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CASRI

CENTRAL APPALACHIAN SPRUCE RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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Author: Hannah Wroton

News Red Spruce Restoration 

Red Spruce Release Training Video

February 3, 2020 Hannah Wroton

Our partners at The Nature Conservancy MD and WV created a fantastic training video on how to release red spruce

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Events Planting Days Volunteer Planting Days 

2020 Planting Series

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Hannah Wroton

Join us at any of these CASRI 2020 plantings and Spruce up Your World! More dates will be posted as

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Meeting Minutes 

CASRI Meeting Minutes 2009-2017

September 25, 2019March 24, 2021 Hannah Wroton

Download CASRI’s 2017 meeting minutes Download CASRI’s 2016 meeting minutes Download CASRI’s 2015 meeting minutes Download CASRI’s 2014 meeting minutes

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Annual Reports Reports 

2018 Accomplishments Report

July 31, 2019March 7, 2021 Hannah Wroton

2018 was another great year for red spruce ecosystem restoration work from CASRI partners. Download the complete report here. 

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Conferences & Meetings Events Partner Events 

Fall 2019 CASRI Partnership Meeting and Field Trips

July 5, 2019September 25, 2019 Hannah Wroton

CASRI’s Fall 2019 Partnership meeting will include speakers focusing on ecological restoration of coniferous forests in the face of invasive

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News 

EMMISSIONS: Red spruce sprout atop coal mines that helped kill them

April 10, 2019 Hannah Wroton

CHEAT MOUNTAIN, W.Va. — When it comes to ripping up a landscape, there’s no machine like the Caterpillar D9. With

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Events Volunteer Planting Days 

Earth Day Tree Planting at Canaan Valley NWR

April 8, 2019 Hannah Wroton

Celebrate Earth Day 2019 by planting Canaan Balsam Fir and Red Spruce trees at Canaan Valley State Park. The Nature

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Events Volunteer Planting Days 

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Planting

March 25, 2019April 8, 2019 Hannah Wroton

On April 13th the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge is inviting volunteers to come out and help plant red spruce

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Events Volunteer Planting Days 

Cranesville Swamp Preserve Red Spruce Planting

March 25, 2019April 8, 2019 Hannah Wroton

If you are in the Maryland area on April 19 or 20th, come join CASRI partners at the Cranesville Swamp

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Climate Change Research 

Disentangling the effects of acidic air pollution, atmospheric CO2, and climate change on recent growth of red spruce trees in the Central Appalachian Mountains

March 11, 2019April 10, 2019 Hannah Wroton

New research from Justin Mathias and Richard Thomas at West Virginia University look at the influence of recent environmental changes

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WHO WE ARE

This website has been established and is being managed by the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy to support the work of the Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative (CASRI).

CASRI is a partnership of diverse interests with a common goal of restoring historic red spruce-northern hardwood ecosystems across the high elevation landscapes of Central Appalachia.

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