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  • Illustration of three kids in a woodchip plant watching a conveyor belt move woodchips.
    One of the historic uses of wood was for heating. In recent years, however, most heating in the United States…
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    A Chip Off the Old Block: Using Wood Energy to Heat Schools

  • The scientists in this study developed a process to help managers identify management priorities. As conditions change over time, the…
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    At Your Service: Developing Models to Help Natural Resource Managers Make Better Decisions

  • illustration of a landscaper in a crane, sawing a tree
    Too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is mostly caused by two things: burning fossil fuels and the loss…
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    Balancing Act: Urban Trees and the Carbon Cycle

  • Balancing Act cover in Spanish
    Too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is mostly caused by two things: burning fossil fuels and the loss…
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    Balancing Act: Urban Trees and the Carbon Cycle (Spanish)

  • Article cover for Batter Up! Features an image of children playing baseball and a mechanical engineer holding up two bats and 3 baseballs.
    In “Batter Up,” learn about how engineers designed a test to determine baseball bat breakage rates for different types of…
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    Batter Up: Investigating What Type of Wood Makes the Best Baseball Bat

  • Cover for the 'Cave Conundrum' article. The main image is a photo of a small brown bat hanging upside down inside a cave.
    Hibernating bat populations across the Eastern United States have suffered declines since the 2000s. Little brown bat populations have declined…
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    Cave Conundrum: Is White-Nose Syndrome Responsible for All Declining Bat Populations?

  • Cover for the 'Cedar Waxing or Waning' article. The main image is a photograph of a heavily wooded forest.
    As the climate changes, the tree species living in a forest may also change. This change means that some trees…
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    Cedar Waxing or Waning? The Potential to Save Yellow-Cedar Trees Using Adaptive Management

  • 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

  • illustration of the back of a car on a street under a tree
    The scientists in this study wanted to know if cars parked in shady parking lots emit fewer gases than cars parked in…
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    Don’t Be So Fuel-ish! How Much Fuel Is Saved When Cars Are Parked in the Shade?

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    The scientists in this study wanted to know if cars parked in shady parking lots emit fewer gases than cars parked in…
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    Don’t Be So Fuel-ish! How Much Fuel Is Saved When Cars Are Parked in the Shade? (Spanish)

  • Cover of "Fill Those Potholes" featuring a blue and green graphic of plants and birds
    In this article, scientists explore the different ecosystem services provided by prairie potholes such as soil nutrients, absorbing carbon, and…
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    Fill Those Potholes! Identifying Ecosystem Services of Small Wetlands on the American Prairie

  • PDF preview of "Full Throttle Model" article
    Read about efforts to model changes to land use within watersheds to help identify and prioritize watersheds with low water…
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    Full Throttle Model: Using Scientific Models to Quickly Assess Water Quality