Why forest loss is making our watersheds leak rain

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Apr 4, 2026, 12:00 pm115 ptsTrending
It's a well-established fact that forests and water are deeply connected. For decades, paired-watershed experiments—a scientific method for evaluating land-use impacts on water quantity or quality—have shown that when we lose forests, the total amount of water flowing through our rivers tends to rise.

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