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...Louisiana susceptible enough to natural disasters? Now, 18 months after Katrina, it turns out that some of the state's coastal cypress forests, which help protect against storm surges by absorbing excess wind and water, are being clear-cut to make mulch, the soil stabilizer found in many gardens. Removing these trees could aggravate the impact of the next big storm. "People who garden should be disturbed that critical forests are being shredded just to end up in their flower beds," says Sierra Club's Orli Cotel. Chuck Corbitt, CEO of Corbitt Manufacturing, a top mulch supplier, told TIME that...
...Prefer a regular cut tree? Choose a real one that's grown without pesticides or chemical fertilizers-ask local merchants if they have an organic farm supplier-or order from Freshchristmastree.com, a grower that ships to 46 states and uses sustainable methods. Then recycle: many municipalities collect trees to mulch. Search Earth911.org to find programs in your area...
...Mulch Outside Wigglesworth Monday, July 31, 9:59 p.m. An officer observed a small amount of smoldering mulch in the area of Wigglesworth Hall F Entryway. The officer extinguished the fire with a cup of water, and the Cambridge Police Department was informed of the situation...
Compost Combustion Sunday, July 9, 8:46 a.m.: A large patch of mulch was observed to be smoking in the area. The Fire Department reported the smoke was a result of a discarded cigarette...
...here were living further south than anyone else then on the planet. Today this cave entrance looks west over a gully choked with soaring swamp gums and mottled dogwood trees, fallen logs and bark rotting at their feet under a damp smothering of moss, red mushrooms and the thick mulch of autumn's deluge of leaves. But if this art does date to the last Ice Age, its guardians - their bodies probably rubbed with a mixture of ocher and animal fat against the cold - would have looked out on a much barer world. Until, that is, the climate warmed...