Tag: Forests
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Climate change threatens spring wildflowers by speeding up the time when trees leaf out above them
Native wildflowers, such as these Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) that bloom early in spring are losing access to sunlight as trees leaf out earlier. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY Richard B. Primack, Boston University; Benjamin R. Lee, University of Pittsburgh, and Tara K. Miller, Boston University For short-lived spring wildflowers such as wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)…
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Executive order prioritizes conservation and restoration of America’s forests
President Joe Biden signed an executive order that aims to conserve and restore America’s forests, particularly mature and old-growth forests on federal lands. The order directs the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to inventory and conserve these forests as a key component of US climate policy, and directs agencies to take specific…