Ep. 393 - Threats to U.S. Trees
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of |
| 0:04.2 | IndefensivePlants.com. |
| 0:05.8 | What's up? |
| 0:06.8 | This is your host, Matt. |
| 0:07.8 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:08.8 | How is everyone doing this week? |
| 0:09.8 | Well, if you live in the lower 48 United States, you're going to be doing a bit better |
| 0:13.5 | because we are talking about the state of United States trees. |
| 0:18.0 | Just the lower 48 for reasons that the paper will describe, but it's a monumental effort |
| 0:22.8 | to assess the conservation status of all of our trees. |
| 0:27.6 | Joining us to talk about this is Dr. Murphy Westwood of the Morton Arboretum, and she's |
| 0:31.7 | going to describe the wonderful breakdown of how it happened, why it happened, and all |
| 0:35.2 | of the benefits that have come out of this. |
| 0:37.8 | If you care about tree conservation, this is a fantastic episode for you. |
| 0:41.9 | So I don't want to steal anymore of her time. |
| 0:44.1 | Let's just jump right into it without further ado. |
| 0:46.5 | Here's my conversation with Dr. Murphy Westwood. |
| 0:48.7 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 0:57.6 | All right, Dr. Murphy Westwood, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 1:07.3 | It has been a minute since you've been on, and a lot has happened since then for all of |
| 1:11.2 | my new listeners. |
| 1:12.2 | Then how about we start off with an introduction. |
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