Forest Conservation: US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival

Forest Conservation: US moves to protect old growth forests as climate change threatens their survival

BILLINGS: The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of old-growth trees on federal land by revising management plans for national forests and grasslands across the U.S. as climate change amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.Agriculture Sec. Tom Vilsack said the goal was to provide an “ecologically-driven” approach to older forests … Read more