TUSKEGEE, Ala.—On a fall walk through Tuskegee National Forest, ecologist John Kush kept his eyes on the ground, looking for sprouts of hope. “It’s not too bad,” he said, cautiously. “The overstory is longleaf. But it’s the understory that tells the picture.” A retired Auburn University research fellow, Kush has spent much of his life … Continue reading Longleaf Pine Restoration—a Major Climate Effort in the South—Curbs Its Ambitions to Meet Harsh Realities