The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old growth and mature ... according to a Forest Service online map. The inventory's release ...

On Earth Day 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14072, which seeks to protect our nation's remaining old-growth ... the Forest Service is doing a disservice to those of us fighting ...

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 ...

JENNI DOERING: Give us a sense of what the forests in Maine ... It’s like, “Light up this old-growth forest on the map.” I’m supposed to be a scientist, but to me, LiDAR and what it ...

Government inventories have identified about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square kilometers) of old-growth forests in federal lands across the U.S. and 125,000 square miles (320,000 square ...

The Biden administration plans to revise management plans for national forests and grasslands in the U.S. to conserve old-growth trees. The goal is to provide an 'ecologically-driven' approach to ...

The draft will be open to public comment for 90 days. “Recent scientific analysis shows us that many old-growth forests are under significant threat from climate change,” Agriculture Secretary ...

In his letter, Moore indicated that over the past few years, “the learning and insights we have gained will help us to better steward old growth forests into the future.” ...

“We could not grow the old-growth network without our volunteers who assist us in our work, and help us to document the forest’s qualities. Environmental Education Specialist Gary Stolz did ...

Old-growth forests are rare—less than 7% of the area of U.S. forests today—and are still often logged. To recover forest ecosystems across the U.S., it will not be enough to protect just old ...