Mark Widrlechner, Iowa State University (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

Mark Widrlechner, Iowa State University

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Mark Widrlechner looks at a few of the thousands of seeds currently in the storage facility. Widrlechner is in charge of a nationwide effort to collect seeds from ash trees before they are destroyed by a pest accidentally imported from Asia to Michigan by an unknown source several years ago.

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ISU photo by Bob Elbert

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