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If you thought the ancient evergreens at California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park were old, the state's bristlecone pines ...
In a Swiss pine forest, the treetops are being sprayed with mist in a bid to discover the effect that drier or wetter air has ...
Forest biodiversity in boreal Europe: Species richness and turnover among old-growth forests, managed forests and clearcut sites. Biological Conservation, 2025; 306: 111147 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon ...
The C.S. Mott Nature Preserve at Arcadia Dunes is the first forest to be added to the national old-growth roster from Benzie County, although officials said a portion of the site does technically ...
I have spent 22 years studying forests and disturbance, and I work on new methods to measure the effects of wildfire and forest management on the values people hold (safety, clean water, wildlands ...
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 ...
Covering more than 3,500 acres on Pine Mountain, Blanton Forest is the largest old-growth forest in Kentucky and one of the largest remaining in the eastern United States. This untouched woodland ...
Old-growth forests tend to have large trees and standing dead trees, including canopies with gaps that result from the deaths of individual trees and woody debris on the forest floor.
Science Great tits thrive in old-growth forests The birds show more signs of stress in younger forests. By Ethan Freedman Published Jan 29, 2025 9:22 AM EST ...
That decision by the U.S. Forest Service to shelve the National Old Growth Amendment ends, for now, any goal of creating a cohesive federal approach to managing the oldest trees on the 193 million ...
As two who have both worked in forestry in New Hampshire and have long been advocates for the protection of true “old growth” forests, we feel the White Mountain National Forest is doing a good job of ...
Access is only via an old logging road, seaplane or boat. Thirteen guests, mostly aged between 50 and 70, are our companions. They hail from Canada, England, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Australia.