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CENTRAL APPALACHIAN SPRUCE RESTORATION INITIATIVE

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News

The latest news in the reforestation of the red spruce by our partners.

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Restoring Red Spruce Forests

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 Olivia Miller

As cool, moist air kisses your skin, the very ground beneath your feet feels less than solid. A squelchsound accompanies every

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A Boost for Red Spruce: Helping a Keystone Species Adapt to Climate Change

June 2, 2023 Olivia Miller

By looking at spruce growth in research gardens and spruce genes in the lab, the project is investigating how P. rubens declined

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Red spruce saplings planted at Finzel Swamp

June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

A project that began with the killing of some trees aims to help thousands of new saplings survive. Read the

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The Enduring Mystery of Critchfield’s Spruce

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

Scientists aren’t sure if the ice age disappearance of a once-common tree is a reason for hope or a cause

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Seeding the Future

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

Year by year, with perseverance, Dave Saville has grown a towering tree-planting operation. Sealed in stackable plastic boxes alongside the

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Podcast: A Window of Resurgence for Red Spruce

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

In the 1970s, red spruce was the forest equivalent of a canary in the coal mine, signaling that acid rain

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The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia Receives Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation Grant

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

The Nature Conservancy in West Virginia received a $25,000 grant from the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, the largest grant awarded

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Ecology News Red Spruce Why Red Spruce is Important 

Surprising Recovery of Red Spruce Shows Value of Clean Air Act

June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce trees, casualties of

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Restoring a Spruce Forest

June 1, 2023 Olivia Miller

Home to 240 rare plant and animal species, red spruce forests once covered the rocky peaks of West Virginia’s high

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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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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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