The U.S. Forest Service's Old-Growth Amendment will create healthier, diverse forests more resilient to climate change, says NC Wildlife Federation.

Old-growth forests in Oregon's Coast Range absorb and store more carbon per acre than almost any other forest in the world.

The Biden administration moved on Tuesday to conserve groves of old-growth trees on national forests across the U.S. and limit logging as climate change amplifies the threats they face from ...

The Forest Service and federal Bureau of Land Management combined oversee more than 50,000 square miles (129,000 square kilometers) of old growth forests and about 125,000 square miles (324,000 ...

Their trees haven’t yet attained the 160 years that qualifies as old growth west of the Cascade Range, ... support less biodiversity than the complex ecosystems in old-growth and legacy forests.

STOCKBRIDGE — As a first step toward saving the 63-acre old-growth forest at Ice Glen from predatory insects, the Select Board has approved funding to begin “triage” treatments for 38 Stockbridge goes ...

Environmental groups sue to block old-growth logging project in Oregon’s Coast Range. ... Brahler added that old-growth forests are playing crucial roles as carbon sinks and stores as the ...