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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">American Forests</span><br>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;">Summary: A new tool provides the most comprehensive look to date at the potential to reforest the contiguous United States, focusing on the most cost-effective and feasible options. This online, interactive
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;">“</span><a href="https://www.reforestationhub.org/" style="box-sizing:border-box;transition:all 0.5s ease 0s;cursor:pointer !important"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 78, 134); background: white;">Reforestation
Hub</span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;">”</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;"> identifies up to </span><span style="color:#343834;background:white"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">133
million acres of formerly forested lands in the United States that could be reforested</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background: white;"> to boost carbon storage.</span><o:p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Link to article: https://www.americanforests.org/af-news/new-tool-most-comprehensive-analysis-yet-of-reforestation-potential-in-the-united-states/</span><o:p style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: ;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></p>
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