DEC concludes 13-year effort to boost spruce grouse population

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently reached the end of a multiyear, international effort to ...
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Spruce grouse recovery efforts wrap with 1,000 new birds in Adirondacks

DEC said the efforts should ensure the population is sustained for the next 100 years.
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Spruce Trees Are Invading the Arctic. Here’s What That Means for Our Planet.

We were pushing through head-high willows along a brushy caribou trail, five days into our week-long trek across Alaska’s Noatak valley, when my hiking partner, Brad Meiklejohn, startled me with a ...
Science Daily

A hidden chemical war is unfolding inside spruce trees

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger antifungal protections. These stolen defenses help shield the beetles from ...
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A spruce tree at the Arboretum has produced a rare batch of half male, half female cones

Female (left) and male spruce cones at the Arnold Arboretum. It's a more common sight to see separate male and female cones like this. (Courtesy William "Ned" Friedman) Every spring the conifer trees ...