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Resource Environmental Solutions (RES) has made its debut at No. 66 on the Top 200 Environmental Firms list. The ecological restoration firm is currently undertaking a complex project to restore over 2,200 acres of land submerged by water behind four large Klamath River dams in California and Oregon. The project involves reshaping the riverbed, restoring salmon habitat, and replanting billions of seeds from 98 different native plants. RES, which generated $326 million in environmental services revenue last year, expects significant market growth in the future due to federal infrastructure spending and expanded state environmental regulatory oversight. [Extracted from the article]

DEPARTMENTS It Ghost Forest In Manhattan's small green space Madison Square Park, the new season was heralded by the burst of blossoming azaleas, redbuds, crabapples, and Carolina silverbells. Their somber beauty will hover over the park until November and, as Lin says, "will bear witness to the change of seasons and climate change." u Day's End Another ghost, haunting the Hudson River shoreline of the city, is artist David Hammons's work Day's End. Lin selected 49 Atlantic white cedars - once an abundant species - from coastal New Jersey, where they had been ravaged by salt water due to storms. [Extracted from the article]

The article informs that the Agricultural Marketing Service Cotton and Tobacco division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture held a groundbreaking ceremony in July 2019 on the Texas Tech University campus to announce the construction of a new classification complex. According to Billy Breedlove from Texas Tech University, it is one of the leading universities for fiber and cotton research and education.

The article reports that convoy transporting employees, contractors and suppliers between Fada and SEMAFO Inc.'s Boungou mine in Burkina Faso was attacked on November 6, 2019 leaving 37 dead and 60 wounded and presents views of Benoit Desormeaux, President at SEMAFO, on the same.

The article highlights the challenges related to recycling of Christmas trees. Topics discussed include use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in making of Christmas Trees; placing dead trees on beaches to reduce erosion and putting them into lakes and ponds; and evaluates the VIBRA-SNAP Screen from Action Equipment Co.

Wiltshire grower Martin Smart has invested in a new precision drill to give his oilseed rape a head start after on-farm trials showed that direct drilling helped his crops survive heavy flea beetle pressure. The new drill will allow Mr Smart to refine his fertiliser technique, as it has both a front hopper for starter fertiliser and can also place granular fertiliser with the seed. This was proved when one of Mr Smart's neighbours lost a headland to flea beetle which had accidentally been drilled at a very high seed rate, while a nearby area drilled with a hybrid at 50 seeds/sq m survived. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the problem regarding the killing of trees in Central and Southern Sierra Nevada mountains in California but manages to solve on the mandated Executive Order on state agencies.

The article reports that chemical company DuPont has established formal measures to compensate customers for damaged or dead trees in the U.S. caused by its weedkiller Imprelis.

The tree mortality caused by bark beetle infestation in Southern California is discussed. California Governor Gray Davis issued an emergency proclamation for three counties to deal with tree mortality caused by bark beetle infestation. Of greatest concern was the extreme fire danger posed by the damaged trees. According to the background information presented at a meeting on bark beetle damage, there were approximately 350,000 acres in San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego counties of standing, dead trees and chaparral that were creating an extreme fire danger. The tree mortality is most pronounced in conifer species in the mountains of the three county area.