healthy forests
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Tipton: Natural Resources Committee priorities in the 115th Congress
We recently held our organizational meeting in the Natural Resources Committee, which gave members an opportunity to discuss their priorities for the next two years and vote on committee rules and procedures. Since arriving in Congress, much of my focus has been on the many natural resources issues that impact the Third Congressional District on…
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National forests on the receiving end of bugs spread by trade, climate change
In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it’s easy to miss one of the tree’s nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually killing the tree. The bug is one in an expanding army of insects draining the life…