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	Old growth forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Old growth forest, sometimes called late seral forest or ancient forest is an area of forest that has attained great age and exhibits unique biological features.
		Old growth forests usually have multiple vertical layers of vegetation representing a variety of tree species and a variety of different age classes.
		Old growth forests typically have not been subject to logging or other significant disturbance long enough to reach an ecological state that is free of the effects of severe disturbance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_growth (893 words)

	What is old growth forest?
		Old growth forests are forests whose natural cycles of growth have not been disturbed by logging, building roads or clearing.
		Old growth forests have a high level of biodiversity, which means there are lots of different species of plants and animals found there.
		Old growth forests are made up of trees of many different ages, sizes and shapes, and their understorey.
	schools.wafa.org.au /whatis.htm (580 words)

	Old Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is hereby declared to be the policy of the commonwealth to protect old growth forests tor the purpose of protecting exemplary forest habitats, maintaining biodiversity associated with old growth forest systems and establishing ecological benchmarks for assessing the health of forests statewide.
		Therefore, the commonwealth determines that a system of permanent old growth forest reserves shall be established on lands owned and administered by the commonwealth for the department of environmental management and the division of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement.
		Future old growth forest: Forests contiguous to old growth forests that (1) exhibits some but not all old growth characteristics, (2) occurs in direct association with and as an integral part of an old growth forest, and (3) has the capacity to protect old growth forest areas because of their forest characteristics and location.
	www.massforesters.org /old.htm (3592 words)

	Old Growth Foresty in Pennsylvania
		A remote grove of old growth eastern hemlock in 73 acres is found along a tributary of Bark Cabin Run.
		Old growth eastern hemlocks shade the headwaters of the East Branch of Big Run in a 186-acre mix of plant communities resulting from turn-of-the-century logging, fires and recent tornadoes.
		Next to the picnic area is an old growth, remnant timber stand of 300-400-year-old white pine, hemlock and beech.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /wrcf/keynotes/summer99/growth.htm (702 words)

	Defining Old-Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The term "old growth" refers to a collection of forest attributes that are related to tree size, canopy structure and accumulations of snags and coarse woody debris.(3) Old growth is characterized by:
		Forest age is often used to define old growth, and is probably the best single indicator of old growth forest conditions because many old-growth attributes are directly related to stand age.(5) At most locations in the Pacific Northwest, forests can be classified as old growth between 150-250 years and older.
		The current amount of mature and old growth forest is likely smaller since a considerable amount of logging has occurred on these forests since these inventories were conducted.
	www.conservationnw.org /OG/definition.html (505 words)

	The Old Growth Forests
		Old growth forests and their ecosystems are essential to plants and animals for habitat, food and the maintenance of biodiversity.
		Old growth forests have values that cannot be found anywhere else.
		Old growth forest should be protected because there is so little left and it provides various types of habitat that regrowth cannot provide.
	www.schools.wafa.org.au (365 words)

	Eastern Old-Growth Forests
		Past agricultural or homesite land is generally indicated by old plow furrows, piles or walls of rock, remnants of a house foundation or chimney, an abandoned cistern, or cultivated plant species.
		The ability to recognize or discover old growth is largely dependent on one's understanding of the definition of old growth and its attributes.
		Because old growth in the East is so rare and in such short supply, it essentially represents an endangered habitat.
	www.plantbio.ohiou.edu /epb/instruct/ecology/ogarticie/mccarthy.htm (2071 words)

	old growth spot
		The old growth on the mountain ranges reaching 1,800-plus feet elevations includes several distinct forest types, and covers more than 1000 acres, representing the single largest stand so far located by Forestwatch.
		Georgia Forestwatch is working to identify existing old growth, as well to identify those areas that are approaching old growth conditions, in order to have them protected in a new forest management plan that is being developed for the Chattahoochee National Forest.
		As Jess notes, the old growth northern Red Oak dominated stand at the headwaters of Dismal Cove is probably the only such stand in the state of Georgia.
	www.gafw.org /old_growth_spot.htm (1267 words)

	Old Growth Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Old Growth Forest is a complete biological ecosystem and a very special and rare treasure.
		Old Growth Forest can be hard to identify as Australia has many forest types.
		Iron Bark Old Growth is quite open and dry with a hard forest floor due to the usually low rainfall volumes in the Iron Bark belt.
	www.green.net.au /adan/oldgr.htm (404 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I think the special thing about old growth forrests is that they have all the old old trees and logs with hollows in them for all the animals to make house in.
		Understorey fire disturbance is considered to be a factor in old growth definition by some but not by others.
		Old growth forest is ecologically mature forest where the effects of disturbance are now negligible.
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum-old/posts/topic18675.shtm (487 words)

	Old Growth Longleaf Pine Forests
		Also, perhaps recognizing their own uniqueness, or as a testimony to their stubbornness, old (large diameter) longleaf may subtly lean to one side but refuse to concede to the forces of gravity.
		Wind stirring through the tops of the 350 year old trees, the perfume of pine resin, the sounds of birds scurrying about through a lush carpet of grass cause the visitor to draw in a breath of awe and suggest that something this magnificent was surely not created by accident.
		With so little longleaf remaining, these ancient groves of longleaf pine forest are important because they are a snapshot of a forest that was once so vast that it was thought to be inexhaustible and serve as a reminder to what exactly has been lost.
	www.longleafalliance.org /ecosystem/old-growth/oldgrowth.htm (605 words)

	RFA - Old Growth & Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Comprehensive Regional Assessment identified 347 000 hectares of old- growth in the State's South-West, within 19 forest ecosystems.
		Old growth is defined as forest that is ecologically mature and which has been subjected to negligible past disturbance.
		This means that a total of 71 per cent of old growth karri and 70 per cent of old growth jarrah will be excluded from timber harvesting.
	www.calm.wa.gov.au /forest_facts/rfafs_ogbiodiversity.html (516 words)

