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New growth in logged forests inspires photographer’s hope

Season 2026 Episode 83 | 2m 51s

Scott Rinckenberger is a photographer from North Bend, Washington, who shares his passion for the natural world and highlights how trees that were logged more than a century ago can be surprising sources of inspiration and hope. Julinna Wu of our journalism training program, PBS News Student Reporting Labs, has the story.

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