Indigenous knowledge offers new approach to help forests adapt to new conditions

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Aug 16, 2019, 7:49 am310 pts
When Jaime Yazzie began planning her research for her forestry thesis, her adviser asked her what species of trees she wanted to save. They would use a computer simulation to measure the effects of a warming, drying environment, and she needed to select which trees to preserve.

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