Drought-resistant trees are replacing grasslands around the world, and, specifically in the western United States. This is a problem? Yes, says Brianna Randall in Wired. “According to University of Montana researcher Scott Morford, who led the study on rangeland forage loss, tree cover has increased by 50 percent across the western half of the US…
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Think Globally, Act Locally: Vines Are Killing Trees on George Washington Parkway
A long-time resident of Alexandria, Virginia, has castigated the National Park Service (NPS) for failing to protect the trees along the George Washington Parkway. In a Washington Post op-ed, John R. Powers writes that vines are strangling trees. “In 2021, the NPS budget was $2.8 billion, but not a penny was spent on the maintenance of…