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 ...

A new interactive map shows where the nation’s remaining old growth and mature forests are. Map by the United States Forest Service Alaska is home to lots of old growth forest, particularly in the ...

JENNI DOERING: Give us a sense of what the forests in Maine ... It’s like, “Light up this old-growth forest on the map.” I’m supposed to be a scientist, but to me, LiDAR and what it ...

Graphics source: Barnett K, Aplet GH and Belote RT (2023) Classifying, inventorying, and mapping mature and old-growth forests in the United States. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, our ...