USDA May Allow Genetically Modified Trees to Be Released Into the Wild
Green chestnut burrs form on one of the trees at a small chestnut farm in the Heidelberg Township of Pennsylvania, on August 6, 2020.
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On August 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a petition by researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) seeking federal approval to release their genetically engineered (GE) Darling 58 (D58) American chestnut tree into U.S. forests. Researchers claim the transgenic D58 tree will resist the fungal blight that, coupled with rampant overlogging, decimated the American chestnut population in the early 20th century. In fact, the GE American chestnut is a Trojan horse meant to open the doors to commercial GE trees design
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Intertidal: A nature journal is a great way to chronicle Maine’s unpredictable spring
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I am writing this a week or so before April 1, so I cannot predict what the weather will be like, only that it will be unpredictable. As we basked in the sun last week, finding shoots emerging from ground freshly exposed by melting ice, it certainly felt like spring had not just officially begun, but that the season had actually turned.
But, I remember many times on April 1 when Maine’s weather played the best prank by taunting us with warm sunshine-soaked afternoons only to then dump a pile of snow over the tips of shivering crocus. You are only made an April fool if you don’t, to some degree, expect this.
Spring is just around the corner and winter is, too.
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Overnight lows have frozen the Esker Trail solid, but bright sunshine will make the afternoon feel like spring. (Photo by Emily Stone)
The metal studs on my fat bike tires crunched noisily on the trail as I pedaled furiously toward the top of a hill. Reaching the crest, I sized up the view, crouched low over the seat, and zoomed down. The air rushing past my face was chilly, but intense spring sunlight and tough pedaling on the slopes of the Esker Trail near Cable were keeping me plenty warm.
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