As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds and obstacles

"The U.S. currently lacks the ability to collect enough seeds from living trees and the nursery capacity to grow seedlings for replanting on a scale anywhere close to stemming accelerating losses."

"If we have the seedlings but we don't have the sites prepped we can't put the seedlings out there," said Stephanie Miller, assistant director of a reforestation program.

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