After a hard-fought mid-term election, divided government once again reigns in Washington, DC. In this era of heightened partisanship, the specter of gridlock has re-emerged as Democrats and Republicans stake out divergent positions across a whole host of issues, including climate change. Will these divisions in the Congress constitute a requiem for climate action for the …
Since 2000, wildfires have burned an average of 7 million acres per year, more than double the average annual acres burned in the 1990s. Proper wildfire management is critical to reduce risks for American communities, protect fragile ecosystems and prevent millions of tons of carbon dioxide from being emitted into the atmosphere.
Betsy Cook, the Maine state program director at The Trust for Public Land, discusses the community forest model and why it holds promise to protect forests.
Shared stewardship is revolutionizing wildfire management, forest and watershed protection, drought control, and the ongoing battle with disease and pest outbreaks across the United States. American Forests outlines the potential impact of the innovative forest management approach of shared stewardship.
Idaho farmers share stories of transforming their lands and livelihoods with regenerative agriculture.
American Farmland Trust is at the forefront of efforts to study and evaluate the efficacy of agrivoltaics, or dual-use solar. At its core, agrivoltaics enables agricultural and energy production on the same piece of land.
The Tree Equity Score developed by American Forests gives a neighborhood-by-neighborhood and municipal-level assessment of tree cover in every urban area across America.
New research from The Nature Conservancy finds that forests impacted by recent and severe insect and disease disturbance have a greatly reduced capacity to sequester carbon. Fortunately, this is a problem we can do something about.
Federal investment and action from all levels of society can allow the United States to achieve the full potential of natural climate solutions, creating jobs and other economic benefits in the process.
In western Minnesota, John Reed and his son Jake are growing a family legacy of conservation on their ranchland. Protecting their land and managing it with grass-fed, Angus cattle keep the prairie in good shape and their operation financially stable.