“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 processes and ...

In the final weeks of 2023, two far-reaching policy processes were unveiled by the U.S. Forest Service that will affect public forest lands across Oregon. Public comment periods are open on both until ...

It’s said that the map is not the territory. This statement, say critics, is especially true of the maps created by the U.S. Forest Service to inventory the nation’s largest carbon sinks: its mature ...

Nathan Cornell, president of the Rhode Island Old Growth Tree Society, says he has found 56 pockets of old-growth forest scattered around the state. The definition of 'old growth' varies; it can mean ...

Oregon’s forests were once full of old-growth, but today, less than 10 percent of old-growth trees still stand, environmental advocacy group Oregon Wild estimates. Despite their essential role in ...

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 ...

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