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EventsVolunteer Planting Days
Dave Saville May 19, 2016April 8, 2019

Volunteer Spruce Planting at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge

September 17, 2016 9AM On september  17th the refuge is inviting volunteers to come out and help plant red spruce

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EventsVolunteer Planting Days
Dave Saville March 15, 2016April 8, 2019

Volunteer Spruce Planting at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Saturday April 16, 2016, 9am. Meet at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center.  We will have a brief

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EventsPartner Events
Dave Saville February 7, 2016April 8, 2019

Presentation – Spruce Forest Restoration in the Central Appalachians.

February 16, 7pm Frostburg,MD The Western mountains chapter of the Maryland Native plant Society will hold its regular meeting at

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Conferences & MeetingsEvents
Dave Saville February 7, 2016April 8, 2019

CASRI Quarterly Meeting

February 11, 9 am-noon Elkins The central Appalachian Spruce restoration  initiative partners will hold their winter meeting on February 11,

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News
Dave Saville January 25, 2016December 28, 2018

U.S. Forest Service rejects route for pipeline through WV, VA

The U.S. Forest Service has rejected the proposed route of a 550-mile natural gas pipeline through national forests in Virginia

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ResearchRestoration
Dave Saville January 25, 2016April 10, 2019

Release 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

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NewsWhy Red Spruce is Important
Dave Saville January 7, 2016September 25, 2019

Daily Mail editorial: Red spruce restoration to benefit the forest and state

Leader; “We’re bringing back our iconic mountaintop forests through restoration efforts in the Monongahela National Forest and elsewhere providing habitat

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Reports
Dave Saville December 9, 2015December 28, 2018

West Virginia Restoration Venture 2015 Accomplishments Report

The FY 2015 joint chiefs’ landscape restoration accomplishment Report for the West Virginia Restoration Venture (WVRV) was jointly prepared by

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News
Dave Saville December 4, 2015December 28, 2018

Home: CASRI’s Kenyan Intern Says Thanks

I’m back home now, in Nairobi, Kenya, immersed in University classes and focused on the upcoming exams. As I reflect

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News
Dave Saville November 4, 2015December 28, 2018

Spruce plantings and invasive species removal help revitalize iconic landscapes in West Virginia.

“If you drink water from the Potomac, or visit Dolly Sods to go hikng, then West Virginia is your backyard.”

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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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