History – CASRI

History of Spruce Reforestation in the Southern Appalachians

Excerpt from Mount Mitchel & the Black Mountains, An Environmental history of the highest peaks in Eastern America. by Timothy Silver,

Red spruce and red spruce-northern hard-wood forests once dominated the highest elevations of West Virginia, covering more than 500,000 acres,

Clearly, West Virginia has had a rich and varied past with regard to harvest, tree species planted, development of Christmas

Wild Wonderful West Virginia Magazine, a Relic of the Ice Age: West Virginia’s Balsam Fir by Ray Hicks and Ken

Taxonomists today would disagree, but this is none-the-less an interesting article from Volume 1 of Castanea, the Journal of the

If you’ve ever backpacked in the West Virginia mountains, there’s one fact that becomes quickly evident. Virtually every hollow, every

The McClintic Trail starts from the top of the mountain between the headwaters of Swago Creek and those of the

Below is reprinted an article, in part, that appeared in a 1925 issue of The Scientific Monthly. The romantic story

Spruce is one of the most important woods in the Eastern United States. It grows on large areas in pure