Sentences with phrase «stands of trees in»

From the plane, Dr. Running pointed out huge scars where fires had destroyed stands of trees in recent years.

Rather than waiting decades to see the effect of a gradual rise in CO2, a handful of studies have immersed stands of trees in a continuous bath of extra CO2, several hundred parts per million above ambient levels of about 400 parts per million.

During Labor Day weekend, though, when TPC Boston hosted the PGA Tour's best players in the annual Deutsche Bank Championship, casual passersby would have had no inkling about the bustle of activity taking place inside the GC production trucks parked behind a stand of trees in the dusty broadcast lot.

Past logging has razed more than a third of Białowieża Forest, but much old - growth — defined as a stand of trees in which at least 10 % are older than 100 years — survives on land managed by State Forests.

Hundreds of mini-dramas unfold, from a procession of claw - footed and insect - like human figures to a young woman pollinating a stand of trees in a world where bees are going extinct.

But we're not talking about sourcing this kind of timber from old - growth forests, but from thinner «weed» trees that are crowding out a stand of trees in the forest, or diseased trees which have fallen.

And yet, disproportionate numbers of us continue to buy Tide instead of no - name detergent, and to care what our hockey rink is called, and to have strong opinions on whether a stand of trees in the downtown Vancouver peninsula should be referenced as Stanley Park or XwayXway.

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But Sino - Forest disclosed in its management discussion and analysis for both the first and second quarters of 2010 that the revenue was generated by selling standing timber, meaning the company did not cut down and transport any of these trees.

«Without confidence in Canada's regulatory processes — whether seeking a permit to start a small business, harvest a stand of trees or advance a large capital project - we need to have faith in the processes set out by our governments.

I thought I grew out of the flags and the happy - clappy Jesus - is - my - boyfriend songs, that I was too wise and smart for such sentimental things but in my maturity now I want to shout out hallelujah and fling myself to the ground prostrate, in gratitude for dirt and little boys, for babies and the lines around my eyes, for Johnny Cash and pine trees at dusk, for the taste of cold water and the vineyard, for the piano and the ones from among us who stand to lead us out into the day singing.

They may be simple square or round towers, as in the Levant; or elaborate architectural designs as in Egypt; or the slender, pencil - shaped minarets of Turkey; in Iraq and Iran the minarets in Shi'a mosques are often beautifully decorated with colorful ceramic tiles; in Indonesia they stand as separate towers, or in the villages may even be a chair in a high tree; and in China the government did not permit the building of minarets.

Adam and Eve stand in a tangle of flowering trees, bushes and plants.

His reflections on these issues culminate in chapter 11, where the theme of Israel's apistia arises once again in Paul's metaphor about the olive branches broken off the tree: «They were broken off because of their apistia, but you [gentiles] stand only through pistas... But even these, if they do not persist in apistia, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.»

We recently moved to Oregon and were taking a hike in God's beautiful creation, standing in awe of the streams, and trees, and waterfalls in this area, and also enjoying communication with other hikers we met along the trail, when we came across this Jesus Graffiti.

We recently moved to Oregon and were taking a hike in God's beautiful creation, standing in awe of the streams, and trees, and waterfalls in this area, and also enjoying communication with other hikers we met along the trail, when we came across this:

I had noticed that flies had begun to buzz around my swimming pool due to the rotting fish, but there was no way of getting these flies to stand in a line from the rocks and trees up to my pool.

I want to abandon my online life, delete Facebook, but first I want you to see this cute picture I took of my baby standing up, and like the proverbial tree in the forest, will you know I exist if I don't tweet about things I» m reading and thinking and doing?

But what stood out for me in the picture books she held was the barren wasteland of desert sand, camels ridden by one - dimensional figures in heat - trapping robes, and a sprinkling of palm trees, seemingly incapable of offering cooling shade to nomadic travelers.

(2:9) The tree of life, offering deathlessness, stands in the center of man's garden; man's immediate attachment to life implies an (at least) instinctive fear of death, which, becoming conscious, could and does greatly disturb man's tranquility.

Discussing the language of war, Aldous Huxley focused on the word «force»: «The attempt to secure justice, peace and democracy by «force» seems reasonable enough until we realize, first, that this non-committal word stands, in the circumstances of our age, for activities which can hardly fail to result in social chaos; and second, that the consequences of social chaos are injustice, chronic warfare and tyranny» (The Olive Tree [Harper & Row, 1937]-RRB-.

As a kid, I devoured my New King James Precious Moments Bible and loved every illustration... except the one of Jacob and Rachel standing under a palm tree with hearts over their heads, because there was a boy in my Sunday school class named Jacob, and the thought of standing next to him under a palm tree with hearts over our heads made me blush.

Annabis (stand B25) is promoting its Organic Hemp Ointments in Balcann and Balcann Oak Tree Bark — featuring extracts of hemp, oak tree bark and sea buckthorn for the sTree Bark — featuring extracts of hemp, oak tree bark and sea buckthorn for the stree bark and sea buckthorn for the skin.

