Malcolm North
Forest Ecologist
Pacific Southwest Research Station
“My favorite science experience was climbing into the top of a 175-foot-tall red fir to collect lichen samples during a wind storm.”
“[Another] favorite science experience is climbing into the top of a 200-foot tall tree and seeing the forest as a squirrel might experience life in the canopy.”
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