Alabama research center works to understand ‘one of the last great wild places’

Alabama research center works to understand ‘one of the last great wild places’

The Paint Rock Forest Research Center’s Nathan Paris and Gabriel Sullivan-Brugger rope off a census block to map tree locations in the Alabama valley. (Courtesy Beth Maynor Finch)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Bill Finch was bumping along in a muddy four-wheel utility vehicle on a rocky road ne…