Modeling finds old-growth wildfire risk highest where low-severity fires once burned

A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest's mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas ...
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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 ...
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Where fires used to be frequent, old forests now face high risk of devastating blazes

A new analysis shows that the Pacific Northwest’s mature and old-growth forests are most at risk of severe wildfire in areas ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
The Columbian

Letter: Preserve old-growth forests

I am writing to urge the Forest Service to ban logging and development of Washington’s oldest trees on federal land. Some of Washington’s most iconic mature and old-growth forests are at risk of ...
NBC Los Angeles

Old-Growth Forests in New York State Protected by Law

ALBANY, New York, September 8, 2008 (ENS) - Old-growth forests in the state of New York are protected for the first time under a bill signed into law Friday by Governor David Paterson. The law applies ...