ReGenerating Our Planet One Forest at a Time
Located 45 miles east of Houston, Texas, the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge is home to slow-flowing rivers, swamp-like wetlands and hundreds of species of freshwater turtles, alligators, plants and trees.
Earlier today, the ReGeneration Team joined The Conservation Fund, Travelocity, NBC Universal and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) in dedicating 158 acres of forestland. Over their lifetime, the newly planted trees (bald cypress, oak and pecan) will trap more than 63,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere.
The AP’s Mike Graczyk covered the event and filed an in-depth report a few hours ago.
This project is part of “Plant a Tree for Me” and “Plant a Forest for Me,” two programs driven by Dell customers and facilitated by The Conservation Fund and Carbonfund.org. The Conservation Fund and its partners have protected more than 144,000 acres in Texas to date, including 4,700 acres at Trinity River.
Joining today’s dedication was Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, USFWS Southwest Regional Director (Dr. Tuggle has spent the majority of his professional career on environmental conservation efforts). Check back later this week for an interview we did with Dr. Tuggle after the event.
We also snapped a bunch of photos and uploaded them to the ReGeneration Flickr page (more to come later tonight).
Thank you to the Conservation Fund, USFWS and Friends of Trinity River for putting together a memorable (and historic) event!
Thanks, Dell
Wish I could have been there.
by fran / January 31, 2008
Now if you could just convince folks that it is ok to cut down a few trees, you’d accomplish something. The USFS has been hamstrung by lawsuits for years now so they’ve done no active timber management in many places for years. I’ve seen forests so thick you can’t walk through them. The trees can’t grow that close together so they die. A dead forest is like kindling in a thunder storm. When it burns, all that carbon dioxide goes up in smoke and back into the atmosphere. So, if you really want to make a difference, check and see if what I’ve said is true, then make your voice heard! (You can speak louder than I can.)
by Susan / April 7, 2008
Planting a forest is a good Idea. Planting a 5 MW Windmill in the middle of that forest would generate enough electricty to power 1000 homes, Carbon free.
That windmill would cost 2.5 million dollars. Most of us can’t buy one, individually. Most Energy Corporations want to build Coal Burning plants or Nuclear Plants.
So, how about a “Build a Windmill for me”?
by Nate / April 10, 2008