Thank you Secretary Deb Haaland Bureau of Land Management - National and US Department of the Interior for taking this first important step towards a new, strong conservation rule. Please ensure our mature and old-growth #ClimateForests remain standing to fight #ClimateChange for future generations. oregonwild.org/about/press/de…

Over 63 million acres of mature & old-growth forests safeguard carbon, water, & biodiversity across federal public lands, including over 5 million acres managed by Bureau of Land Management - National & over 53 million acres managed by USDA Forest Service. Some 50 million acres are at risk from logging.

“If you cut down a bunch of 80 yo stands that are starting to have old-growth characteristics, it will obviously take 80 years or more to get those qualities back. That’s too much time to say GHG impacts are minimal.” #climateforests ⁦Carolyn⁩ insideclimatenews.org/news/07042023/…

Thank you Congresswoman Andrea Salinas Earl Blumenauer Suzanne Bonamici for your leadership! #ClimateForests 🌲🌲🌲💚

BREAKING: USDA Forest Service has proposed a rulemaking process that could permanently protect 175,000+ square miles of old-growth and mature forests on federal lands 🌲 Covering an area larger than California, this could be the largest forest protection policy since 2001! #EarthWeek

Thank you ⁦Dept. of Agriculture⁩ ⁦US Department of the Interior⁩ ⁦President Donald J. Trump⁩ !!! 💚💚💚 #ClimateForests #EarthDay 🌲🌲🌲 usda.gov/media/press-re…

“When complete, the overall project will be the biggest dam removal in U.S. history and will reopen 400 miles of fish habitat that was cut off for more than a century.” opb.org/article/2023/0…

"The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Pendleton, Oregon, also said overwhelming evidence exists that large trees play a critical role in maintaining biodiversity and mitigating climate change" #ClimateForests npr.org/2023/08/31/119…

"Private companies generally clearcut when logging by removing every tree from a patch, which increases erosion and runoff. On public lands, thinning—removing only some trees from a patch—is more common due to increased regulation." - Official NASA Account Takeover by Yash Rajeshirke

"The Pacific Coast rainforest as a whole stores more carbon per unit area than any other forest in the world, and it represents more than one-third of remaining temperate rainforests worldwide, the authors write." #ClimateForests hcn.org/articles/fores… via High Country News

"The oldest old-growth forests on the planet are hundreds of thousands of years old, some millions of years old. That’s pretty permanent storage, if you ask me." #ClimateForests fastcompany.com/90958781/bill-…

Protecting existing forests from logging and growing new trees in deforested areas could capture 226 gigatons of planet-warming carbon, equal to ~1/3 of the carbon emissions humans have released since the start of the Industrial Era. #ClimateForests nytimes.com/2023/11/13/cli…

Replanting trees is often not the green success story many believe it to be with many young trees not surviving. A solution? Protect our existing mature and old-growth rather than logging it and hoping for successful replanting. shorturl.at/htITU

Old and mature forests are vital to providing clean water, absorbing carbon pollution, and supplying habitat for wildlife. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking new actions to conserve and restore old-growth forests. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

Mature and #OldGrowth forests are one of our best lines of defense against climate change - but USDA Forest Service is logging them for pulp. Learn more about the Fourmile project here: wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/02/15/env… via Wisconsin Examiner || @wiexaminer.bsky.social

“This draft is a step, but the final policy must be significantly improved, including ending the practice of sending old-growth trees to timber mills” #ClimateForests opb.org/article/2024/0…

“The salmon and others likely traveled more than 200 miles from the Pacific Ocean to reach the tributary. And it happened only months after four Klamath River dams were removed to restore fish passage.” opb.org/article/2024/1…