Remembering Alison Cochran

Dogwood Alliance mourns the passing of longtime forest activist and talented musician Alison Cochran. On Sunday night, longtime activist, musician and friend of our forests, Alison Cochran, passed away. Alison […]

Alison Cochran

Take Action to Stop GE Trees in the South!

A short window of opportunity to demand the USDA deny ArborGen permits to do a widescale planting of genetically engineered Eucalyptus in the Southern US… ACTION NEEDED BY 18 February!  […]

Stop GE Trees

Under Pressure USDA Forced to Reexamine GE Eucalyptus Permitting

Groups Force USDA to Re-release Draft Environmental Assessment on Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees for Southern U.S. Forests: Original Assessment Lacked Key U.S. Forest Service Hydrological Studies

The U.S. Department of Agriculture re-released their draft environmental assessment [1] regarding a request by ArborGen, a subsidiary of timber giants International Paper and MeadWestvaco, to plant over a quarter of a million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in so-called “test plots” across seven southern U.S. states. [2]