In other words, the maps show the forest but not the trees. The Forest Service’s mature and old-growth inventory used ... the carbon-storing potential of America’s older forests.

Proponents are optimistic that the proposal could help address the greatest risks to America’s forests head-on ... the working definitions were used to inventory the old growth and mature forests of ...

“As humans, our everyday lives are sustained by the behaviors and interactions of forest organisms,” photographer David Herasimtschuk writes of old growth forests. “Yet, because these ...

The study, published in the journal Fire, indicates that such treatments could also help other seasonally dry, mature, old growth forests in North America. “I know it sounds cliché, but we need ...

From mosses to mountain lions, the temperate old-growth ... these forests for ecosystem health and carbon storage has been limited. The temperate rainforests of western North America have the ...

The study, published in the journal Fire, indicates that such treatments could also help other seasonally dry, mature, ...