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New expert brings technology focus to forestry education and management

AgriLife Today

Texas A&M Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology faculty member blends traditional, cutting-edge approach The post New expert brings technology focus to forestry education and management appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Texas A&M Forest Service offers scholarships for future foresters

AgriLife Today

Profits from timber harvest benefit Texas A&M Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology students The post Texas A&M Forest Service offers scholarships for future foresters appeared first on AgriLife Today.

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Rewilding: Threat or promise for hill farming?

Sustainable Food Trust

The environmental and financial problems of the hill farming sector have been written about exhaustively, so I won’t expand on them here – other than to say that while hill farming has a central role to play in socially and ecologically vibrant landscapes, a major shift towards agroecological practices is needed to realise this.

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Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

ATTRA

Climate-smart agriculture and forestry practices and principles. Utilize Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, where applicable. Projects must address one or more of the following priorities: Local natural resource concerns.

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More Money Out the Door! Farm Bill and IRA Funding Available Through Conservation Innovation Grants

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Forestry : Forests play a significant role in reducing carbon dioxide through carbon sequestration. This priority area will accept proposals for climate smart forestry and agroforestry in one of the following two areas: agroforestry and climate resilience. Further details on each and subcategory descriptions are below.

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The Bourbon Industry Relies on White Oaks, Which Are in Decline. Now, They’re All In on Saving Them

Modern Farmer

Ironically, our relatively recent “hands off” approach to forestry is creating exactly the wrong kinds of conditions for oaks to thrive. “We It’s a money-maker for the forestry industry. But it’s also incredibly important ecologically. But as logging ramped up and controlled burning fell, oaks began to suffer.

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The value of well-managed grazing on Scotland’s grasslands

Sustainable Food Trust

To others, they represent an inefficient use of land and would be much better put under forestry or bioenergy crops to help the nation meet its net zero targets. Grazing livestock can even have a positive influence in native woodlands, reflecting the important role that grazing by large herbivores plays in the ecology of many wooded habitats.