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Efforts to Farm Moss Prove Difficult

Oregon State University botanist Pat Muir examines moss in the McDonald Experimental Forest.
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Oregon State University botanist Pat Muir examines moss in the McDonald Experimental Forest.

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Tom Banse covers business, environment, public policy, human interest and national news across the Northwest. He reports from well known and out–of–the–way places in the region where important, amusing, touching, or outrageous events are unfolding. Tom's stories can be heard during "Morning Edition," "Weekday," and "All Things Considered" on NPR stations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
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