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Most Federal Forest is Mature and Old Growth. Now the Question Is Whether to Protect It

The Biden administration completes inventory, launches plan for new rules on "climate resilience" for forests. Meanwhile, logging continues in carbon-rich federal stands.

By Marianne Lavelle

A recently logged patch of woods on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest in Chatham, New Hampshire. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images
Custer Gallatin National Forest includes hundreds of glaciers as well as pine savannas. The Forest Service plans logging about 90 miles south of Fairy Lake in the Bridger Mountains, pictured. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Logging Plan on Yellowstone’s Border Shows Limits of Biden Greenhouse Gas Policy

By Marianne Lavelle

A firefighter works on putting out a hotspot from a wildfire on Friday May 13, 2022 in Mora, New Mexico as the Calf Canyon and Hermits Peak fires burn in the region. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The US Forest Service Planned to Increase Burning to Prevent Wildfires. Will a Pause on Prescribed Fire Instead Bring More Delays?

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

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