
How Trees Built the Midwest
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Jay Dampier explains how ash, pine, sugar maple, birch and apple trees shaped Wisconsin.
Jay Dampier, a statewide horticulture outreach program manager at the UW-Madison Division of Extension, explains how ash, pine, sugar maple, white birch and apple trees shaped Wisconsin.
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How Trees Built the Midwest
Special | 56m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Jay Dampier, a statewide horticulture outreach program manager at the UW-Madison Division of Extension, explains how ash, pine, sugar maple, white birch and apple trees shaped Wisconsin.
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