Points from AP’s story on the challenges of forest recovery and replanting after forest fires

The US is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly intense wildfires, and many areas are unlikely to recover on their own.

Researchers are studying which species are likely to survive - and where - as climate change makes it difficult or impossible for many forests to regrow. But they say the U.S. also lacks sufficient seed collection, seedling production and workers trained to replant trees on the scale needed to offset mounting losses.

The Forest Service says the biggest roadblock is the years-long task of completing environmental and cultural assessments and preparing severely burned land for replanting.

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