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Old-Growth Forest in New Jersey at Center of Affordable Housing Debate

Billionaire Zygi Wilf’s proposed development of 496 apartments on the Second Watchung Ridge pits state housing mandates against environmental concerns over flooding, water quality and wildlife habitat.

By Ryan Krugman

 Members of a coalition opposing the Second Watchung Ridge development host a press conference in September. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News
Sally Thodal examines fresh seedlings in a logged section of Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest on Nov. 12, 2022. Credit: Carlin Stiehl/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

A Vermont Forest Tries a New Model of Growth, Diversity and Logging

By Olivia Gieger
A logging truck drives through a forest in Allagash, Maine. Credit: Gabe Souza/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Using the ‘Magic’ of LiDAR to Map Maine’s Old-Growth Forests

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth
An aerial view of the tower built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at the top of Flagg Mountain in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Preserving Alabama’s Flagg Mountain, the Southernmost Appalachian Peak

By Dennis Pillion
Stephen Kropp, the founder of the nonprofit Legacy Forest Defense Coalition of Washington, has ramped up his mission of raising awareness about logging so-called “legacy forests” on Washington trust lands. Credit: Legacy Forest Defense Coalition

‘Legacy’ Forests. ‘Restoration’ Logging. The New Jargon of Conservation Is Awash in Ambiguity. And Politics

By Nathan Gilles, Columbia Insight
Logging of a patch of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire on Dec. 17. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Biden Administration Takes Historic Step to Protect Old-Growth Forest

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

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

By Marianne Lavelle

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