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							January 26, 2024
																																																	Amy Androff,Pacific Northwest Research Station
				What makes an ideal outdoor experience? Monika Derrien, a research social scientist with the Pacific Northwest Research Station, and colleagues crowdsourced 70,000 trip reports to find out—and their findings just might make for even happier camping.
          Scientists Build Network to Test Reforestation Practices for Climate Adaptation

							January 4, 2024
																																																	Kendra Wendel,Pacific Northwest Research Station
				Reforestation efforts in the Western United States are complicated by climate change, which creates uncertainty about what seed sources to use, and how seedlings can be planted to support tree survival in the short and long term. Scientists at the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Research Stations formed a network of landowners who are evaluating future-adapted seed sources and silvicultural practices to support reforestation success.
          Microbial Awakening Restructures High-Latitude Food Webs as Permafrost Thaws

							January 3, 2024
																																																	Yasmeen Sands,Pacific Northwest Research Station
				Research wildlife biologist Philip Manlick used a novel technique to trace the movement of carbon through Arctic and boreal forest food webs and found that climate warming resulted in a shift from plant-based food webs to fungal-based food webs for several high-latitude species, with potential indirect effects on nutrient cycling and ecosystem function.

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