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Joe Pizarchik, left, director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining, explains the importance of partnerships in restoration as Clyde Thompson, forest supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest, middle, and Jack Tribble, Greenbrier District Ranger, right, listen in.
News
Dave Saville June 4, 2011March 30, 2018

Groups Plant Trees at Barton Bench

Restoration of rare West Virginia habitat takes teamwork and dedication. A multitude of agencies, nonprofit groups and volunteers gathered at

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Planting a red spruce seedling.
Reports
Dave Saville June 2, 2011December 28, 2018

Corridors Volume 1, Issue 1

Announcing Corridors, a semi-annual publication highlighting some of our on the ground work related to restoration.  With the help of

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cone-collecting
Events
Dave Saville June 2, 2011March 30, 2018

July 23 & 24: Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center – Balsam Fir Cone Collecting Volunteer Outing

Join us for a day, or 2 days, of volunteer work to help with an important component of our efforts to

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tree_planting
News
Dave Saville May 9, 2011March 30, 2018

Volunteers Spruce Up Forests

DAVIS, W.Va. — More than 500,000 acres of red spruce forest once shaded the slopes of West Virginia’s higher mountains,

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News
Dave Saville April 30, 2011March 30, 2018

Old Mine Site is Brought Back to Life

CHEAT MOUNTAIN — Arbor Day was on Friday, but volunteers were getting their hands dirty in the high elevations of Cheat Mountain

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Dancing with the Shavers Fork Headwaters
News
Dave Saville April 11, 2011December 28, 2018

Dancing with the river: a profile of painter and environmental activist Ruth Blackwell Rogers

  Ruth Blackwell Rogers describes her painting and environmental activism as “all one thing.” “My paintings have always been trying

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High elevation wetland community
Research
Dave Saville February 11, 2011December 28, 2018

Classification Assessment of High Elevation Wetland Communities

Abstract Wetland communities above 730 meters (2400 feet) elevation within the red spruce zone in the Allegheny Mountain region of

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Red spruce uplands
Research
Dave Saville February 11, 2011December 28, 2018

Conservation Assessment of Upland Red Spruce Communities

Abstract Upland red spruce communities in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia provide unique habitats for an abundance of living

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Red Spruce Trees
News
Dave Saville November 30, 2010March 30, 2018

Return of the Red Spruce

Walking into a red spruce forest can be described as nothing less than enchanting. The thick canopy shades moss-covered rocks

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stripmine
News
Dave Saville November 6, 2010March 30, 2018

Sprucing up the Monongahela

  CHEAT BRIDGE, W.Va. — Except for its elevation — high enough to produce snow this week — a reclaimed

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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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