BOULDER, Colo. — Ethan Welty is thinking ahead to harvest time as he cycles through tidy Boulder streets pointing out apple, plum and mulberry trees on public and private land.
“We’re coming up on the best apple trees in Boulder,” said Welty, a geographer and Ph.D. student specializing in glaciers in the University of Colorado’s Environmental Studies program.
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