How The Human “Network” Collided with the Environment
—By Michael Gallis, Gary Moll and Heather Millar

Blending Nature With Development
—By James S. Russell

FORUM
Letters

Editoral
Cool the Global, plant a tree.
A simple step that will help the earth now.
—by Deborah Gangloff

COMMUNITIES
Return of the American Elm
Tree lovers celebrate the reemergence of an national icon.
—by Catherine A. Smith Photos by Dan Smith.

CLIPPINGS

• 3 Million Trees Planned for 2007
• Hope for the Hemlocks
• Tina Tang Necklace Helps
• Tree Doctor
• Sitka Champ in Trouble
• Washington Outlook
• Goat Getters
• Tree planting in the bag
• Community Group Gets Forestland
• News of Note

EARTHKEEPERS
High on Conservation
A professor and forest ecologist goes to the treetops to share her research
—by Janet Arenofsky

On the Cover: Baldwin Hill Elm, western Massachusetts. Photo by Dan Smith