The forest that helped me survive my mother’s death

When her mother passed after battling Alzheimer’s, Suzanne Simard turned to the forest and her research into how trees ...
CounterPunch

Conservation Victory Saves Greater Yellowstone’s Old-Growth Forests and Critical Habitat for Western Birds

The recent halting of the Forest Service’s massive deforestation and road-building project bordering Yellowstone National Park benefitted far more than grizzly bears and lynx. In fact, the area’s ...
E&E

Survey finds lukewarm support for old-growth forests

The weakest showing for any of the 16 resolutions adopted at a national forest policy conference was one urging protection of old growth. Saving the nation’s oldest forests remains a priority among a ...
CounterPunch

Save Our Forests, One Roll at a Time

North America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make pulp for toilet paper and other disposable paper products. Companies are ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Visit the World’s Most Amazing Old-Growth Forests

There are trees in some parts of the United States that are older than William Shakespeare. The Pacific Northwest old-growth forests, which stretch for hundreds of miles through parts of Northern ...
The Island Packet

This wild island south of Beaufort is being nationally recognized. Here’s why

Ted Turner once owned it, but this island stood out long before the media mogul began using it for a retreat for his family ...
Phys.org

Sweden's 'old‑growth' natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands—new study

Most of Europe's original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, and timber. The few remaining "old-growth" natural forests are relics of ...
Phys.org

Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests, study finds

Swedish old-growth forests store 83% more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates and is mainly due ...
EurekAlert!

Old-growth forests store a lot more carbon than managed forests

Swedish old-growth forests store 83 percent more carbon than managed forests, according to a new study from Lund University. The difference is substantially larger than previous estimates and is ...