Sentences with phrase «standing old forests»

The focus must be upon ending first time industrial logging of primary forests, while providing local peoples alternative incomes based upon fully intact standing old forests.

Not exact matches

Merely being in the presence of such iconic (if not controversial) species as tiny Marbled Murrelets and reclusive Spotted Owls — both pawns in the long - standing battle to conserve old - growth forests in the Northwest — was in itself a humbling experience.

Mass Audubon successfully conserves additional land all the time — from stands of old growth forest in the Berkshires to coastal habitats on the Cape and islands to the precious salt marsh of the North Shore — and every type of habitat in between.

Past logging has razed more than a third of Białowieża Forest, but much old - growth — defined as a stand of trees in which at least 10 % are older than 100 years — survives on land managed by State Forests.

The battle is over a comparably ancient and cherished habitat: old - growth stands in the managed forest, particularly those rich in spruce.

All told, by Luyssaert's calculations the relatively small remaining stands of old - growth forests in the U.S. Pacific Northwest as well as Canada and Russia consume «8 to 20 percent of the global terrestrial carbon sink,» or roughly 440.9 million tons (0.4 gigatonnes) of carbon per year.

Forest stands comprised of older, larger trees tended not to be very susceptible, while young trees are known not to be susceptible and were not sampled.

During their surveys, researchers found similar numbers of bird species in secondary stands compared to stands comprised entirely or in part of old - growth forest.

Boasting superior views of the mountains and forests surrounding the property, the hotel stands frozen in time, with old - world comfort, but full of modern conveniences for the modern traveler.

Boasting superior views of the Swiss mountains and forests surrounding the property, Hotel Waldhaus Sils stands frozen in time, with old - world comfort, but full of modern conveniences for the modern traveler.

One of the oldest and biggest national parks in Costa Rica, Santa Rosa boasts the largest remaining stand of tropical dry forest in Central America along with vital nesting sites for several sea turtle species.

-- Protect historical «Cedar Valley Old Growth» forest & the integrity of this rare ecosystem and forest stand.

The challenging 8 - hour round trip trek along the Tex Lyon trail brings hikers through old growth forest stands down onto the rocky shoreline of Beaver Harbour.

It protects 554 acres (224 ha), [4] of which 240 acres (97 ha) are old growth coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests, [5] one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area.

From here we will walk approximately 45 minutes on a well - maintained trial that goes through old - growth stands of forests and swamps.

On a distant shore, on an island known as the Rock, colors stand out against the grey skies, green forests, and dark, millenia - old stone.

The old growth forest of Muir Woods represents a fragmented island of the redwood stands that existed 150 years ago.

A Recently developed network of old - growth sites, including many eastern US tree species, has provided researchers with new insights on forest growth, stand age structure, natural senescence, biomass production, and the mitigating impacts of climate change.

To assess how changes varied with stand age, we divided the PSPs into three stand age groups, the plots with the initial stand ages 50 — 80 y (young forest), 80 — 120 y (mature forest), and ≥ 120 y (old - growth forest).

... the authors write «the sustained positive trend in tree growth is striking in this old stand, suggesting that the giant trees in this forest have been accumulating biomass at a faster rate since the beginning of the [20th] century.»

As head of the Old - Growth Forest Network and a professor at Salisbury University, Maloof aims to identify stands of old - growth forests for conservatiOld - Growth Forest Network and a professor at Salisbury University, Maloof aims to identify stands of old - growth forests for conservatiold - growth forests for conservation.

But we're not talking about sourcing this kind of timber from old - growth forests, but from thinner «weed» trees that are crowding out a stand of trees in the forest, or diseased trees which have fallen.

Conserving our forests, especially old growth stands, is not just important as an effective way we can help mitigate climate change.