With warmer and drier summers, Washington trees are not thriving, so county leaders hope to find more climate-resilient trees.
KING COUNTY, Wash. —
As western Washington summers become warmer and drier, King County is working to make sure forests that are adapted to wetter and colder conditions can still thrive.
“We know that climate change is coming,” said Paul Fischer, King County forester. “We are already seeing hotter, drier summers, and we want to find trees that are adapted to hot, dry summers.”
The county’s Department of Natural Resources and Parks planted seedlings in four different test fields around different parts of King County.
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