Are European Forests in Crisis? — A Look into Shared Struggles from Across the Continent
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, my childhood was shaped by hikes into creek-snaked woods, mushroom hunts through autumn-brushed foliage, and summers spent camping beneath some of the world’s most ancient trees. So, as a teenager who had only ever traveled through the Western half of Canada and the United States, I was left in shock upon my first woodland hike in Europe.