United States: In the Wild, Seeking an Answer: What Replaces Dying Trees?

New York Times: The coastal mountains of southeastern Alaska rise steeply from the Pacific Ocean. Fjords and channels separate over 1,000 islands from the mainland. Dressed like fishermen, we traipse through forests and crawl through brush as weather fronts whip through inlets and rumble along the outer coast. Duct tape often fails, and “waterproof” data sheets reach saturation by mid-morning. Yet we persist. What I had in my head actually seemed easy. Stage one: measure all the plants and trees in plots of......

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