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CENTRAL APPALACHIAN SPRUCE RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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History

Learn about the history of the red spruce ecosystem.

History 

History of Spruce Reforestation in the Southern Appalachians

October 28, 2015December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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History of the Resource

February 12, 2015December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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A History of Tree Planting in West Virginia

February 7, 2014December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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A Relic of the Ice Age: West Virginia’s Balsam Fir

February 7, 2013December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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Abies intermedia, The Blue Ridge Fir, a new species

February 7, 2013December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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Logging the Virgin Forests of West Virginia

May 25, 2012December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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The McClintic Trail

February 27, 2012December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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On the Trail of the Vanishing Spruce

April 25, 2009March 30, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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1917 – The Red Spruce: Its Growth and Management

October 31, 1917December 28, 2018 Dave Saville

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

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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.

Contact Us

For more information and volunteer opportunities, please contact:

CASRI Admin
CASRI.RS@gmail.com

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