This Friday (April 25th) most states across the U.S will celebrate Arbor Day...a holiday designed to honor, commemorate, and (most importantly) plant trees. It's a great day to stop and smell the acorns and to plant a seed with your little treehugger. Check out this link for some kid-friendly Arbor Day ideas...
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Lawmakers to Halt Illegally Harvested Timber
Congress holds its first hearing on legislation aimed at shutting down the U.S. market for wood that is harvested illegally abroad. Tons of it come into the U.S. daily. But sometimes it takes a lumber detective to figure out what is illegally harvested wood.
How the oldest tree in the world was cut down by mistake
The bristlecones of Wheeler Peak in Nevada were believed to be older than those found in California. In 1964 a geology student called Donald R. Currey came to Wheeler Peak to study ice age glaciers, partly by collecting tree ring data. Using coring tools, he identified trees over 4,000 years old