A UC Davis field crew conducts forest inventory in the Emerald Point old-growth stand at Lake Tahoe. Ancient ponderosa pines that once grew in a open-canopied forest now confront waves of ...

North America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make pulp for ...

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 ...

This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization, and is part of a special project on Food and Power in the West.

Old-growth forests that have been alive since the 1600s were found in a logging zone, placing them at risk, according to ...

The old growth forests of Western North Carolina took a beating from Hurricane Helene. Now they've lost a bid for federal protection. This worries advocates that the forests could soon vanish.

Stand in awe before a towering Douglas fir in an Oregon forest, and you might believe you’re experiencing the majesty of old growth. But according to environmental educator Ross Reid, what most of us ...

On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines — some of the last remaining in ...