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On the Stump: Winter 2020
By Danny Burbage We often hear that “the sum is greater than its parts” and that is certainly true as it relates to community forestry in South Carolina. Communities in every portion of the state are conducting projects that benefit the individual locales and,...
Passport to Trees: Florence
Florence, with a population of about 37,000, covers approximately 21 square miles in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. It got its startat the juncture of 3 railroad linesin the 19thcentury. In part due to its location on I-95 and I-20, Florence now thrives with a...
On the Stump: Fall 2020
I recently reread Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids. In her book, Smith writes about art, bohemia in general and more specifically, the art and bohemia of New York City during the 1960’s and 70’s. The art and bohemia are integral parts of the loving and often...
Passport to Trees: The View From Here
It’s a starkly different world we’re living in now than it was even a few months ago. Because of COVID19, Trees SC has had to cancel all in-person programs and events, which has severely restricted a main source of revenue for this organization. If we cannot adapt,...
On the Stump: Summer 2020
“I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round” -John Lennon I have been triple-tethered the last 3 ½ months. Since retiring in 2018, my life’s pace has slowed just slightly. I went through knee replacement surgery in February and the road to recovery...
Passport to Trees: The Reality of COVID-19 in Community Forestry
The Spring issue of The Acorn was published just as we plunged into the unprecedented COVID-19 quarantine in the US. After 3 months, millions are still out of work, millions have been infected, over 110,000 American souls have been lost. Nobody likes it, but as time...
On the Stump: Spring 2020
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself but each of us can work to change a small portion of events and the total of all those events will be written as the history of a generation.” Robert F. Kennedy The South Carolina Forestry Commission hosted a...
On the Stump: Winter 2019
Election Day is special and should be one of our most celebrated “national days”. If the Fourth of July is when we celebrate the founding and proclamation of our freedom, then Election Day is when we act as stewards of that freedom and ensure its preservation. No...
Smokey Bear, Climate Change and the New Normal
Smokey Bear celebrated his 75th anniversary in a big way this year! On New Year’s Day he was in the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Smithsonian National Zoological Park introduced a new graphic exhibit in his former home there, he was feted at the National Portrait...
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