{"id":337136,"date":"2021-09-10T00:27:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tree-planting-efforts-arent-replacing-burned-us-forests\/"},"modified":"2021-09-10T00:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T21:27:39","slug":"tree-planting-efforts-arent-replacing-burned-us-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tree-planting-efforts-arent-replacing-burned-us-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tree planting efforts aren\u2019t replacing burned US forests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Tree planting efforts aren\u2019t replacing burned US forests<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>DEER LAKE MESA, NM, Sept 9 \u2014 Experimental pine seedlings poke from the rocky New Mexico earth, the only living evergreens on a hillside torched by one of the\u00a0US West\u2019s drought-driven wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>These climate-smart sprouts\u00a0about 30 miles east of Taos are part of a push to increase the dramatically lagging replanting\u00a0of\u00a0US\u00a0forests\u00a0after fires.<\/p>\n<p>To condition\u00a0trees for life in the Southwest, now suffering its worst drought in 500 years, biologist Owen Burney takes the scraggly seedlings to the point of death and back several times by starving them of water in the nursery.<\/p>\n<p>Burney wishes he had funding to mass produce the seedlings and expand his\u00a0tree\u00a0nursery, the largest in the\u00a0US Southwest. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/USA-WILDFIRES\/EXTREMES\/qzjvqmmravx\">With wildfires growing to monstrous proportions,<\/a> the nursery\u2019s output of 300,000 seedlings a year does not come close to\u00a0replacing\u00a0torched\u00a0trees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople get excited about reforestation, and they talk about it, but talk is cheap without action,\u201d says Burney, who heads New Mexico State University\u2019s forestry research center in Mora. \u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to create, the action of an effective reforestation pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, U.S., August 17, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-19395801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Graduate student Skyler Roe and nursery manager Tammy Parsons of the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center install a weather station at an experiment site on Deer Lake Mesa in Cimarron, New Mexico, US, August 17, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reforestation supporters say\u00a0planting\u00a0trees helps fight climate change, protects watersheds and creates jobs \u2014 arguments that help generate both global enthusiasm <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/features\/trillion-trees\">and\u00a0US bipartisan support.<\/a> Lawmakers are seeking extra federal funding for such\u00a0efforts. Some public-private partnerships committed to growing\u00a0trees have been launched.<\/p>\n<p>Still, evidence suggests replanting\u00a0campaigns cannot keep up with blazes.<\/p>\n<p>Even with\u00a0efforts\u00a0in New Mexico, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanforests.org\/our-work\/restoring-californias-forests\">California<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orparksforever.org\/homepage-box\/wildfire-tree-replanting\">Oregon,<\/a> there is not enough seed collection or nursery capacity, according to nearly two dozen land managers, biologists <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/usfs.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=88825ecd8e4a40f9aefdb24147b821e9\">and conservationists<\/a> Reuters spoke to since June.<\/p>\n<p>Federal replanting\u00a0remains underfunded and poorly coordinated with the private sector. State, tribal and private landholders struggle to find sufficient seedlings, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfire is a natural part of a forest\u2019s lifecycle, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-wildfires-climatechange-idUKKCN26C30W\">but climate-fueled fires<\/a> are so ferocious they incinerate entire stands together with seeds that start regrowth.<\/p>\n<p>That destruction also poses problems for the 180 million Americans who rely on national\u00a0forests\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/us-west-faces-little-known-effect-raging-wildfires-contaminated-water-2021-07-01\">to filter drinking water<\/a> and the 2.5 million employed in forest industry jobs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Dr. Owen Burney gives a tour of the facilities at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-19395802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tree-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dr. Owen Burney gives a tour of the facilities at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, US, July 26, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>System overwhelmed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most\u00a0US wildfires burn on\u00a0US Forest Service land. The agency replants around 6% of its land that needs replanting\u00a0after wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur systems just haven\u2019t kept up,\u201d said David Lytle, the service\u2019s director of forest and rangeland management and vegetation ecology. \u201cThe change to these larger, more severe wildfires has dramatically ramped up our reforestation needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tree-planting\u00a0fervor peaked in 2020 when the World Economic Forum launched its One Trillion\u00a0Trees initiative, or 1t.org, to grow, restore and conserve 1 trillion\u00a0trees globally. Former President Donald Trump backed the plan.\u00a0US corporations and foundations pledged 50 billion\u00a0trees.<\/p>\n<p>Yet visit any Western national forest outside the Pacific Northwest, which still has timber harvests that require\u00a0trees to be replanted, and there are no major\u00a0planting\u00a0efforts, says Collin Haffey of The Nature Conservancy (TNC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems to be an afterthought of forest management,\u201d said Haffey, the group\u2019s conservation coordinator in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lytle, the problem is not tactics or expertise, but funding. The\u00a0US Forest Service spends over half its budget fighting and preventing fires. Last year, Congress granted it $7.4 billion in discretionary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriations. Meanwhile, the amount available for post-fire replanting\u00a0has not grown since the 1980s. The agency says it does not have enough money or resources to fully reforest burn areas.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Trees-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Seeds are kept in a freezer at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, U.S., July 26, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-19395803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Trees-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Trees-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Trees-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Seeds are kept in a freezer at John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico, US, July 26, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To boost replanting, lawmakers have included legislation \u2014 called the Repairing Existing Public Land by Adding Necessary\u00a0Trees (REPLANT) Act \u2014 within the infrastructure bill Congress is considering. It would help the service plant 1.2 billion\u00a0trees on 4.1 million acres of national\u00a0forests\u00a0hit by fire, pests and disease over the next 10 years by removing a $30 million annual funding cap to roughly quadruple spending.<\/p>\n<p>With limited public money, Wes Swaffar of 1t.org tries to channel private funds into replanting. That can mean teaming companies seeking zero net carbon emissions with projects that sequester carbon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so frustrated by the fact that I have to do this job in the first place,\u201d Swaffar said. \u201cI have to play this interconnector role between the public and private sectors, because neither one is able to do it by themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A small success story is growing 85 miles southwest of Burney\u2019s test site. With some money from the public-private Rio Grande Water Fund, around 4,000 acres of\u00a0burned-out forest near Los Alamos are being replanted to mimic \u201ctree\u00a0islands\u201d left after moderate fires. Developed by the TNC, the project has 400 moisture-rich sites, some at higher, cooler elevations to help seedlings survive future, higher temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re trying to do anything related to climate change, carbon sequestration, then\u00a0trees need to be in the ground,\u201d said Burney, who is seeking $40 million to create a New Mexico reforestation center and help lift state annual seedling output to 5 million.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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