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Olivia Miller August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

Monongahela National Forest Ecologist, Mike Elza, works with a video crew to create some public outreach materials for their work on Cheat Mountain.

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Olivia Miller August 4, 2023

Cranesville Swamp Preserve holds annual Red Spruce Tree Planting

The Nature Conservancy held it’s Red Spruce Tree Planting event at the Cranesville Swamp Preserve on Earth Day.  This year

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casri-admin July 6, 2023July 6, 2023

2023 CASRI Annual Meeting

The 2023 CASRI Annual Meeting will be held at Blackwater Falls State Park on Nov. 15-16. The annual meeting is

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Olivia Miller June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

Restoring Red Spruce Forests

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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Olivia Miller June 2, 2023

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

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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Olivia Miller June 1, 2023

Red spruce saplings planted at Finzel Swamp

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

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Olivia Miller June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

The Enduring Mystery of Critchfield’s Spruce

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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Olivia Miller June 1, 2023

WVU biologists uncover forests’ unexpected role in climate change

New research from West Virginia University biologists shows that trees around the world are consuming more carbon dioxide than previously reported, making forests

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Olivia Miller June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Seeding the Future

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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Olivia Miller June 1, 2023June 1, 2023

Podcast: A Window of Resurgence for Red Spruce

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

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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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