The 1994 Northwest Forest Plan was heralded as the truce in the Timber Wars and was intended to bring peace to the war in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, home to cathedral ancient forests and the much-maligned northern spotted owl. In some ways the Northwest Forest Plan succeeded, and in other ways it failed; but it unquestionably brought to the nation’s attention the plight of old growth forests everywhere.
The Yale Forest Forum will hold a Mature and Old Growth Forest Conservation from a National and Regional Perspective online program on October 3rd from Noon to 1 pm EDT.
Today, the Forest Service is proposing to amend all national forest plans across the country to conserve these forests, and at the same time is proposing a climate-smart forestry amendment to the Northwest Forest Plan. How does each amendment stack up against one another, and will either lead to a lasting détente to the Timber Wars, or is this just the latest salvo?
Susan Jane Brown from Silvix Resources will present this program.
This program is part of a weekly Conserving Mature and Old-Growth Forests in a Changing Climate webinar series Yale Forest Forum is holding this fall with a variety of speakers to share how they are responding to and shaping the discussion on mature and old-growth forests
The series is held on Thursdays from August 29 to December 5 from 12:00 -12:55 pm U.S. ET.
To take part in this program, register at Webinar Registration – Zoom