“The opportunities an urban forest affords are in fact far more than the limited scope other development opportunities may have.”

“The opportunities an urban forest affords are in fact far more than the limited scope other development opportunities may have.”
Researchers seek to understand risks climate change poses for the Blue Ridge woodlands of Western North Carolina while many residents experience the disruption of extreme weather.
On Dec. 5, two scientists with the Forest Service’s Southern Research Station, including Assistant Director Kier Klepzig, received an agency award for their work to prevent attacks of the Southern pine beetle — a pest that’s responsible for annual losses estimated in the billions of dollars.