Hurricane Maria stripped Puerto Rico's forests bare. Now conservationists and scientists are working to replenish them
by Ann M. Simmons, Los Angeles Times
Mar 01, 2018
2 minutes
When Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico last September, the physical destruction was not limited to houses, buildings, the electricity grid and other infrastructure. The storm also toppled or stripped bare an estimated 480 million trees, or a third of all the forests.
Green buds, ferns and grasses have started to sprout in the understory of the forests, though it is expected to
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