Forest Service Seeks Disease-Resistant Beech
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
GLADSTONE, Mich., Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Hiawatha National Forest - issued the following news release:
Once a common and majestic presence in our upland hardwood ecosystems, mature American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) are rapidly disappearing from our Upper Peninsula forests. Beginning in year 2000, Beech Bark Disease (BBD) entered the Upper Peninsula and quickly ravaged stands of beech trees. In the wake of this devastation, the US . . .
Once a common and majestic presence in our upland hardwood ecosystems, mature American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) are rapidly disappearing from our Upper Peninsula forests. Beginning in year 2000, Beech Bark Disease (BBD) entered the Upper Peninsula and quickly ravaged stands of beech trees. In the wake of this devastation, the US . . .