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Old-growth forest - Wikipedia

One-third (34 percent) of the world's forests are primary forests. ... Old-growth features include diverse tree-related structures that provide diverse wildlife ...

Old-Growth Forest Network

The Old-Growth Forest Network is the only national network in the U.S. of protected, old-growth, native forests where people of all generations can ...

Mature and Old-Growth Forests | US Forest Service

Like many of the nation's forests, mature and old-growth is threatened by climate change. The mature and old-growth initiative is part of an overarching climate ...

What Do We Mean by “Old Growth”? - National Park Service

An old-growth forest is something foresters will say they'll know when they see it. Yet when asked to create a formal definition, many find it impossible.

Mature and Old-Growth Forests - Bureau of Land Management

Older forests have characteristics that can provide important wildlife habitat, contribute ecosystem services such as clean water and carbon storage, ...

Old-Growth Forest Network

The forests in the Old-Growth Forest Network are chosen because they are among the oldest known forests in their county. They have formal protection in place ...

Old-growth forest | Definition, Characteristics, Locations, & Facts

Old-growth forest, a climax forest in the late stages of stand development containing large, old trees and a complex stand structure that has been generally ...

A photographer captures life in America's last remaining old-growth ...

... forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these processes and relationships occur in ...

List of old-growth forests - Wikipedia

This is a list of areas of existing old-growth forest which include at least 10 acres (4.0 hectares) of old growth. Ecoregion information from "Terrestrial ...

What Are Old-Growth Forests and Where Can They Be Found?

Old-growth forests are some of the most valuable ecosystems on the planet. They give a wide range of benefits to both the environment and local communities.

Characteristics of Old Growth | Minnesota DNR

They contain large, old trees of long-lived species that are beyond traditional rotation (harvest) age. High-quality old growth forests also have relatively ...

Old Growth Forests: What they Are and Why They Matter

Old Growth Forests Provide a Living Connection To The Past · 1. Old-growth trees store massive amounts of carbon · 2. They shelter and protect ...

Old Growth Forests in PA

Old Growth Forests in PA · Pennsylvania's Division of Conservation and Natural Resources has included 15 of its forests in the national Network.

Help Protect Old-Growth Forests Now Before It's Too Late

Protecting intact, mature and old-growth forests worldwide has been found to be one of the most immediate and cost-effective solutions to mitigating the ...

Identifying Mature and Old Forests in Washington - WA - DNR

In keeping with the Trust Lands HCP objectives for conservation of critical habitats, old-growth forest in the six Westside HCP planning units also is protected ...

Save America's Oldest Forests

Our mature and old-growth forests are a natural treasure worth protecting but many of them are threatened by logging.

Mature and Old-Growth Forests: Definition, Identification, and Inventory

Old-growth forest represents 18 percent and mature forest another 45 percent of all forested land managed by the two agencies. This initial ...

Old Growth Forests - DNR: Nature Preserves - IN.gov

Old Growth Forests ... Of Indiana's original 20 million acres of forest, fewer than 2,000 acres of old-growth forests remain intact. Most of the sites that remain ...

Old growth forests - Minnesota DNR

Today in Minnesota, ecologically significant old growth forests are protected from harvest and represent new values in modern forest management. Minnesota's ...

6 reasons old-growth forests are really important

When protected from logging and development, old-growth forests help fight climate change by storing carbon emissions; sustain Indigenous ...


Old Growth Forests

Old Growth Forests

Old Growth Forests