TreeNote TreeNote is a two minute weekly feature from renowned ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and KUER.
Logger sports
I once worked as a surveyor for the U. S. Forest Service in southeast Alaska.
Logger sports
Trees & telephone poles
Our country has over 150 million telephone poles — that's half a pole for every person!
Trees & telephone poles
Trees and Skateboards
A few years ago, I decided to learn to how to skateboard, much to the embarrassment of my then-teenage children. They requested that I go to the skatepark in disguise to avoid being recognized by their friends.
Trees and Skateboards
'On Trees,' by Hermann Hesse
As an ecologist, I have shelves full of scientific and literary books on trees.
'On Trees,' by Hermann Hesse
National Christmas Tree
Every year, my family takes an afternoon to drive out to the Tintic Mountains to choose our holiday tree.
National Christmas Tree
Tree's romantic parasite
Given the biological purpose of mistletoe, it's pretty strange that this parasite is also a symbol of love.
Tree's romantic parasite
Holiday Wreaths
This is the time of year for the beautiful evergreen wreaths that we put on our doors and windows. But where does all of this holiday greenery come from?
Holiday Wreaths
The Ginkgo Shed
Although most trees lose their leaves just a few at a time, the leaves of gingko trees drop in synchrony, over the span of a day or two.
The Ginkgo Shed
What is the world's oldest wooden structure?
Until recently, archeologists dated the oldest human-made wooden structures as 5,000 years or younger — homes made by Neolithic Europeans, Buddhist temples of Japan and longhouses of Native Americans.
What is the world's oldest wooden structure?
Trees and Holiday Baking
With the winter holidays approaching I'm baking festive goodies — a joyful counterpoint to our shortening days.
