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How razing Quinnipiac’s Pine Grove will change the local environment

The Pine Grove forest, on the south side of the Quinnipiac University Mount Carmel campus, will be eradicated as part of the South Quad construction. (Melina Khan/HQNN)

Nature nestles Quinnipiac University’s Mount Carmel campus, with Sleeping Giant State Park hovering over the north side of its quadrangle. On the south end of the suburban campus, a forest serves as a tranquil passageway between the student center and a group of academic buildings. The forest, known as Pine Grove, has occupied five acres…