"Plant Blindness" Afflicts the U.S.

Paula Swedeen, a forest policy specialist for the Washington Environmental Council, walks through forest land near Mount Rainier National Park on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, near Ashford, Washington.

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled, “Rhododendron? Hydrangea? America Doesn’t Know Anymore,” in which journalist Douglas Belkin documents how the U.S. is struggling to educate its biologists in plant identification. The National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management can’t find enough scientists to deal with invasive plants, wildfire reforestation, and basic land-management issues. 

This segment is guest hosted by Nancy Giles.