Nearly 17,500 public comments were sent to the US Department of Agriculture opposing their recommendation for approval of an ArborGen proposal to plant over a quarter of a million genetically engineered (GE) eucalyptus trees. Only 39 favorable comments were received by the USDA. If allowed, the plantings would take place on 330 acres of land across seven states in the Southern U.S., to supposedly feed future cellulosic ethanol production.
Celebrating Sarah T’s last day at Dogwood Alliance.. Last week at Dogwood Alliance, one of our valued employees and dear friend, Sarah Thompson, spent her last days in the office. […]
Meet another of Dogwood Alliance’s amazing summer interns, Jingjing Zhu… My undergraduate major was environmental science. As I learned more and more knowledge on scientific and engineering issues I realized […]
Dogwood Alliance’s Response to’s Recent Forest Stewardship Council Certification Announcement Recently (IP), the world’s largest paper producer and the biggest paper producer in the Southern US, was tagged a top […]
Today marks the fourth anniversary of our historic agreement with Bowater to increase protections for our Southern forests… June 25th marks a big day in the history of Dogwood Alliance. […]
