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A miniforest on Roosevelt Island brings more than climate resilience.

It’s hard to call yourself a Northwesterner if you’ve never experienced the serenity of a native forest.

TOPPENISH — A densely packed forest teeming with over 40 plant species sits outside the Yakama Nation Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility near Toppenish. The forest, planted with the help of

Planting a tree, it turns out, isnt such a simple task after all. In "Mini-Forest Revolution," Hannah Lewis details a method developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki that calls for

Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rebuild the World,” by Hannah Lewis (Chelsea Green)

Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rebuild the World," by Hannah Lewis (Chelsea Green)

Mini-Forest Revolution: Using the Miyawaki Method to Rapidly Rebuild the World," by Hannah Lewis (Chelsea Green) Trees serve us better when they are

Zoey Chaffins, a fifth-grader at Belgrade Middle School, is Gallatin County’s spelling champion for 2022.

The dense grouping of trees follows a method of forest design that boosts biodiversity and climate resilience. Read more on Boston.com.