Category Vegetation Alert

Animal Activity Alert, Drought Alert, Major Events, Severe Weather, Vegetation Alert

Lengthy drought still major concern in Marlborough, New Zealand

Photo by KIM CHISNALL: Dam storage on Rob Peter’s Cape Campbell farm The effects of the lengthy drought and continuing feed supply and grass growth issues heading towards spring continue to concern many farmers. Marlborough Federated Farmers president, and…

Earth Extremities
June 30, 2015

Drought Alert, Vegetation Alert

36,000 Tahoe-area trees are dead or dying as California’s drought persists

Of the millions of trees that are dead or dying as a result of California’s ongoing drought, about 36,000 are spread across forests in the greater Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. A U.S. Department of Agriculture report published March 2015 shows…

Earth Extremities
June 30, 2015