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CAL FIRE Assists Wailaki Tribe in Receiving Old-Growth Redwood Log for Traditional Canoe
A rare old-growth redwood log from Humboldt Redwoods State Park will be hand-carved by Wailaki tribal members into a traditional open-water canoe for a future intertribal cultural gathering.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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How do you tell if a forest has never been cleared?

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How do you tell if a forest has never been cleared? #forest #tree #trees #nature #history #short
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October 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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#envhist #environmentalhistory #forestry #foresthistory #midwesternhistory
April 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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"It only takes a minute to wipe out a century" Fire Prevention PSA
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October 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
Call for Papers – A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th Centuries

6-8 July, 2027, hosted by the University of Turin
Proposal Deadline: 30 November 2026

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#envhist #foresthistory #globalhistory
Call for Papers - A World of a Thousand Cuts: Forests, Wood, and Industrialisation Across the Globe in the 19th and 20th Centuries
This 2027 University of Turin conference re-examines 19th-20th-century global industrialisation by exploring how timber's ongoing role reshaped world forests.
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September 17, 2026 at 3:29 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
Today we have "Adapting to the End of the Forest Commons in the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary" by Róbert Balogh

The 2nd post in our Historicizing Adaptation series edited by @stundenbower.bsky.social.

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Adapting to the End of the Forest Commons in the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary
Throughout the 19th century, countless numbers of communities had to address, confront, and adapt to changing notions of appropriate interactions between states, lands, and landowners. This piece exam...
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March 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
iufro.bsky.social
📢 Abstract submission is open for the conference:

🌲From Forest to Heritage III
🗓️19-22 May 2026; 📍Klagenfurt, Austria

🚨 Submission deadline: 31 January 2026

➡️ www.from-forest-to-heritage.dendro.at/call-for-pro...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestHistory #dendrochronology #ForestEducation
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
"The Big Tree is a reminder of how badly New Brunswick’s forests have been managed." - Mark McLaughlin

"The Big Tree, Forestry in New Brunswick, and the Value of Nature" is our ninth most-read article of all time!

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The Big Tree, Forestry in New Brunswick, and the Value of Nature
In Victoria County, New Brunswick, there is a certain tree which the locals refer to as the “Big Tree.” This particular tree sits atop a knoll alongside the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 10 kilo...
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December 21, 2024 at 5:56 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
#NationalForestWeek

"Could we think of smoke from the forests in the same way that we thought about coal smoke? How are the harms associated with wildfire smoke entangled with colonialism?" - Mica Jorgenson

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#envhist #firehistory #foresthistory
Wild Smoke: Forest Fires and Air Pollution in BC since 1950
Now the smoke is rolling back into our lives, we need to develop a more sophisticated smoke palate.
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September 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
iufro.bsky.social
📢 Abstract submission is open for the conference:

🌲From Forest to Heritage III
🗓️19-22 May 2026; 📍Klagenfurt, Austria

🚨 Submission deadline: 31 January 2026

➡️ www.from-forest-to-heritage.dendro.at/call-for-pro...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestHistory #dendrochronology #ForestEducation
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
Virtual Conference – At the Vanguard of Colonialism: Global Perspectives on Timber Colonialism during the Age of Industrialization

9 – 10 November 2023
Zoom link in post:

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#envhist #foresthistory #globalhistory #colonialism
Virtual Conference - At the Vanguard of Colonialism: Global Perspectives on Timber Colonialism durin...
9 - 10 November 2023 - Virtual Conference - At the Vanguard of Colonialism: Global Perspectives on Timber Colonialism during the Age of Industrialization
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October 31, 2023 at 4:26 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
Throwback to Richard Mackie's 2009 book tour for Mountain Timber: The Comox Logging Company in the Vancouver Island Mountains. Who got a copy during that tour?

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#envhist #books #bchistory #foresthistory #cdnhist
New Book Launch: Mountain Timber: The Comox Logging Company in the Vancouver Island Mountains.
24 October 2009 - Launch and book signing for Richard Mackie's new book, Mountain Timber: The Comox Logging Company in the Vancouver Island Mountains.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:20 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
What can fall foliage tell us about a forest’s history??

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What can fall foliage tell us about a forest’s history?? #tree #trees #forest #nature #woods #short
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October 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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16 years ago, YouTube limited uploaded videos to ten minutes long.

Now, longer videos can be uploaded.

@foresthistory.bsky.social maybe now would be a good time to add the whole thing?
Greatest Good Trailer
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February 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
In our latest piece, Sam Huckerby reflects on the Timber Colonialism Conference that took place in Uppsala, Sweden in November.

