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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

The oldest are 4,000-5,000 years old. But they aren't as old as clonal organisms like the remarkable Pando, a vast quaking aspen clone that ...

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 ...

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

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Characteristics of Old Growth - Minnesota DNR

The DNR defines old growth forests as forests that have developed over a long period of time, essentially free from catastrophic disturbances.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

This report contains the first national inventory of old-growth and mature forests focused specifically on Forest Service and BLM lands and ...

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 - 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 ...

Ecological Benefits of Old-Growth Forests - PA DCNR

Old-growth forests are undoubtably special and unique places. Their mostly undisturbed locations are some of the most beautiful to be found.

Old-Growth Forest - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

The old forest stage is characterized by vertical diversification with multi-layered tree crowns, a high diversity of live and dead trees in a variety of sizes ...