The Forest Service mature and old-growth forest inventory maps were created at what’s called a “fireshed” scale. Firesheds are 250,000 acres each, or roughly 390 square miles.

Climbers scale an old-growth redwood called Grandfather, which soars over 200 feet high. Somewhere between 700 and 1,000 years old, the tree was specifically chosen because it already has damage ...

Over half of the world’s old-growth redwood can be found in the 40,000 acres of the Redwoods National and State Parks, such as the stunning Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.

A World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve, Redwood National and State Parks protect 45 percent of California’s remaining old-growth redwoods—an area almost four times the size ...

That’s the ultimate sign of success.” Old-growth Douglas firs. Removing old roads drives crucial regeneration of trees and plants. Steinberg / Science Source ...

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 ...

It’s just a massive three-dimensional point cloud of the forest. And it turns out, that can tell us exactly where the old forest is. About 4 percent of that 10 million acres is old-growth forest.

An effort to change forest management techniques to reflect this sentiment began in December with the Department of Agriculture announcing its intent to amend National Forest land management plans in ...

MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press Jun 20, 2024 Updated Jun 20, 2024 0 ...