It ince 1875-nearly a century and a quarter-AMERICAN FORESTS has been the citizen voice of forest conservation.The challenge to preserve trees and forests changes as society changes. As we learn more about the natural capital of trees, the value of their environmental, social, and economic ...
In the early 1900s, we rallied forest advocates across the country to champion the creation of the U.S Forest Service and the network of national forests that now span nearly 190 million acres. In the 1930s, we helped create jobs for half a million Americans, many of whom helped to ...
In 1966 Evans attracted national attention when he won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 440-yard championship; the next year he won the 400-metre race at the Pan American Games, and he was the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) champion in the 400 metres in 1968. He set an ...
Scott championed a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget, and he advocated a ban on earmarks. On social issues, he opposes abortion rights and same-sex marriage. In 2016 Scott was reelected to the Senate. He subsequently supported many of Republican Pres. Donald Trump’s ...
The judges of a derby stake have a more difficult job than folks acknowledge. A derby judge has to look for signs that the derby is progressing to become a national shooting dog champion to run at Ames or Sedgefield. That means he has to show style and animation on the ground, and he...
Festivals Officially Return to the National Museum of the American Indian Starting with the Cherokee Festival Dennis Zotigh April 20, 2023 A Return to the Wounded Knee Occupation, 50 Years Later Dennis Zotigh February 27, 2023 How Shared Stewardship Is Bringing to Light One of the World’s...
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth, illustrated by Cindy Trumbore In Hargigo, a village in the African country of Eritrea, there isn’t enough food, but everything would change, thanks to one special tree. Mangrove trees can grow in brackish or salty water...
Other well-known Mexican worshipers, Coalo and Lorena Zamorano, accompanied Witt in these functions until 2013, when they went on to lead the Hispanic ministry at Champion Forest Baptist Church, one of the largest megachurches in Houston. When Witt left in 2012, he was replaced by Danilo ...
The farm of Dutch immigrants Jon and Antje Ton (which they purchased in 1853) was a stop on the Underground Railroad for freedom seekers on their journey to Canada. Although the farmhouse no longer exists, the site is part of the National Park Service’s “Network to Freedom” and is comm...
orchard replaced the forests in which the birds nested. The Carolina Parakeet may have also suffered from new competition for nesting sites with the arrival of an insect colonizer, the European honeybee, which filled the hollows of many potential trees with honey and honeycomb. Other factors which...