Study credits Clean Air Act to red spruce recovery

News Release — University of VermontJune 6, 2018
Contact:Joshua Brown802-656-3039joshua.brown@uvm.edu
Surprising Recovery of Red Spruce Shows Value of Clean Air ActUVM and Forest Service study identifies reduced pollution and warmer winters as likely cause of resurgence
Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce trees, casualties of the damage caused by acid rain on northeastern forests.
But now, surprising new research shows th