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[https://www.npr.org/2024/01/07/1223351622/biden-administration-moves-to-protect-forests-with-older-trees-from-logging by Ayesha Rascoe 7/1/24 npr] | [https://www.npr.org/2024/01/07/1223351622/biden-administration-moves-to-protect-forests-with-older-trees-from-logging by Ayesha Rascoe 7/1/24 npr] | ||
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration's proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees. | NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Meg Krawchuk of Oregon State University about the Biden administration's proposal to protect old growth forests. Old trees contain more carbon than younger trees. | ||
=====Lack of Loggers Is Hobbling Arizona Forest-Thinning Projects That Could Have Slowed This Year’s Devastating Wildfires===== | |||
[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08072022/arizona-wildfire-forest-thinning/ by Andrew Onodera 8/7/22 Inside Climate News] | |||
Smith is the forest restoration director for Coconino County, which includes the city of Flagstaff and was hit by a particularly brutal start to this year’s fire season. The Tunnel Fire burned nearly 20,000 acres here in April and claimed 30 homes. The Pipeline and Haywire fires, which are still burning, charred another 32,000 acres in June, including much of the forest surrounding Smith’s beloved Weatherford Trail. | |||
