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  • Number of trees lost after wildfires likely bigger than thought, research shows

    Nathan Gilles, Oregon Capital Chronicle|Sep 19, 2024

    One year after a wildfire burns in a forest, the U.S. Forest Service assesses the damage. What the agency finds at this one-year mark informs its post-fire restoration efforts, including how many trees foresters are required to plant to replace ones that died due to the fire. However, according to a growing body of research, one year just isn’t enough time to determine how many trees have died following a wildfire. Two recent studies, created independently of each other, that examined the e...

  • Why no one knows how much old-growth forest we have

    Nathan Gilles, Oregon Capital Chronicle|May 23, 2024

    This story was first published by Columbia Insight. It’s said that “the map is not the territory.” This statement, say critics, is especially true of the maps created by the U.S. Forest Service to inventory the nation’s largest carbon sinks: its mature and old-growth forests. In April 2023, under pressure from the Biden administration, the Forest Service completed its first-ever nationwide inventory of mature and old-growth forests found on federal lands. This inventory of older trees is part...