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Blackmer Magic
Steve Blackmer, founder of the Northern Forest Center, answers readers' questions |
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11 Nov 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Blackmer, founder of the Northern Forest Center. Millions of acres of private forestland in the Northern Forest are being sold -- 7 million acres in the past seven years in Maine alone. Working-forest easements are not protecting the full range of values many people want preserved. One alternative that has been suggested is to create a national park there. How does that fit into the ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Of Tree I Sing
Steve Blackmer, founder of the Northern Forest Center, answers Grist's questions |
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07 Nov 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Steve Blackmer. What work do you do? I'm the president of the Northern Forest Center, based in Concord, N.H. What does your organization do? We work to revitalize the rural economy and communities and conserve the forests of the 30-million-acre Northern Forest region of northernmost New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine -- the largest intact wild area in the Eastern U.S. Unlike the ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Tree Enterprise
Nicole Rycroft, recycled-paper pusher, answers readers' questions |
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16 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Nicole Rycroft, campaigns director for Markets Initiative. Is there a similar organization to Markets Initiative in the U.S.? -- Jerry Broadbent, Bucoda, Wash. There are a number of organizations that work to safeguard endangered forests by shifting U.S. market demand to more sustainable wood and paper products. Green Press Initiative is working with the U.S. book sector and Co-op America with the U. ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Page of Enlightenment
Nicole Rycroft, forest-friendly book publisher, answers Grist's questions |
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12 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Nicole Rycroft. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm the campaigns director for Markets Initiative. What does your organization do? We work to completely transform heavy paper-consuming industries in Canada (e.g., book, magazine, and newspaper sectors) -- to shift them away from papers originating from ancient or endangered forests and to reduce their overall paper ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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A Bouquet of Honey-Rosés
Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers readers' questions |
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28 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jordi Honey-Rosés, WWF Mexico Program. What do you feel are some of the key elements that individuals and organizations must consider when developing strategies that will both preserve and protect the monarch butterfly, the forests and benefit the landowners and citizens of Mexico? -- Don Davis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada This is a very good question that gets at the heart of the challenge face ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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Days of Wine and Honey-Rosés
Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers Grist's questions |
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24 Jan 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Jordi Honey-Rosés. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? Currently I serve as program officer in the Mexican Forest Program for World Wildlife Fund, working to protect the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in central Mexico. The pine and fir forest region where I work is the winter habitat for the migratory North American monarch butterfly. These butterflies travel all th ... |
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| Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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