Recent dramatic reductions in research funding and personnel for university and government organizations by the new federal administration will reduce forestry research capacity in the coming years. However, these cuts only highlight the long-standing decline in forestry research capacity that has been occurring over the past several decades. These reductions will continue to impair the country’s ability to meet the scale and...

We analyzed growth data from model aspen ( Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems grown in elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO 2 ]; 518 μL L −1 ) and ozone concentrations ([O 3 ]; 1.5 × background of 30–40 nL L −1 during daylight hours) for 7 years using free‐air CO 2 enrichment technology to determine how interannual variability in present‐day climate might affect growth responses to either gas. We also tested whe...