The Tongass NF represents 80% of the public land in southeast Alaska. The Tongass NF's Conservation Education and Interpretation staff are teaming up with Project Budburst to ask volunteers and students to help monitor seasonal plant changes. Eight species are being tracked in Ketchikan, and one species is being tracked in Juneau with efforts to expand the program pending.
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