Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland conducted a systematic review of 99 scientific publications that compared ...

Government inventories have identified about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square kilometers) of old-growth forests in federal lands across the U.S. and 125,000 square miles (320,000 square ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny ...

Old trees are back in the spotlight with the release of a U.S. Forest Service plan to preserve old-growth forests. The plan follows a directive by President Joe Biden in April 2022 to protect ...

Roman Battaglia / JPR News Environmental activists held a rally outside the Forest Service office to push for stronger protections for old-growth ecosystems in the amendments. Luke Ruediger has ...

The Biden administration has published its proposed plan for preserving old-growth trees in national forests across the country, opening another opportunity for public input on conserving ancient ...

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines—some of the last remaining ...

But a new study finds that, despite this apparent rebirth, younger forests may not offer those birds the same quality of habitat as an old-growth forest—with differences between the two forest ...

There are clues that signal to hikers they have entered the prized, 32-acre swath of old-growth forest at the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Gibraltar Township. Branches in the ...

Despite their essential role in ecosystems and years of controversy over their loss, these forests are often still targeted for logging. The National Old-Growth Amendment, open for public comment ...

Right now, chainsaws and log skidders are destroying one of Western North Carolina’s most beautiful and biologically diverse old growth forests. The U.S. Forest Service’s Brushy Mountain ...