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    From curiosity to conservation: How a young park ranger discovered two rare, old-growth forests [Image 9 of 29]

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    From curiosity to conservation: How a young park ranger discovered two rare, old-growth forests

    PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES

    12.02.2024

    Photo by Michel Sauret    

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District

    Galen Scheufler and Karen Osler, park rangers with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, drink hot cocoa with visitors after a ceremony in Friendsville, Maryland, to celebrate two old-growth forests discovered at Youghiogheny River Lake, Dec. 3, 2024.

    Youghiogheny River Lake now has two forests registered into the Old-Growth Forest Network, which is a nationwide nonprofit with volunteers across the country who find the last remnants of old-growth forests in North America. The two newly-discovered forests are Klondike Ridge forest in Pennsylvania and the Mill Run forest in Maryland.

    Less than one percent of all forests east of the Mississippi River are considered old-growth, containing trees older than 70 or 80 years old.

    (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

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    Date Taken: 12.02.2024
    Date Posted: 12.16.2024 13:59
    Photo ID: 8802925
    VIRIN: 241203-A-TI382-1786
    Resolution: 6000x4000
    Size: 4.02 MB
    Location: PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US

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