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Trump administration takes aim at our National Forests: Analysis of recent pro-logging Executive Orders
What do the recent pro-logging Executive Orders mean for the future of the public's National Forests?
Climate Forests
Apr 222 min read
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Climate Forests Campaign Responds to Anti-Forests Executive Order
Climate Forests Campaign Responds to Anti-Forests Executive Order
Climate Forests
Mar 32 min read
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Over a Million Public Comments Call for Old-Growth Forest Protections
Over 1 million people have called for stronger safeguards for National Forests. Will the Forest Service listen?
Victoria Wingell, Oregon Wild
Oct 11, 20244 min read
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Forest Service urged to strengthen protections for mature and old-growth forests in draft national old growth plan
A stream found within the proposed Grasshopper logging sale in Mt. Hood National Forest, Oregon. Photo credit: Daniel Howland FOR...
Climate Forests
Jun 21, 20242 min read
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Forest Service urged to bolster protections for forests in proposed policy
Comments call for addressing major gaps on selling old growth and protecting mature forests. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 2,...
Climate Forests
Feb 2, 20243 min read
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Biden administration moves to protect old-growth forests
Environmental groups welcome needed action on old-growth, urge future action on mature forests For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December...
Climate Forests
Dec 19, 20235 min read
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Native Insects and Mature Forests
Banana slugs make their home in mature and old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Photo Credit: Andrea Morris Native insect...
Climate Forests
Oct 11, 20238 min read
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Mature Trees are Fire Resistant
Big trees remained standing after Tumblebug Fire. Photo Credit: Oregon Wild The rate of forest fire spread is typically dictated not by...
Climate Forests
Oct 11, 20235 min read
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Biodiversity Co-Benefits of Mature Forests
Many species of wildlife rely on the specific habitat that mature and old-growth forests provide. Photo Credit: Trevor Reynolds Mature...
Climate Forests
Oct 11, 20235 min read
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Carbon Sequestration and Storage Capacity of Older Trees and Forests
View over the Telephone Gap area slated to be logged in Vermont. Photo Credit: Standing Trees Mature and old-growth trees and stands are...
Climate Forests
Oct 11, 20238 min read
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Effects of Forest Roads on Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Temporary Road, Four Forest Restoration Initiative, Coconino National Forest. Photo Credit: WildEarth Guardians Roads are necessary for...
Climate Forests
Oct 11, 20235 min read
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Court Scraps Massive Montana Logging Project Threatening Grizzlies, Old Forests
Old multi-story forest slated for phased clearcut, Kootenai National Forest. Photo credit: Yaak Valley Forest Council Editor's Note: The...
Climate Forests
Aug 22, 20234 min read
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Over half a million people call on Forest Service to protect mature, old-growth forests and trees
Activists gather at the D.C. offices of the Department of Agriculture to deliver comments to the US Forest Service. Photo Credit:...
Climate Forests
Jul 20, 20234 min read
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Forest Service takes key step toward 1st national rule to protect mature, old-growth trees, forests
Announcement advances Biden’s 2022 Earth Day Executive Order Featured: The 42 Divide logging sale in the Roseburg, Oregon Bureau of Land...
Climate Forests
Apr 20, 20234 min read
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Department of Interior moves to protect mature and old-growth trees and forests from logging
Wide-ranging rule will include Bureau of Land Management forest policies. Field checking a unit of the 42 Divide logging sale, located in...
Climate Forests
Mar 30, 20234 min read
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Take Action: Call The White House Today!
Featured: The Green Mountain National Forest (Vermont) area threatened by logging in the Telephone Gap project. Photo Credit: Standing...
Climate Forests
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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Statement: USDA announces plans to protect mature forests while addressing wildfire
Photo: Measuring an ancient tree within the Upper Cheat River logging sale, West Virginia. Credit: John Coleman For Immediate Release:...
Climate Forests
Jan 20, 20232 min read
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Celebrating A Year of Forest & Climate Action
More than 100 "kayaktivists" and community members rally in Eugene, Oregon to protest the Flat Country timber sale. Photo Credit: Fire...
Victoria Wingell, Oregon Wild
Dec 22, 20225 min read
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Report: U.S. Agencies Undermine Biden’s Pledge to Protect Climate-Saving Forests
Failure to protect mature and old-growth forests from logging risks global credibility on forest conservation For Immediate Release:...
Climate Forests
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia Upper Cheat River Project
Stand R45 proposed for clearcutting. Photo credit: John Coleman Why this forest is special The nearly 1 million-acre Monongahela National...
Climate Forests
Nov 8, 20223 min read
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