Q&A: Wildfire in protected Northwest forests highlights need for strategy updates

The Northwest Forest Plan, adopted in 1994, helped quell mounting tensions between timber companies and environmentalists. It ...
The News-Herald

Holden scientist: Old-growth forests play unique research, natural roles

Of the many acres of woodland that extend across Holden Arboretum, scientist David Burke believes the 250 acres or so of old-growth forests provide unique value for research and the environment.
Concord Monitor

Opinion: All forests are important. Old forests are priceless.

In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, a forest grows back beneath a few uncut white pines several years after it was logged near Soubunge Mountain in northern Maine. FILE – In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, ...
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Why preserving old-growth forests is a complex task

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...
Yahoo

Researchers use state-of-the-art technology to tackle major issue in forests: 'We're not equipped [without it]'

Researchers in New Brunswick, Canada, are utilizing artificial intelligence and satellite imaging to protect old forests, according to the CBC. Old forests are those that have developed over long ...
VTDigger

Chris Gish: Save Telephone Gap and protect old forests

With conservation groups like Vermont Natural Resources Council and Audubon Vermont, do forests even need enemies? These groups, along with professor Bill Keeton, are promoting the Green Mountain ...
Yahoo

Wide variety of old-growth ecosystems across the US makes their conservation a complex challenge

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, ...
Eugene Weekly

Old-Growth Forests and Oregon’s Healthy Ecosystems

Oregon’s forests were once full of old-growth, but today, less than 10 percent of old-growth trees still stand, environmental advocacy group Oregon Wild estimates. Despite their essential role in ...
The Columbian

Despite Biden’s promise to protect old forests, his administration moves to cut them down

On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden stood among cherry blossoms and towering Douglas firs in a Seattle park to declare the importance of big, old trees. “There used to be a hell of a lot more ...

As state legislators tackle forest health, some environmentalists wary

Foresters, environmentalists and land trusts disagree over the details as the state considers a bill that could dictate the ...
Fast Company

Biden promised to protect Oregon’s old-growth forests. So why didn’t he?

On Earth Day in 2022, President Joe Biden stood among cherry blossoms and towering Douglas firs in a Seattle park to declare the importance of big, old trees. “There used to be a hell of a lot more ...