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  • Illustration of a building site where a yellow tractor is dropping tree trunks into a wood chipper, that is then processing wood chips to a red truck.
    In the Western United States, many of the forests have too many small trees. These small trees increase the risk…
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    Chip and Truck: Comparing the Cost of Using Trees to Heat Buildings

  • PDF preview of "Cream of the Crop" article
    The research in this monograph looks at the use of prairie strips, which are strips of native prairie plants that…
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    Cream of the Crop: Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Prairie Strips

  • PDF Preview of the FACTivity for the Which Do You A-Door article
    The research question you will answer by doing this FACTivity is: “Does a baked potato or a 10 ounce bag…
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    FACTivity – Which Do You A-Door

  • PDF preview of World's Forests Edition 3, Inquiry 2 article.
    Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing…
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    Inquiry 2: What Benefits Do the World’s Forests Provide?

  • PDF preview of the lesson plan for inquiry 2
    A guided reading lesson plans that walks students through each section of this article. It includes a graphic organizer for…
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    Lesson Plan – Inquiry 2 from World’s Forests 3 Edition

  • PDF preview for the lesson plan for Inquiry 3
    A guided reading lesson plans that walks students through each section of this article. It includes a graphic organizer for…
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    Lesson Plan – Inquiry 3 from World’s Forests 3 Edition

  • PDF preview of World's Forests 3 lesson plan.
    A guided reading lesson plan that walks students through each section of the journal. It includes graphic organizers and activities…
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    Lesson Plan – World’s Forests 3

  • PDF preview of the 'Experimental Forest and Range Argonne Experimental Forest' Spotlight.
    In 1908, the Forest Service established a system of Experimental Forests and Ranges (EFRs) to be set aside for environmental…
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    Spotlight – Argonne Experimental Forest

  • PDF preview of 'Spotlight on an EFR: Black Hills Experimental Forest'.
    In 1908, the Forest Service established a system of experiment forests and ranges (EFRs) to be set aside for environmental…
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    Spotlight – Black Hills Experimental Forest

  • PDF preview of the Time Warp Spotlight from "Full Throttle Model"
    Nonpoint source pollution is pollution coming from widely developed areas, such as farms or cities. However, nonpoint source pollution can…
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    Spotlight – Time Warp: Full Throttle Model

  • PDF preview of "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" article
    To ensure that big-leaf mahogany harvesting is sustainable, scientists and land managers must know the conditions in which mahogany grows.…
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    Standing On the Shoulders of Giants: How Well Do Big-Leaf Mahogany Trees Grow in Different Conditions?

  • A black and white photo of a rocky, mountain landscape fills the background. Across the top third of the image are three smaller photos: the first is of people whitewater rafting, the second is a pile of pinecones, and the third is a woman in profile. There is text at the top of the image which says "Spring 1999, Volume 1, Number 2" and across the middle which says "The Natural Inquirer: A Research and Science Education Journal". On the bottom half of the image is a black outline of a magnifying glass.
    Just like you and me, trees can get sick. This can happen in many different ways. One way trees become…
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    The Sick Seeds: Black Seed Rot and Slash Pines