The Forest Service mature and old-growth forest inventory maps were created at what’s called a “fireshed” scale. Firesheds are 250,000 acres each, or roughly 390 square miles.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is putting the final touches on an innovative new Earth Explorer satellite that will provide the best maps and measurements of our planet’s remaining old growth ...

Old-growth forests are of exceptional importance for biodiversity and climate protection in Europe, ... New map shows many old-growth forests remain in Europe. May 28, 2018.

In a first-ever finding that could increase protections for remaining U.S. forests, the federal government estimated Thursday that more than 100 million acres of old-growth and mature timberlands ...

Currently, the Forest Service has more than 20 projects under way that target some 370,000 acres of mature and old-growth forests for logging or burning, according to the Climate Forests Campaign ...