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Getting Our Future Water Supply from Forests?
September 29, 2011 | USDA - Forest Service

“Forest Service Southern Research Station scientists recently used long-term data from the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory in Western North Carolina to examine the feasibility of managing forests for water supply under the changing weather conditions forecast for the future.” Quoted from the USDA Forest Service news release.


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