FOREST HEALTH AND AIR POLLUTION OBSERVATIONS FROM VERMONT
These notes present a snapshot of the serious air pollution damage occuring to forest ecosystems in Vermont. While not all the forest health problems described below can be linked to air pollution, the following information should leave no doubt in anyone's mind that air pollution is having severe and widespread effects.
AIR POLLUTION ON VERMONT'S HORIZON
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Thirty years ago you never saw brown NOx pollution on the horizon. Now it is common
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BROWN LEAVES OF SPRING
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Years ago, brown spring leaves on an individual tree were an unhealthy sign. Now the forests are filled with brown spring leaves.
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GREEN MOUNTAINS LOOK MORE RED THIS SPRING
AP News ~ Montpelier, Vermont ~
May 18, 2002
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DISASTER
IN THE BRANCHES
by Michael Caduto
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text
"A lot
of people are not willing to project a future for which there is
no historical precedent. In the past there have been ups and
downs in tree health, but this forest decline is different." ~ Gerry Hawkes
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TREES
AND LIMBS ARE BECOMING MORE BRITTLE
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WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO THE NORWAY SPRUCE?
Norway
Spruce Tip Curl
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TREES DYING ON HILL BEHIND VERMONT STATE CAPITOL
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WHAT
IS HAPPENING TO THE EASTERN HEMLOCK?
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DECLINE
AND DEATH OF EASTERN WHITE PINES?
White
Pine Tip Curl
Browning
of White Pines
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BARK FUNGUS ATTACKING WHITE ASH
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SUGAR
MAPLE DECLINE AND DEATH
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DYING OF THE GRASS?
An Invasion of Moss
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CONCRETE
EVIDENCE OF ACID RAIN AND RUNOFF
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SCORCHING
OF THE FERNS
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APPLE
TREE DIEBACK
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DYING
BASSWOODS
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DYING BUTTERNUTS
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PREMATURE LEAF DROP
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POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE HEALTH
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article
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DAMAGE
CAUSED BY THE GREAT JANUARY 1998 ICE STORM
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EPISODIC
LEAF CURLING
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GLOBAL
CLIMATE CLIMATE
Effects on Forests
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A
TREE WARDEN'S REPORT
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for
a more global perspective, please see
AIR
POLLUTION AND FOREST HEALTH NOTES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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