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Beyond the Ozarks

Climate Change Already Altering Ozark Forests Composition, Researcher Says

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published October 9, 2019 at 2:16 PM CDT

Citizen's Climate Lobby Missouri co-coordinator George Laur sits with Unviversity of Missouri Professor Emeritus Johann Bruhn at a camp on the Mark Twain National Forest.

University of Missouri-Columbia research associate professor ermeritus of forest health and mycology, Johann Bruhn, says climate change is already affecting Ozark forests. Bruhn travels with Citizen Climate Lobby Missouri co-coordinator, George Laur, educating the public. The USDA Forest Service has launched an online Climate Change Resource Center to provide guidance.

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Jacqueline Froelich

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.

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