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NewsRed SpruceWhy Red Spruce is Important

Seeding the Future

Olivia Miller June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Year by year, with perseverance, Dave Saville has grown a towering tree-planting operation.

Sealed in stackable plastic boxes alongside the milk and broccoli in Dave Saville’s refrigerator in Morgantown, hundreds of thousands of tree seeds are weathering fake winter. Probably more like millions.

Read the full story from WV Living.

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