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Summer heat, invasive insects take toll on Interior Alaska birch trees

11 Oct 2014

Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Interior Alaskas hot and dry summer of 2013, coupled with an invasion of insect pests, has taken a steep toll on the regions birch trees, experts say.

Anchorage Daily News / Yereth Rosen | Arctic

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