Newly found disease could threaten Southeast Alaska spruce

Forest Service Forest Pathologist Robin Mulvey points out infected spruce branches on July 11, 2017. at Juneau’s Shrine of St. Therese to shrine volunteer Brian Flory. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)A fungus that’s damaged trees in Southcentral and Interior Alaska has been discovered for the first time in Southeast.
But there’s a chance its spread could be stopped.
Forest Pathologist Robin Mulvey walks down the causeway to the Shrine of St. Therese, a forested is