Temperate rainforest

Woodpeckers are a vast bird family, composed of approximately 217 species worldwide. They are found throughout the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa, with the largest number of species occurring in the tropics of the New World. Here are a few woodpecker species you may encounter, along with some of the more unique members of the woodpecker family. Red-headed woodpecker The Red-headed Woodpecker is known for its fiery red-head and black and white body. It resides predominately in the Midwest and…

Emerald Ash Borer in Wisconsin Veronica Williams, Andy Lundin, Balin Magee, Zach Smola Ash trees are a very common and beautiful tree in Wisconsin, and they are used by many people for their lumber. There is a nuisance attacking and destroying the ash tree, and that is the infestation of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer, or EAB. The adult beetles do little harm to the tree by just eating their foliage, but their larvae burrow beneath the bark of the tree and restrict the tree’s ability to…

species on the planet. When they are degraded, it can set off a devastating chain of events both locally and around the world.” (Bradford) By deforesting the amazon, many animals are losing their homes and food sources. 240,000 miles of Amazon Rainforests are taken down each year for human supplies. Many animals and different species live in the Amazon forests. Most times, when they lose their habitat, they have no place to go and their species has a larger chance of going extinct. Amazon…

One quest I would love to achieve is planting numerous trees. Doing so, the planet would be a much better place to live in. People are cutting down countless amounts of trees for products such as paper and paper towels. Abounding amounts of trees cut down can be a problematic issue for the organisms in the future or even today. Therefore one quest for me is planting an abundant amount of trees. To attain this quest, there might be several ways to plant trees. I would use a common way which is…

The Temperate Deciduous Forest The temperate deciduous forest is located in Canada, Japan, China, Japan, parts of Russia, and the eastern half of United States. Everywhere there in those places were described as beautiful and majestic. When the leaves fall down from the trees down to the soil, the nutrients in the leaves are being absorbed by the soil. The soils of the temperate deciduous forest tend to be very fertile. Also, because of this, the biome has fertile soil and a long, 5-6 month…

the 170,000 hectares of protected areas in the Central Highlands. The proposed park is made up of current State Forest, Special Protection Zones and existing Parks and Reserves as seen in figure 12 and 14. The area is home to large ash forests, rainforest and vine thickets, eucalyptus tall open and open forests and woodlands. This area is under threat from logging, bushfires (Figure 3) and the destruction of habitat of precious animal and plant species, 40 of which nest in the hollows and…

As you can see the first photograph definitely appears very dark and ominous even before it was converted to black and white. Therefore, students automatically assumed that the first tree was the only lynching tree. Fewer people believed that the answer was the second photograph. It is apparent now that the trees all look like lynching trees since they are on a gray scale. I also found that it was more appropriate for these photographs to be shown in black and white rather than in color.…

Most people assume that gorillas are strong and durable creatures that could withstand anything. While gorillas are certainly strong, their survival requires a delicate balance of a safe habitat and a healthy, natural diet. There are many different types of gorillas and each species requires different needs based on their region. In particular, many of the gorillas in Africa are dwindling in numbers due to threats upon their natural habitat. According to Endangered Species…

According to Sharon Dalgleish, author of “Protecting Wildlife” one thousand years ago, 34% of the world was covered with forests. Fifty years ago, 32% of the world was covered in forests. Today, 12% of the world is covered in forests. Forests have a big role in the environment and keeping animals, as well as the air, healthy and clean. The world is losing one of its main resources. Instead of throwing away some paper that was used, put it into the recycling bin. Or, instead of sitting outside…

unfortunate as it is, Some Humans, Just don't care about other lives in the world, where they believe that they can cut down all the trees and nothing will happen According to (Rainforest facts.com) More than 9,000 Plant and animal species are already going extinct each year with the reduction of the rain forests. The rainforests are described to…