OR_Old_Growth _Forest_
We flew over the most diverse conifer forests in Western North America, the Siskiyou old-growth forests of Oregon, examining massive industrial logging proposals. The goal of our flights was to generate nation-wide support to protect old-growth forests during a public comment period, and just last month, the USDA announced a proposal to re-write all national forest management plans to conserve and steward old-growth forests and ancient carbon sinks!