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Scientists work to protect a flying squirrel and its red spruce home. The new April/May issue of Nature Conservancy magazine

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia will receive nearly $3 million for improving stream quality, wildlife habitat and forest resiliency under

DURBIN, W.Va. — The Gaudineer Scenic Area is what West Virginia’s mountain highlands originally looked like. The 140-acre tract is

In West Virginia’s scenic Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, with its gently sloping mountains and emerald acres of timber, Mike

The Nature Conservancy is working to protect the Canaan Valley fir, a type of Balsam fir native to isolated areas

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A 555-acre stretch of private land in high country of Randolph County connecting the Laurel Fork Wilderness

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

Watch this 4 min video to learn more about about how and why CASRI partners are working to restore areas

Spruce restoration along Lambert Run is getting busy again. The USFS is incorporating woody debris and organic material into the

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Government agencies, nonprofits, businesses and individuals are all working to bring back West Virginia’s “magnificent” spruce forests.