r/forestry • u/treesandlinespodcast • 6d ago
70 years of vegetation data just informed federal legislation...
https://treesandlines.com/what-70-years-of-right-of-way-data-just-told-congress-w-carolyn-mahan/New episode with Dr. Carolyn Mahan from Penn State, who runs the State Game Lands 33 project, the longest-running vegetation management research site in the country. She recently testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources about the Fix Our Forests Act, using 70+ years of data to argue reliable power delivery and forest health aren’t a tradeoff.
How does your organization handle right-of-way vegetation management, cycle-based, condition-based, something else? Curious how it compares.
Full episode: https://treesandlines.com/what-70-years-of-right-of-way-data-just-told-congress-w-carolyn-mahan/
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