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Sierra Club finds dying hardwoods in mountains
The Sierra Club reports acid rain harming hardwoods in the southern Appalachians, with field work on Elk Garden Ridge near Mount Rogers showing 82 percent birch, 41 percent beech, and 35 percent sugar maples dead. Researchers caution against immediate certainty, noting soil, drought, insects, and disease as factors, while EPA pressure for emissions cuts grows.
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Charlotte
N.C
Sierra Club
Appalachian
U.S. Forest Service
Elk Garden Ridge
Mount Rogers
Virginia
Balsam
North Carolina
Roan Mountain
Tennessee
Harvard Ayers
Appalachian State University
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Sierra Survey
Mount Mitchell
Grandfather Mountain
Robert Bruck
North Carolina State University Forest
Ayers
Bruck
Daniel Richter
Duke University
Forest Service
North Carolina Forest
Bill Jackson
Asheville
Steve Oak