http://www.interfacesouth.org Here you can find recent articles in on-line newspapers, magazines, and other related publications on interface topics. Please note that while InterfaceSouth has reference to these articles in this database, sometimes the links do not remain active for very long. If you would like to obtain the article, you must contact the source of the article directly. daily 1 2010-03-31T14:11:36Z http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/mountain-residents-know-picturesque-life-is-fraught-with-risk Residents share perspectives on wildfire damage in their community. No publisher egarrett 2010-10-21T16:48:13Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/forest-service-report-documents-environmental-benefits-of-wood-as-a-green-building-material The findings of a new U.S. Forest Service study indicate that wood should factor as a primary building material in green building, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today. No publisher egarrett 2011-10-07T15:49:26Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/more-trees-in-a-city-bring-surprising-benefit-portland-study-finds "You've heard all the obvious benefits of urban trees -- shading buildings, sheltering wildlife, filtering air pollution, stopping erosion. A new Portland study suggests a more surprising benefit: healthier newborns..." No publisher egarrett 2011-01-14T15:37:29Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/growth-without-growth In an excerpt from his new book, Bill Fulton suggests that it's time for America's cities to focus on prosperity, not population. No publisher egarrett 2011-02-03T12:12:41Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/oh-deer-ny-trees-are-lunch ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly one-third of the state's forested land is not generating enough new growth to replace the canopy in the event of a major disturbance such as a windstorm or insect invasion. A study by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has found the main culprit is deer. As anyone with a backyard garden can attest, deer have a voracious appetite for green, growing things. No publisher egarrett 2011-02-15T14:05:11Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/the-economics-of-urban-trees Most people enjoy a good tree, especially the rare one found inside city limits, but typically they leave it at that. Not so with Geoffrey Donovan of the U.S. Forest Service in Portland, Oregon. As Donovan told SF Gate in May, it's the fact that most people stop there that keeps him going: "People have an intuitive sense that trees are good things... Being a soulless economist, I like to quantify things. 'Trees are nice' isn't a very useful statement. You need to know how nice and in what sorts of circumstances." No publisher egarrett 2011-10-03T15:09:39Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/california-forest-hailed-as-model-for-new-management-paradigm Pacific Forest Trust, a San Francisco-based nonprofit is rewriting the rules of forest economics by proving that stands of trees can remain ecologically valuable while also generating significant income for their owners -- goals that have pitted logging communities against environmentalists in the Pacific Northwest for decades. No publisher egarrett 2011-10-31T15:23:10Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/durham-is-the-city-of-trees DURHAM -- Austin Meredith dug his shovel into the soft ground along the grassy strip that stretched down Green Street. After excavating a fairly shallow hole, Meredith took the slim, light Trident Maple with the small root collar and placed it carefully in the ground. When he finished attaching the plastic stakeholder and placing the tree guard around the trunk, he stepped back to look at his work. No publisher egarrett 2011-03-01T10:57:19Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/drought-likely-to-kill-millions-of-houston-trees Millions of trees in the Houston area are likely to perish due to the drought gripping the state, potentially worsening air quality problems, destroying wildlife habitat and making the area warmer, experts said. No publisher egarrett 2011-09-06T16:48:33Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/study-pay-owners-to-save-forestland "Swaths of forests the size of North Carolina could be lost to suburbs in the South within 20 years, new studies suggest. South Carolina could lose some 10 percent of the forest the state had at the beginning of this decade. To stem that loss, landholders will need to be paid to leave their forestland undeveloped, the environmental research World Resources Institute concludes..." No publisher egarrett 2010-12-01T15:00:54Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/what-is-a-tree-worth Trees brighten city streets and delight nature-starved urbanites. Now scientists are learning that they also play a crucial role in the green infrastructure of America’s cities. No publisher egarrett 2011-02-16T15:22:56Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/fungus-slowly-killing-giant-oaks-in-sc Giant oaks that have lorded over South Carolina forests from their high ridge perches for generations are dying at alarming rates. The killer is hypoxylon canker, a weak but deadly fungus. Hypoxylon won’t harm healthy oaks, but it gets under the bark of trees already under stress and strangles them by limiting the flow of nutrients. With annual rainfall below normal in 10 of the past 13 years, lots of trees in South Carolina are under stress these days. No publisher jsonaglia 2012-03-28T14:45:25Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/neighborwoods-growing-in-popularity This article highlights one community's effort to reestablish and maintain their urban forest. Residents of this community have the opportunity to participate in Neighborwoods, a community program that seeks to plant new trees with consideration to species, location, and caretaker. As the city removes unhealthy trees from the rights of way along sidewalks, Neighborwoods offers to provide and plant trees free of cost for residents who agree to nurture the young trees until they can survive on their own. No publisher egarrett 2010-10-21T16:52:17Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn-but-with-help-project-aims-to-enlist-volunteer-tree-stewards-in-the-big-apple A Cornell University Cooperative Extension program seeks to enable urban residents and organizations to care for the trees in their community. An initial pilot program is providing urban forest workshops in Jamaica, Queens, and Canarsie, Brooklyn. No publisher egarrett 2010-10-22T10:37:23Z News http://www.interfacesouth.org/in-the-news/usda-forest-service-launces-ad-campaign-to-reconnect-with-nature The USDA Forest Service and the Ad Council kicked off their summer 'unplug and re-connect' advertising campaign over the weekend to coincide with National Get Outdoors Day and the events planned at state and national parks around the country. No publisher egarrett 2011-09-26T17:20:16Z News