From the White House to your living room, North Carolina’s iconic Fraser fir is the most popular Christmas tree in America. But this holiday season, something is threatening to wipe it out —  and the $250 million dollar industry associated with it. Special thanks this week goes out to Kate Sheppard of The Assembly.Featuring: <ul><li>Steve Riley, contributor at The Assembly</li></ul>Links: <ul>
<li>Check out Steve's article about <a href="https://www.theassemblync.com/environment/agriculture/christmas-trees-fraser-fir-north-carolina-root-rot/">the race to save America's favorite Christmas tree here</a>.</li>
<li>You can find a <a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-12-06/the-broadside-transcript-can-we-save-christmas-trees">transcript of this episode here</a>.</li>
</ul>Donate: The Broadside is made possible by contributions from listeners like you. Support WUNC-North Carolina Public Radio and this podcast by <a href="http://wunc.convio.net/site/Donation2?2885.donation=form1&amp;df_id=2885&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;utm_campaign=fall_drive&amp;utm_source=housefile&amp;utm_medium=podcasts&amp;s_src=podcasts_a&amp;utm_content=podcasts_a">making a donation here</a>.Sign up for <a href="https://www.wunc.org/wunc-politics-newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=broadside&amp;utm_medium=podcast">WUNC's new Politics Newsletter here.</a>

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 &lt;p&gt;From the White House to your living room, North Carolina’s iconic Fraser fir is the most popular Christmas tree in America. But this holiday season, something is threatening to wipe it out —  and the $250 million dollar industry associated with it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Special thanks this week goes out to Kate Sheppard of The Assembly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Featuring: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Steve Riley, contributor at The Assembly&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check out Steve's article about &lt;a href="https://www.theassemblync.com/environment/agriculture/christmas-trees-fraser-fir-north-carolina-root-rot/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the race to save America's favorite Christmas tree here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You can find a &lt;a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-12-06/the-broadside-transcript-can-we-save-christmas-trees"&gt;transcript of this episode here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
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This holiday season, something is threatening to wipe out America’s favorite Christmas tree.

From the White House to your living room, North Carolina’s iconic Fraser fir is the most popular Christmas tree in America. But this holiday season, something is threatening to wipe it out —  and the $250 million dollar industry associated with it. 

Special thanks this week goes out to Kate Sheppard of The Assembly.

Featuring: 
Steve Riley, contributor at The Assembly
Links: 

Check out Steve's article about <a href="https://www.theassemblync.com/environment/agriculture/christmas-trees-fraser-fir-north-carolina-root-rot/">the race to save America's favorite Christmas tree here</a>.
You can find a <a href="https://www.wunc.org/2024-12-06/the-broadside-transcript-can-we-save-christmas-trees">transcript of this episode here</a>.

Donate: The Broadside is made possible by contributions from listeners like you. Support WUNC-North Carolina Public Radio and this podcast by <a href="http://wunc.convio.net/site/Donation2?2885.donation=form1&amp;df_id=2885&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;utm_campaign=fall_drive&amp;utm_source=housefile&amp;utm_medium=podcasts&amp;s_src=podcasts_a&amp;utm_content=podcasts_a">making a donation here</a>.

Sign up for <a href="https://www.wunc.org/wunc-politics-newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=broadside&amp;utm_medium=podcast">WUNC's new Politics Newsletter here.</a>

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Can we save Christmas (trees)?

Can we save Christmas (trees)?

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