are U.S. forestlands “currently being lost at a rate of 150-million acres annually”? An RSS feed from the Pacific Forest Trust titled, “New Climate Research Supports Forest Protection, Reveals CO2 Storage Potential of Temperate Forests” caught my eye a few weeks back.Continue reading “Get your facts first”
Timber’s Term of the Week: Choker
Choker n A 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch diameter steel wire rope used pull a log to landing. A choker is normally 15 to 35 feet long with a knob at both ends and sliding hook for either knob. Synonyms: Steel necktie The greenhorn in this video (at just over a minute in) is setting chokers:Continue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Choker”
Timber's Term of the Week: Choker
Choker n A 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch diameter steel wire rope used pull a log to landing. A choker is normally 15 to 35 feet long with a knob at both ends and sliding hook for either knob. Synonyms: Steel necktie The greenhorn in this video (at just over a minute in) is setting chokers:Continue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Choker”
Timber's Term of the Week: Biltmore Stick
Biltmore Stick n A ruler that is held at prescribed distances from the body. The stick’s four faces are scribed with lines and numbers. These lines and numbers are used to estimate tree diameter and tree height, and ultimately tree volume. Synonyms: none known to the author. Biltmore Sticks date back to the mid-18th centuryContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Biltmore Stick”
Timber’s Term of the Week: Biltmore Stick
Biltmore Stick n A ruler that is held at prescribed distances from the body. The stick’s four faces are scribed with lines and numbers. These lines and numbers are used to estimate tree diameter and tree height, and ultimately tree volume. Synonyms: none known to the author. Biltmore Sticks date back to the mid-18th centuryContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Biltmore Stick”