Old-Growth

The Forest Service has gathered public input on a proposed National Old Growth Amendment, with a priority to conserve and restore these characteristics on federal lands. Only 17% of the acres within federally managed forest land falls under the category.

For WXPR’s The Stream, Hannah Davis-Reid spoke with environmental experts about how the USDA's land management plan revisions impacts the Chequamegon- Nicolet National Forest.

For WXPR’s The Stream, Hannah Davis-Reid spoke with environmental experts about how the USDA's land management plan revisions impacts the Chequamegon- Nicolet National Forest.

In keeping with the Biden administration’s April 2022 executive order, each forest plan is going to be amended to conserve and steward old and mature growth national forests and grasslands.

At the end of September, the Environmental Law and Policy Center, along with 28 allied organizations, released a petition letter to the U.S. Forest Service.

A small forest in Rhinelander officially became part of a national registry of old-growth forests Thursday. It’s part of a nationwide effort to identify and preserve old-growth forests in every county of the country.

When someone lives to be a hundred years old, everyone asks them for the secrets to their longevity.Trees, on the other hand, live to be hundreds and…