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  • Old-growth temperate forests such as some in the U.S. and Australia, DellaSalla said, store more carbon per acre than any other kind of forest in the world.

    Cool rainforests store more carbon, book finds Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • Old-growth temperate forests such as some in the U.S. and Australia, DellaSalla said, store more carbon per acre than any other kind of forest in the world.

    Cool rainforests store more carbon, book finds Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • Old-growth Douglas firs averaging eight feet in diameter and more than three hundred feet tall still covered some of the bluffs and hillsides.

    Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009

  • Old-growth cove forests at mid-elevations once supported massive tulip poplars (Liriodendron tulipifera), chestnuts (Castanea dentata), red spruce (Picea rubens), and oaks.

    Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests 2008

  • Old-growth conservation efforts in the Southwest are focused on how to manage older forests in frequent-fire landscapes.

    Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 4 2008

  • Old-growth forests, coupled with a broad program of woodlands restoration and sustainable forestry, can provide not only climate relief and ecologically responsible wood and biomass harvests but a slew of other essential ecological services, from salmon habitats to flood prevention.

    Counterpoint: Dangers of Focusing Solely on Climate Change Alex Steffen 2008

  • Old-growth forest of white pine, yellow birch, and hemlock, Sylvania Wilderness Area, Michigan.

    Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 3 2008

  • Old-growth forests in particular are critically important fish and wildlife habitat and are characterized by unique structural attributes (e.g., multi-layered canopies, diverse forb and shrub layers, coarse-woody debris, large diameter trees).

    Northern Pacific coastal forests 2008

  • Old-growth hemlock-hardwood forest in the 60,000-acre Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan, one of the few remaining large wilderness areas in the Great Lakes region.

    Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 5 2008

  • Old-growth ponderosa pine in Winema National Forest in south-central Oregon on the dry eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountain Range.

    Beyond Old Growth~ Chapter 6 2008

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