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U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceChanges to the U.S. Forest Service’s national and Northwest forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change. -
Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital ChronicleThe groups want more old-growth stands and a watershed included in the state’s landmark Western Forests Habitat Conservation Plan.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act. -
America's oldest trees store vast amounts of carbon. Counting them is the first step to preserving them, says the Biden administration.
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The world took notice of the summer's fires in the Amazon region of Brazil. The tropical rainforests are often called "the Earth's lungs" for the oxygen…
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Science has a better grasp over time of how old-growth forest ecosystems work. But the study area is relatively small, given how much of the ancient…
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Any discussion of forestry in Oregon usually gets around to old growth forests. As you follow the debate over cutting or preserving them, you may wonder…
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The term "old growth" is one often used and perhaps less-often understood. Just big trees? Big trees and spotted owls? No and not quite are the answers;…
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Trees make hot days a little cooler. Well duh, you might say, everyone knows that shade from trees is good. But a newly-published study from Oregon State…
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The most contentious portion of the debate over forest management concerns old-growth timber. Can the timber industry be healthy without cutting down…
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Throw another log on the fire of debate over proper use of forests in the region. Scientists from here and Germany just released a study making the case…
