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CENTRAL APPALACHIAN SPRUCE RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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Why Red Spruce is Important

Red spruce is essential to the health of the Central Appalachian region.

News Why Red Spruce is Important 

Restoring a Spruce Forest in Appalachian with Green Forests Work

March 8, 2019September 25, 2019 Hannah Wroton

Green Forests Work is partnering with the National Forest Foundation on the Monongahela National Forest to plant native seedlings across 100

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News Why Red Spruce is Important 

Restoring WV Spruce Means Cleaner Air for the Region

July 21, 2016September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

Restoring highland Appalachian spruce forests could help reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.All healthy forests take CO2 out

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News Why Red Spruce is Important 

Daily Mail editorial: Red spruce restoration to benefit the forest and state

January 7, 2016September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

Leader; “We’re bringing back our iconic mountaintop forests through restoration efforts in the Monongahela National Forest and elsewhere providing habitat

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Red spruce ecosystem Research Why Red Spruce is Important 

Spruce and Soil Organic Carbon

June 11, 2014September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

Through a partnership between the Monongahela National Forest and West Virginia University called the West Virginia Restoration Venture, two white

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Red spruce ecosystem Research Why Red Spruce is Important 

Spruce and Hemlock Forests in West Virginia – Recovering from the great cut

December 11, 2012September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

A perspective on soil carbon resource impacts. Importance of Spruce Systems Red spruce and hemlock stands are important for a

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Ecology Why Red Spruce is Important 

The Case of the Northern Flying Squirrel

November 1, 2012September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

Indigenous forests across North America have been and continue to be transformed. The implications of these changes are far reaching

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blackburnian warbler
Ecology Why Red Spruce is Important 

Blackburnian Warbler – Dendroica fusca

April 25, 2009September 25, 2019 Dave Saville

The most distinctive characteristics of the Blackburnian Warbler are its treetop ecology and the breeding male’s color. One of a

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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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CASRI.RS@gmail.com

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