"Seeing the Forests for the Timber: Reflections on the Timber Colonialism Conference"

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#envhist #foresthistory #timber
Seeing the Forests for the Timber: Reflections on the Timber Colonialism Conference
Prior to this conference, I did not know that scholars got together to share works in progress.
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January 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM
iufro.bsky.social
📢First Call for Papers for the

🌱2026 IUFRO Small Scale Forestry and Forest History and Traditional Knowledge Joint Conference
🗓️21-23 July 2026; 📍Nairobi, Kenya
⚡️Submission deadline: 16 March 2026

➡️ www.iufro.org/events/2026-...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #SmallScaleForestry #ForestHistory
February 25, 2026 at 6:48 AM
envirohistory.bsky.social
Ahead of new print alert! You can now read Sabujkoli Mukherjee's "Muddy Lines and Murky Waters: The Making of a Colonial Deltaic Forest, 1816–1828" from the October 2025 issue. #envhist #envhum #foresthistory #IndianHistory

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Muddy Lines and Murky Waters: The Making of a Colonial Deltaic Forest, 1816–1828 | Environmental History
Abstract This article focuses on the extensive, low-lying mangrove forests in the lower Gangetic Delta, commonly called the Sundarbans, in the early decades of the nineteenth century. The English East...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
iufro.bsky.social
📢 Abstract submission is open for the conference:

🌲From Forest to Heritage III
🗓️19-22 May 2026; 📍Klagenfurt, Austria

🚨 Submission deadline: 31 January 2026 🚨

➡️ www.from-forest-to-heritage.dendro.at/call-for-pro...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestHistory #dendrochronology #ForestEducation
January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
For #InternationalDayofForests, let's revisit Sam Huckerby's reflection on this past fall's Timber Colonialism Conference.

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#envhist #foresthistory #commodities #timber
Seeing the Forests for the Timber: Reflections on the Timber Colonialism Conference
Prior to this conference, I did not know that scholars got together to share works in progress.
niche-canada.org
March 21, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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🌳How the Roman Empire Reshaped Europe's Woodlands🌳

More than 20,000 (!!!) tree-ring dated archaeological timbers tell the story of dramatic deforestation and forest recovery, for over a millennium (300 BCE–700 CE).

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#dendrochronology #Roman #archaeology #ForestHistory
Woodlands of Antiquity: A millennium of dendrochronological data on forest exploitation and timber economy between the Alps and the Atlantic | PNAS
The Roman Empire dominated large parts of western and central Europe for over half a millennium, leaving a lasting cultural imprint on the continen...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Want a taste of 80s TV?

What a change huh? Give a hoot to "I really don't care do you"

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Woodsy Owl PSA
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August 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
nichecanada.bsky.social
We were just alerted that it is #NationalForestWeek!

We've got a lot of #foresthistory on our site, but why not start with "Wild Smoke: Forest Fires and Air Pollution in BC since 1950" by Mica Jorgenson: niche-canada.org/2023/03/01/w...
Wild Smoke: Forest Fires and Air Pollution in BC since 1950
Now the smoke is rolling back into our lives, we need to develop a more sophisticated smoke palate.
niche-canada.org
September 22, 2023 at 6:42 PM
herrbund.bsky.social
Our review on research perspectives in joining genetic analysis and environmental history of Pinus silvestris in Central Europe was published finally in the "Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene" 🌲🌲🌲🔬🧬 online.ucpress.edu/elementa/art... #envhistory #foresthistory
The environmental changes that have occurred on our globe in the last few hundred years affect practically every element of the environment. One of the main elements of this matrix is forest areas. A key aspect of describing the transformation period in forest management is to illustrate the long-term consequences of the environmental changes which humans have caused and continue to cause. The objective of our study is not only to discuss the interactions and changes occurring in the genetic resources of the primary forest-forming species in Polish forests but, more importantly, to demonstrate how past decisions can influence events in the near or distant future. In the context of forest research, it is essential to clarify that the lifespan of a tree has no relation to the lifespan of a human being. This simple fact not only influences the life cycle of individual stands and the mechanisms of timber mass production but, above all, highlights that we are hostage to the decisions (and knowledge) of our ancestors, who managed the forests according to the ideas of the Enlightenment. In this essay, we emphasize an element we believe is underrepresented in the discourse on forest transformations in the 19th and 20th centuries: forest genetic resources, which are fundamental to the resilience and adaptation of managed forests in response to ongoing climate change. Pinus silvestris from the Holly Cross Mts. Poland Our leading author Prof. Pawel Przybylski in his laboratory working on the Pinus genes! Pinus silvestris from the Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland.
February 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
nichecanada.bsky.social
"Households developed a number of strategies to the evictions including, migrating to nearby urban areas or reserves, crossing the border to Mozambique, or settling as 'squatters' on the edge of the plantation." - Mathew Ruguwa

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#envhist #foresthistory #aghist
Transforming the “Wonderful”: Forest Plantation and Displacement in Bvumba (Chirara), Zimbabwe, 1948-1970
In his dissertation, Mathew Ruguwa sought to illustrate the endurance of the family in times of trouble.
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February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
iufro.bsky.social
📢 Last call: Abstract submission is open for the conference:

🌲From Forest to Heritage III
🗓️19-22 May 2026; 📍Klagenfurt, Austria

🚨 Submission deadline: 31 January 2026

➡️ www.from-forest-to-heritage.dendro.at/call-for-pro...

#ForestScience #ForestResearch #ForestHistory #dendrochronology
January 23, 2026 at 9:10 AM