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CENTRAL APPALACHIAN SPRUCE RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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Ecology

Meet some of the wildlife that inhabit red spruce forests.

Ecology Reports 

CASRI Information

September 25, 2017March 24, 2021 Hannah Wroton

CASRI “Rapid Assessment” Monitoring Plan CASRI Volunteer Monitoring Data Sheet Reference Conditions of Central Appalachian Spruce Forests Briefing Paper on

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Ecology 

Herding Rats: Fifteen Years of Appalachian Northern Flying Squirrels

September 19, 2013December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

Appalachian Northern Flying Squirrels Pleistocene relict G.s.coloratus inhabits high elevation forest islands in southern Appalachians; G.s.fuscus inhabits more connected landscape in

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Ecology 

Frasier Fir and the Balsam Wooly Adelgid

January 8, 2013December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

Fraser fir is a high elevation species that occupies many of the highest peaks of the southern Appalachians in the

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salamander
Ecology 

Cheat Mountain Salamander – Plethodon nettingi

December 16, 2012December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

The Cheat Mountain salamander is one of 30 species of salamanders known to occur in West Virginia. It was discovered

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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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flying-squirrel
Ecology 

West Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel – Glaucomys sabrinus fuscu

February 29, 2012December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

Imagine if small families of mastodons lived in isolated areas on mountaintops. People would think such creatures were very special and that it

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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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