From orangutans to eagles.For the 17th year, AMERICAN FORESTS is helping communities around the world restore tree cover through its Global ReLeaf Forests program. One million trees will be planted in projects ranging from Malaysian orangutan orangutan (ōrăng`  tăn), an ape, Pongo pygmaeus, found in swampy coastal forests of Borneo and Sumatra. forest and Mexican monarch habitat to urban communities along an expressway in Illinois and eagle habitat near Denver. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Here's a look at what some of your Global ReLeaf dollars can plant this year. For a complete list, visit www.americanforests.org; every dollar plants a tree. * In Alabama's Talladega National Forest Central Alabama's Talladega National Forest covers 375,000 acres (1520 km²) at the southern edge of the Appalachians. Before it was bought by the federal government in the 1930s, the area that comprises the Talladega was extensively logged and represented some of the , 48,000 longleaf pine to restore a healthy ecosystem for endangered red-cockaded woodpecker. * In California, 169,000 trees in burned areas of Eldorado National Forest Eldorado National Forest is a U.S. National Forest located in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Portions of Alpine, Amador, El Dorado, and Placer counties lie within the Forest Boundary. to restore 10 spotted owl protected activity centers and two northern goshawk goshawk: see hawk. goshawk Any of the more powerful accipiters (hawks in the genus Accipiter), primarily short-winged, forest-dwelling bird catchers. Best known is the northern goshawk, which reaches about 2 ft (60 cm) in length with a 4.3-ft (1. sites. * In Colorado, restore water quality at a Denver watershed, home to bald eagle winter roost sites. * In Illinois, restore Emiquon Preserve, a pre-European-settlement landscape of backwater lakes, wetlands, and forests virtually unmatched in the Midwest. Also, make the drive more palatable--and life nearby cleaner and quieter--by planting conifers along Elgin-O'Hare Expressway. * Continue restoration at Maryland's unique Cranesville Swamp Preserve (see page 26). * In Oregon, 55,000 ponderosa pine ponderosa pine pinusponderosa. and western larch to provide winter habitat for elk in Umatilla National Forest The Umatilla National Forest, in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington, covers an area of 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²). Wilderness areas Over 20% of the Umatilla National Forest is classified as wilderness. . * In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, known as the Garden Spot of America since the 18th century, is located in the southeastern part of the state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. , revert about 20 wooded acres overrun by invasive plants back into native hardwood forest. * Continue reforestation Reforestation The reestablishment of forest cover either naturally or artificially. Given enough time, natural regeneration will usually occur in areas where temperatures and rainfall are adequate and when grazing and wildfires are not too frequent. of Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge  National Wildlife Refuge in Texas, considered one of the continental U.S.'s most biologically diverse national wildlife refuges (see South Texas Eco-Wonderland, Winter 2004). * Reestablish native northern red and white oak to a 2,000+-acre state wildlife and natural area near Madison, Wisconsin, used for hiking, fishing, and cross-country skiing. * Plant 3,000 red spruce to protect at-risk species on West Virginia's Spruce Mountain, which has seen its namesake trees dwindle due to land uses. * In Indonesia, 42,000 trees to begin restoration of degraded forest and coastal areas hard hit by logging, fires, and natural disasters, most notably the 2004 earthquake and resulting tsunami. * In Malaysia, restore degraded forest within Supu Forest Reserve along the Kinabatangan River, one of the single largest remaining natural forest habitats for the endangered orangutan, storms stork, Borneon bristlehead, and other rare endemic species such as the proboscis monkey and Borneon gibbon. * Plant 40,000 trees in south-central Mexico to improve monarch butterfly winter nesting sites. * Support forest stewards from Tabuk, in the Philippines, in the planting of 25,000 native trees to begin the restoration and renewal of Agbannawag watershed and surrounding former forest areas. |
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