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U.S. Forest Service ditches amendment to protect OR old growth forests
Earlier this month, the U.S. Forest Service announced it would not be following through with the National Old Growth ...
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Biden Launches Process for Protecting Mature, Old-Growth Forests on Federal Lands
SEATTLE— President Joe Biden will issue an executive order today that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America’s federal lands so that policies can ...
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How the U.S. got no old growth forest protections from the Biden Administration (commentary)
That unfortunately applies to the Forest Service’s national old-growth amendment (NOGA), which despite President Biden’s executive order directing the agency to conduct an inventory of mature ...
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Advocates worry about North Carolina's old growth forests, damaged by Hurricane Helene
The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.
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Forest Service Plans First National Rule to Protect Mature, Old-Growth Trees, Forests
WASHINGTON— The U.S. Forest Service today announced a pathway for protecting mature and old-growth trees and forests as part of a strategy to improve the climate resilience of federally managed ...