Restoration Approach of the Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative
This document describes CASRI’s approach to red spruce-northern hardwood ecosystem restoration in the Central Appalachians. View here.
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Restoration
Research by CASRI partners that focuses on red spruce ecosystem restoration.
Red Spruce Release Training Video
Our partners at The Nature Conservancy MD and WV created a fantastic training video on how to release red spruce
Read MoreRelease of Suppressed Red Spruce Using Canopy Gap Creation
This study reports the results of an understory red spruce release experiment in hardwood-dominated stands that have a small component
Read MoreReforestation of Red Spruce (Picea rubens) on the Cheat Mountain Range, West Virginia
The Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi) is a federally endangered species that relies heavily on red spruce (Picea rubens) for
Read MoreReforestation in the Spruce Type
1949 Journal of Forestry Pages 349-356, Reforestation in the Spruce Type in the Southern Appalachians, Leon S. Minckler. This is
Read MoreBarton’s Bench Ecological Restoration Project Update
Barton’s Bench is an old strip mine site reclaimed in the 1970s and later acquired by the Forest Service. It
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