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Mappy Monday: America’s rural forests are shrinking
By Matt Hickman | February 23, 2017 | Mother Nature Network It’s easy — and completely logical — to assume that the further you move away from cities, the closer you’ll be to trees. And by trees, I...
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Earthworms at the Root of Sugar Maple Decline
By Marcia Goodrich original post: Michigan Tech A new study suggests that non-native worms are eating up the forest floor, causing sugar maples to die back and perhaps harming other forest dwellers....
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August is National Tree Check Month!
Original Post DNR: Check your trees for the Asian longhorned beetle The adult Asian longhorned beetle displays distinctive white blotches and long antennae. (Photo courtesy Michael Bohne, Bugwood.org)....
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Mappy Monday: Climate may quickly drive forest-eating beetles north, says study
original article A new study projects the spread of the destructive southern pine beetle through much of the northern United States and southern Canada. Darker colors here represent infestations in...
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Mayor’s Tree of the Year 2017 Dedication!
This past week we dedicated the 2017 Mayor’s Tree of the Year at Oakhill Cemetery! With a crowd of observers, the City of Grand Rapids, our team at Friends, and our prize sponsor Eddie Bauer, we...
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Appeal of urban ‘tree canopies’ growing across Michigan
original post: http://www.freep.com/story/sponsor-story/dnr/2017/09/11/appeal-urban-tree-canopies-growing-across-michigan/105391922/ Volunteers play a huge role in planting trees across Michigan...
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Mappy Monday: Fall Colors Coming Early!
original post from WoodTV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Fall is on the horizon and a few trees in West Michigan are already starting to turn. Don’t wait to schedule your fall color tour this year,...
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Removal, pruning of 3,000 ‘high-risk’ trees approved by city
original post (Cory Morse | MLive file photo) By Kate Carlson kcarlso1@mlive.com GRAND RAPIDS, MI – An initiative to remove and prune 3,000 trees near city streets received a vote of approval from the...
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Mappy Monday – Get Ready for Planting Season!
Planting season starts NEXT WEEK and we are so excited. This is our 16th planting season and we will be planting over 100 trees this fall and we need the help of all of our amazing volunteers! As you...
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The Tunes of Trees
Original Post by Dylan Stuntz, American Forests Headphones are so ubiquitous today, it’s common to see people walking by with earbuds in, going about their days listening to their favorite music or the...
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