Been thinking about becoming a forester? Wondering what it takes to start a career in forestry? We've put together this five step guide to help you explore the career and put yourself in the best position to get hired. Our guide has been adapted from this resource: How To...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
Secret millionaire Grace Groner passed away and left behind $7 million dollars to Lake Forest College. Grace Groner lived through the Great Depression and purchased $180 dollar stock purchase in 1935 which grew into a $7 million dollar investment. Groner lived exceptionally frugally, purchased...
A forest fire presumably sparked within an illegal dumping ground in the Northern Israeli Carmel forest, near Kiriyat Bialik killed at least 40 people on Thursday, December 2, 2010. Many more people were injured, with dozens of rescuers killed as their bus was consumed by the 800 acre inferno....
A Los Angeles area squirrel tests positive for plague. The Los Angeles County Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding has reported that the Los Alamos Campground within the Angeles National Forest has been shut down after a captured squirrel tested postitive for the plague. The campground...
Only six months after a doctoral student beheaded a fellow undergrad on campus, Virginia Tech University has been struck with another murder. Two Virginia Tech students were found slain Thursday at a Jefferson National Forest campground that is a popular hangout for students, authorities said....
Do you ever dream of getting away for an exotic vacation, but feel constrained by obstacles such as cost, distance, the hassle of traveling with small children, or fun diseases like malaria? Well, you need not look any further than you can drive for the next “Most Amazing Vacation Ever!”...
The fugitive couple of John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch has been on the run for a long time now but were arrested finally today near the town of Springville in Arizona. The arrest was made possible as a forest service ranger informed the authorities of the presence of John McCluskey and Casslyn...
A male student from the Oak Park River Forest High School in Illinois ranked 50 girls on Facebook by listing humiliating details of their appearance and promiscuity. The student was suspended following media complaints offered to CBS News 2 from one of the girl's mothers. The mother and one...
Japan has beautiful nature locations that are breathtaking -- couple that with man-made wonders that clearly illustrate Japan’s long history and rich culture -- and you have a tourist destination that is one of the finest on earth. If you are planning on taking a trip to Japan, these ten destinations...
