America’s oldest trees, most of which are in the West, will get added protection from wildfire and climate change under updated forest plans from the U.S. Forest Service. In announcements over the ...

The nation's oldest trees are getting new protections under a Biden administration initiative to make it harder to cut down old-growth forests for lumber. The news has implications for climate change ...

In Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains, this protected old-growth forest features towering ancient trees, sandstone overlooks, ...

Rick Bowmer / AP Around a hundred community members showed up to the U.S. Forest Service office in Medford on Wednesday night for a public meeting about proposed amendments to the Northwest Forest ...

Old trees are back in the spotlight with the release of a U.S. Forest Service plan to preserve old-growth forests. The plan follows a directive by President Joe Biden in April 2022 to protect mature ...

More than 60 percent of the trees managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management make up mature or old-growth forest—nearly double previous estimates—according to an inventory that ...

Old-growth forests on federal lands across the nation are getting renewed attention – and being spared the ax – under an executive order by President Joe Biden. The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

The agency will take public comment for 90 days on a draft environmental impact statement on conserving old-growth areas of national forests. The Biden administration stepped closer Thursday to ...

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 ...