Do you know what the top ten greenhouse gas fighting
trees are? Give Up? Dr. Dave Nowak has them listed with details on
the following
Forecast Earth Web Site. They include some of our
natives like Cottonwood and Pecan! Considerable interest was generated from the story
regarding the 500 year old Bur Oak in Plano, the following
is a link to the article about the issue that
caused it to be measured and a second article with
information on
dating the age of a tree. You can also go to the
Texas Tree Trails web site, do a tree search, and look
up the Plano Quincentennial Bur Oak. The world’s oldest living tree (9,550 years old) was
discovered in Sweden. Read the other article under “Related
Stories” about the oldest Oak east of the Mississippi, which
is 373 years old. As a comparison, a
Bur Oak in Plano, Texas was recently found to be over 500 years
old. This link from the
Trust for Public Land provides a community forest report
for North Texas. Please read this recent outstanding
DMN article regarding
regional urban tree farms. Want to learn more about
Urban Forestry? Do think our
kids could be suffering from a
Nature
Deficit Disorder? Top Ten Tree Fun Facts. American Forests has endorsed the new Energy Conservation
through Trees Act, introduced on Earth Day by Rep. Doris
Matsui (D-CA). The bill looks at energy conservation through
a scientist's eyes, promoting residential tree planting that
can provide cost savings to homeowners, improve local
environments and reduce CO2 emissions. READ THEIR
LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE ENERGY CONSERVATION THROUGH TREES
ACT
A traveling poster display of the
Benefits of Trees
was on display at Otis Brown High School courtesy of
an ONCOR promotion at the school. |