The Sheltons started by selling their products from a stand under three large pine trees that were in front of their 40 - acre farm.

In the corner of our living room where a vase of flowers used to stand, now proudly resides our store - bought Christmas tree, the one that at one - and - a-half meters tall is just a head shorter than me.

They are abundant in the Mediterranean and in Bulgaria, and growing up, I loved how I could find a mulberry tree on a random street, and all I had to do was stand up on my tippy toes, and grab a handful of fruit, from the low - hanging, berry - laden tree branches.

One of the largest concessions stands is set up in the trees behind it.

Thankfully, the trusty but so very old maples in front of the house stood steady and strong, though we did lose a lot of smaller branches and smaller trees in the woods and pasture where it matters a bit less.

It's too bad that the old - fashioned notion of summer as endless free time — to climb trees, chase fireflies, build a fort in the woods, maybe set up a lemonade stand — has fallen by the wayside.

Its logo is that of a tree in gray scale speaks a lot of what Kate Quinn Organics stands for.

To use, simply place the tree in the stand, hold it and then pump the foot pedal until the claws grasp the tree into place.This patented... MORE structure is designed to hold trees up to 12 feet tall securely in place with only a few minutes of assembly required.

A sculptor is suing Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan for moving his bronze re-creation of a huge sycamore tree that once stood in the churchyard.

«Chestnut trees are a vital part of healthy woodlands and long stood as a symbol of healthy communities as well, here in Erie County and across the eastern U.S.. Then, communities nationwide were stricken and watched helplessly as blight took these magnificent trees by the millions across decades, leaving lone sentinels dotting the landscape where thousands of their counterparts had flourished,» said Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz.

Jeffrey Toobin for The New Yorker: «Bharara keeps cutting off branches, but the tree of corruption in Albany, diseased and unsightly, still stands.»

The students may not be standing for classes, but a Citi News reporter managed to gain access to the classrooms in the school, and the sight that greeted him resembled conditions one would associate with primary schools - under - trees in some of the most deprived areas of the country.

If you've ever been caught out in the tree stand after dark or like the excitement of night hunting, a headlamp can make the experience a lot easier.

When a tree that stands in the city's way is designated for the chop, many of us just stand by and watch it fall.

Although current drought worries have been focused in the West — Western states have experienced insect outbreaks; mass tree die - offs; loss of water and carbon; bigger and more costly wildfires; and economic impacts to timber stands due to severe, multiyear drought — in the wake of a changing climate, the report notes that «all U.S. forests are vulnerable to drought.»

Suddenly, as we approached a small clearing, we spotted them standing below a massive fig tree and looking up at a troop of red colobus monkeys eating and playing in the treetop.

Together they found groves of weather - beaten, moss - draped dead western red cedar tree trunks standing knee - deep in saltwater, what became known as ghost forests.

In separate surveys, Ulrich, Orians, and others have found that people respond strongly to landscapes with open, grassy vegetation, scattered stands of branchy trees, water, changes in elevation, winding trails, and brightly lit clearings, preferably partly obscured by foliage in the foregrounIn separate surveys, Ulrich, Orians, and others have found that people respond strongly to landscapes with open, grassy vegetation, scattered stands of branchy trees, water, changes in elevation, winding trails, and brightly lit clearings, preferably partly obscured by foliage in the foregrounin elevation, winding trails, and brightly lit clearings, preferably partly obscured by foliage in the foregrounin the foreground.

Typical of the savannah is its patchwork - like structure: a mixture of grass and shrubs with trees of very different heights, either standing alone or in patches.

Malick, best known for directing visually rich dramas such as The Thin Red Line and The Tree of Life, presents breathtaking cinematography, using locales such as Hawaii's lava - oozing Kilauea volcano as stand - ins for the past.

When Logan and a handful of other entomologists visited the site in 1993, however, one tree stood out among the others.

Now, more than 7500 hectares of spruce stands are dead, perhaps one - third of all spruce trees in the forest, Hilszczański estimates.

So, when Saint Luke's Health System found that the 10 - story - tall conifer stood in the way of its planned hospital expansion, officials called tree - moving firm Environmental Design.

I took a 10 - minute cab ride to 23andMe's office, enjoying the Silicon Valley scene: the smell of fresh air, suburban tree - lined streets, bikers in spandex on their way to work, and men in suits standing on street corners with laptop bags in hand.

For example, the laser pulse is expected to stand steep in its temporal evolution just as Tokyo Sky Tree stands high to flat, instead of the Tokyo Tower, which spreads the scaffolding to the hilly area.

There are several factors affecting the figures, such as the energy - technical solutions used in the halls, location, the orientation of the building, the weather conditions, time of year, and tree stands or other buildings shadowing the building.

Dow used genetic analysis to trace the parentage of 282 individual acorns collected from three mother trees in a single stand of bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) on an abandoned farm in northern Illinois.

By matching microsatellite lengths found in acorns against those of all the adult trees in the stand, Dow was able to identify the father of each acorn with a high degree of certainty — if the father was present in the stand.