Calvin Norman
@functionalforests.bsky.social
Let's talk about trees! 🌳
I'm a forester, wildlife biologist and assist. teaching prof working on climate change, invasive species, and CWD at PSU. Opinions my own
I'm a forester, wildlife biologist and assist. teaching prof working on climate change, invasive species, and CWD at PSU. Opinions my own
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Chronic Wasting Disease: Friend or Foe? (It's foe, it's all foe)
Podcast Episode · SeedPod · 11/04/2025 · 1h 46m
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December 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Happiest black spruce, has a canopy of three branches that are six inches long 😂
September 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Happiest black spruce, has a canopy of three branches that are six inches long 😂
They not answered in the EO or document from DOI. It’s not like DOI has a bunch of cash floating around for all of this. What’s the plan? It seems like this will just cripple US fire fighting www.doi.gov//document-li...
SO 3443 - Elevating and Unifying DOI's Wildland Fire Management Program | U.S. Department of the Interior
SO 3443
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September 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
They not answered in the EO or document from DOI. It’s not like DOI has a bunch of cash floating around for all of this. What’s the plan? It seems like this will just cripple US fire fighting www.doi.gov//document-li...
Don’t worry, it gets worse. All fire budgets are being zeroed out. In 2026, all Fed wildland fire will be handled by a new agency that doesn’t have congressional approval, has no budget, isn’t staffed, and doesn’t have anything from saws to land management responsibilities
August 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Don’t worry, it gets worse. All fire budgets are being zeroed out. In 2026, all Fed wildland fire will be handled by a new agency that doesn’t have congressional approval, has no budget, isn’t staffed, and doesn’t have anything from saws to land management responsibilities
We kind of do Forests offset 14% of US annual emissions, depending on the fires. 90% of sequestration happens East of the Mississippi, again fire. If you go to Forks, you can find Doug-fir that are 300 ft tall and feet in diameter. In the South, we’ve got improved pine that can grow a 2x4 in a year
July 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We kind of do Forests offset 14% of US annual emissions, depending on the fires. 90% of sequestration happens East of the Mississippi, again fire. If you go to Forks, you can find Doug-fir that are 300 ft tall and feet in diameter. In the South, we’ve got improved pine that can grow a 2x4 in a year