Bio Station Logging (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Bio Station Logging

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Closeup of logs cut as part of the UMBS Adaptive Aspen Management Experiment at the University of Michigan Biological Station. The experiment is testing ways to make northern forests more resilient to climate change. About 12,000 mature trees --mostly aspen -- are being cut on 77 acres at the Biological Station.

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Roger Hart, University of Michigan Photography.

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