If President Biden wants to be remembered in history for saving the nation’s remaining mature and old-growth forests and trees for the benefit of this and future generations, the Forest Service is going to have to do significantly more than what it has proposed so far.
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The Unmaking of the Northwest Forest Plan, Part 2: Remaking It for the Next Quarter Century
The prospective defeminization/emasculation of the Northwest Forest Plan by the Forest Service is likely inevitable. All the more reason for the Biden administration to promulgate an enduring administrative rule that conserves and restores mature and old-growth forests.
Read MoreForest Service Proposes Rulemaking: An Opportunity to Conserve and Restore Mature and Old-Growth Forests
The Forest Service has announced it is going to be proposing new regulations to address the “climate resilience” of the National Forest System.
Read MoreHow Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left?
Any inventory reveals that most of the nation’s mature and old-growth forests have fallen to the saw. Not only must all that remains remain, but degraded forests should also be allowed to become mature and old-growth forests once again.
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