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NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Cornwall, England, where the curtain goes up tomorrow on the world's largest greenhouse. The "Eden Project" -- with its tropical rain forest under a giant geodesic dome -- is a huge conservation project for endangered plant species.

New Hampshire foresters are closely watching the movements of an exotic beetle known as the Emerald Ash Borer. Just last month the U-S Forest Service…

The U.S. Forest Service is waiving fees at most of its day-use recreation sites, including those in the White Mountain National Forest, over the Veterans…

A logger in Wisconsin uses a draft horse to pull pine trees out of the forest. Nick Van Der Puy reports that the horse can haul half as much as a logging truck, but is cheaper to maintain and causes less damage to the woods.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports that President Bush has delayed a ban on road-building and most logging in a third of the country's national forests. The ban was put in place in the final days of the Clinton administration.

North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports that environmental groups are trying to persuade the timber industry to label wood and paper products that are produced from logs that are harvested in ways that help sustain forests. Such products would carry a "green" label.

The Folk Show's listing of music and dance events in and around our listening area.

Scientists say accelerating deforestation and development may increase the risk of pandemic diseases. The current economic crisis may also make that trend worse if more people cut down trees for fuel.

Once a century, the cypress trees of Louisiana's swamps become large enough to harvest. Now is the time. Loggers, landowners and mill operators are itching to get the trees to market. But some scientists worry that harvesting the majestic trees could destroy a fragile ecosystem.

The Mekong River, one of the world's longest waterways, has a long and turbulent history. It begins its 3,000-mile journey high on the Tibetan plateau of China's Qinghai province, where its once-nomadic residents try to preserve their culture and traditions against the challenges of modernity.