On a recent Sunday morning, the Barrio Centro neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona, was abuzz with activity. People from all walks of life were busy hauling dirt, planting saplings and building earthworks like berms and swales in the warm spring air. They were part of a community planting event organized by
Chinese company Jitian Intelligent Equipment has announced its intention to build a drone manufacturing plant in Krasnodar, Russia. Preliminary reports suggest the facility will produce 20 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) per month, reports the Russian news outlets CNews. The Chinese company reportedly plans to invest 40 million rubles ($436,200). Currently, Jitian Intelligent Equipment has only established a representative office in Krasnodar and is in the process of selecting a site for the...
Royalview Elementary School staff and students recently hosted a tree planting ceremony in memory of Camden Hauge, a 10-year-old fourth-grader who died unexpectedly last year. Principal Cyndi Tomassetti described Camden as a delightful student who was always happy, had a great smile daily and enjoyed school with his friends, and his teachers. In addition to […]
Worthington Christian School students planted trees at Olson Park
The City of Dunkirk is receiving $66,000 for tree planting through the state Urban and Community Forestry grant program. Governor Kathy Hochul announced $2.4 million in urban forestry projects grants in celebration of Arbor Day and Earth Week. The grants build upon the Governor’s 2024 State of the State commitment to plant 25 million trees […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) - Dreary weather has delayed the annual tree planting event for Arbor Day at the Kansas Statehouse. On Friday, Governor Laura Kelly was in attendance for the City of Topeka's Forestry Division Arbor Day event. While at the event, Kelly signed a proclamation declaring Friday, April 26 as Kansas Arbor Day, according to []
TROY, Ala (WDHN) -- Troy University has received an out-of-this-world gift from NASA. NASA selected Troy University to receive a "Moon Tree" seedling that flew around the moon in late 2022 during the Artemis I mission. Troy received its loblolly pine tree seedling on Friday, April 26. The university plans to plant it on the Meadowloop []
Mayor Joshua A. Garcia and Holyoke Conservation and Sustainability Director Yoni Glogower are set to partake in an observance of Arbor Day at Wistariahurst on Friday, April 26th at 1 p.m.
St. Vrain Valley School District students will help plant a "moon tree" Friday at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, in Boulder, to celebrate Arbor Day and to celebrate a program to get students engaged in climate science.
Pests, diseases limit options for varieties to plant locally.
With their own botanical collection material and their research knowledge on the evolution of cruciferous plants (plants of the cabbage family), bioscientists at Heidelberg University have contributed to a large-scale international study that has produced a comprehensive "tree of life" for flowering plants.
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc’s open import system are causing damage worth billions – and outbreaks are on the riseThe plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the region’s 60 million olive trees – which once produced almost half of Italy’s...