Stories
Honey Brake Lodge: The Greatest Thing for Wildlife in Louisiana I’ve Ever Seen
One approaches Honey Brake Lodge in east-central Louisiana the only landward way you can—carefully bumping along a dirt road in billows of fine dust, passing swampland and the occasional tiny farmhouse wilting in the heat. A sideroad is reached, and one stops before a conspicuously elaborate gated drive. The gate rolls back and the visitor…
Read MoreCreating a Wildlife Paradise
“Anytime we can take land that shouldn’t ever have been clear cut during the agricultural and industrial revolutions, and put it into reforestation—that’s healing a lot of damage, and it’s only a positive.”
Read MoreCatfish Lunch and Reforestation in the Arkansas Delta
“We are helping the environment, and our family.” Mr. Lee Williams, a GreenTrees family member, added just 33 acres to our reforestation efforts. After the Civil War, Lee Williams’ great grandfather acquired a parcel of land in Desha County, Arkansas, where he spent years farming the property to provide for his growing family. Today, Lee…
Read MoreFor Flood-Weary Farmers, a New Way to Stay on the Land
The $500 million in destroyed crops resulting from this latest flood demands a reconsideration of what’s best for farmers and their land in this fragile environment. Roy McCallie was born in Stuttgart during the great Mississippi flood of 1927. His parents were forced to find a safer area when their hometown of Arkansas City was…
Read MoreA New Hope for the Battered Mississippi Delta
“I was never a forester and I’m no tree-hugger, but the deforestation in the Delta has hurt the soil and the farmer both.” – Ricky Lowery, Delta Farmer From the tip of Illinois to New Orleans, the great river rose from its channel, slipped its shackles, and crept with relentless strength miles deep into the…
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