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...
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Climate Forests
- Feb 2
- 3 min
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,...
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Climate Forests
- Dec 19, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Oct 11, 2023
- 8 min
Native Insects and Mature Forests
Native insect outbreaks have been critical elements of cyclical forest ecology for millennia. Tree-mortality from these outbreaks creates...
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Climate Forests
- Oct 11, 2023
- 5 min
Mature Trees are Fire Resistant
The rate of forest fire spread is typically dictated not by the total quantity of fuels, but by the quantity of highly flammable small...
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Climate Forests
- Oct 11, 2023
- 5 min
Biodiversity Co-Benefits of Mature Forests
Mature and old-growth forests and trees provide diverse habitat for wildlife and vegetation to a degree that younger forests cannot....
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Climate Forests
- Oct 11, 2023
- 8 min
Carbon Sequestration and Storage Capacity of Older Trees and Forests
Mature and old-growth trees and stands are powerhouses of carbon absorption and carbon storage throughout their lives and well after they...
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Climate Forests
- Oct 11, 2023
- 5 min
Effects of Forest Roads on Mature and Old-Growth Forests
Roads are necessary for the administration of national forests, but not for the protection of mature and old-growth forests and trees....
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Climate Forests
- Aug 22, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Jul 20, 2023
- 4 min
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:...
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Climate Forests
- Apr 20, 2023
- 4 min
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 For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 20, 2023 WASHINGTON, DC – According...
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Climate Forests
- Mar 30, 2023
- 4 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Mar 14, 2023
- 2 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Jan 20, 2023
- 2 min
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:...
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Victoria Wingell, Oregon Wild
- Dec 22, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
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:...
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Climate Forests
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Climate Forests
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky South Red Bird Wildlife Enhancement Project
Little Flat Creek area proposed for clearcutting. Photo credit: Jim Scheff, Kentucky Heartwood Why this forest is special The Redbird...
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Climate Forests
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota Spruce Vegetation Management Project
Logging would occur in spruce stands like this on the Black Hills National Forest. Photo credit: Norbeck Society Why this forest is...
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Climate Forests
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
Tongass National Forest, Alaska Wrangell Island Project
Logging would cut old-growth Sitka spruce and hemlock like this. Photo credit: Maranda Hamme Why this forest is special The Tongass...
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