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West Virginia University Researchers Work to Restore Iconic West Virginia Red Spruce Forests
August 04, 2022
MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- West Virginia University issued the following news on Aug. 3, 2022:

Clearcutting and wildfires decimated the red spruce, once the dominant, high-elevation tree species in West Virginia, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nowadays, only 10% of the state's historic red spruce coverage remains and it faces a new threat in climate change.

West Virginia University researchers Donald Brown and James Thompson with the Davis C . . .

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