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Climate Change
Can US logging agencies be trusted to protect old-growth?
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To protect our climate forests, President Biden’s executive order puts an awful lot of power in the hands of the agencies that have spent decades cutting them down. Oregon Wild is leading the Climate Forests Campaign to take that power back.
Webcast: Biden's Executive Order on Forests and Climate
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On Earth Day, President Biden signed an Executive Order that recognized the importance of mature and old-growth forests as a climate solution but stopped short of protecting these forests from their #1 threat: logging across federal public lands.
So what does this order actually do?
Oregon Wild Welcomes Biden Order on Climate Forests
Executive order launches process for protecting mature and old-growth forests on federal lands
Today, President Joe Biden will issue an executive order that directs federal agencies to conduct an inventory of mature and old-growth forests on America’s federal lands so that policies can be adopted to protect them. The administration framed the move as a key strategy to store carbon and address climate change.
The missing link in Biden’s climate agenda: letting older trees grow
A coalition of over 75 groups launched a new climate initiative on Tuesday called the Climate Forests Campaign. The campaign is calling on the Biden administration to engage in federal rulemaking to conserve mature and old-growth trees on federal lands. These trees are the most critical in the fight against climate change. The national campaign is specifically calling out timber sales like the Flat Country Project, which covers 4,000 acres of logging in forests up to 150 years old.
Forests and Climate at COP 26 — What you need to know
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What is COP 26 and why is it important?
Groups tell Biden administration: Don’t forget the forests
Letter from environmental organizations urges president to include older and mature trees in his climate plans
Global Warming Commission Says it's Time to Put Oregon’s Forests to Work Fighting Climate Change
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It’s no secret that Oregon needs to do a better job of stewarding it’s amazing wildlands and waters — this is especially true for its forests. While the overall forest area has remained relatively steady in our state, the same cannot be said for the quality of those forests. They have been logged extensively, and some estimates show that as little as 10 percent of old growth forests remain. This poor management has led to degraded watersheds, impacted fish and wildlife, and millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.
Meet John, Summer 2021 Forests and Climate Intern
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Introducing John Seng, a Summer 2021 Forests and Climate intern working on climate solutions for private forests in Oregon.
Oregon Global Warming Commission Urges Stronger Forest Protections to Fight Climate Change
Conservationists are celebrating a new report from the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) that outlines forest conservation policies as a tool to mitigate climate change.