	Old Growth Forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Old growth forests are forests which have never been logged or developed.
		Old Growth forests and rain forests are more advanced ecologically than a logged forest.
		Down-6-21 Save Endangered Wilderness We at "Save Endangered Wilderness" are a environmental movement dedicated to the preservation of "Wild places, by any and all means necessary." We believe passionately with Thoreau that "In wilderness is the salvation of the World", and that all other environmental concerns are ultimately bound up in one issue.
	www.themouth.org /forest/oldgro.html (453 words)

	Visit an old-growth forest - Old-growth forests: Minnesota DNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the park occur 294 acres of northern hardwoods, 142 acres of upland white cedar, 74 acres of fl ash, and 94 acres of oak forest.
		Ancient white pine over 300 years old grow in a mostly red pine forest of 28 acres, next to an 18-acre old-growth forest of white spruce and balsam fir.
		The pines are 100-300 years old and are being subjected to controlled fires which clear out the underbrush and stimulate a new generation of pines to begin growing.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /forests/oldgrowth/visit.html (699 words)

	Tony Blankley
		His point to me was that the arguments by the enviros against logging old growth public lands trees is completely phony, because there is no significant market for old growth logs anymore.
		The old growth logs could be as large as 50 inches.
		Between the pressure of the enviros and their allies in the federal government, and the shrinking market for old growth logs, the infra-structure of that industry began to break down.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /0902/blankley083002.asp (817 words)

	Don't Buy Old Growth - Rainforest Action Network
		The Old Growth Campaign works to preserve the Earth's remaining ancient forests by driving old growth wood products out of the marketplace and by promoting the use of sustainable alternatives.
		RAN's Old Growth Campaign committed to targeting Weyerhaeuser until the company agrees to stop logging the world's endangered forests, and we need you to join us.
		RAN is part of a growing movement of activists who are applying successful market campaigning strategies against the world's largest corporations, targeting their profit line and disrupting their environmentally destructive business practices until they agree to stop destroying the world's forests.
	www.ran.org /ran_campaigns/old_growth (852 words)

	Old Growth Activist
		When most people think of protecting old growth forests, they envision activists chained to trees or environmental lobbyists pushing for some obscure bill in congress.
		Although old growth is not used for paper and pulp in the United States, there are still old growth forests in British Columbia being clear cut for that purpose.
		His strategy-called market campaigning- is not only saving old growth forests, but also changing the face of environmental activism.
	www.acfnewsource.org /environment/old_growth_activist.html (370 words)

	Old Growth Redwood Recycling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Old growth Redwood Recycling has been in operation for over nine months.
		The Old Growth Redwood Recycling will collect, recondition and resell salvaged redwood materials to landscape architects, building supply outlets, homeowners and other end users and, as a future goal, will develop "value added" products to maximize material value to the program.
		The barns are all in decent shape and are built almost completely out of old growth redwood.
	www.rcaa.org /housing/wood/redwood.htm (622 words)

	Old Growth Alternatives: Rainforest Action Network
		Ancient forests are one of the earth's most spectacular natural wonders, yet after years of logging, most old growth forests have been destroyed.
		Biologists define "old growth" as coming from trees which have been growing for approximately 200 years or longer.
		With all of these precautionary measures being taken on by the industry, there is absolutely no reason that old growth forests should continue to be destroyed.
	www.ran.org /ran_campaigns/old_growth/alternatives.html (716 words)

	UW Org: Protect Old Growth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is likely that less than 13% of the old growth once present in western Oregon and western Washington remains today.
		The majority of this remaining old growth is found on federal land managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
		The old forests of the Pacific Northwest are critical reservoirs of biodiversity.
	www.umpqua-watersheds.org /protect_old_growth.html (603 words)

	Old Growth and Goshawks, Southwest Forest Alliance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Over ninety-five percent of the Southwest's original old growth forests have been destroyed by intensive logging over the last one hundred and twenty years.
		Perched on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, the Kaibab Plateau is home to the highest remaining density and distribution of these ancient pines and the species that depend upon them for survival.
		Old Growth protection is necessary in order to preserve and protect the viability of species dependent upon Old Growth ecosystems, species that cannot speak for themselves.
	www.swfa.org /oldgrowth_forever.html (374 words)

	Vanishing Old-Growth Forests
		Tall, cool, and centuries old, these forests are some of the last remaining outposts of old-growth in Canada.
		On one side, modern forestry practices, based on computer-generated models of optimal growth, dictate that forests must be harvested as soon as tree growth begins to taper off.
		Fire or human intervention (logging) was needed to stimulate growth in these white pine forests, according to the disproved popular wisdom.
	raysweb.net /specialplaces/boreal-articles/oldgrowth.html (2210 words)

	SPOTTED OWL/ OLD-GROWTH FORESTS
		Paleoclimatologists trace climatic changes and other disturbances by studying the ring patterns in old trees.
		Is the tree as old as you are?
		Remember that wide rings show periods of strong growth and narrow rings indicate adverse conditions.
	www.ktca.org /newtons/11/oldgrwth.html (1220 words)

	Mercantila \| Old Growth Again Specialty Products
		Old Growth Again 5 ft Forever Oval Patio Table with Benches
		Old Growth Again 4 ft Square Forever Patio Table with Benches
		Old Growth Again 4 ft Forever Round Picnic Table with Benches
	www.mercantila.com /catalog/brand/Old_Growth_Again (214 words)

	GORP North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan and Ross Lake National Recreation Areas in Washington - Old Growth Forest
		To be considered an old-growth forest at least some trees need to be 200-300 years old; the forest must have a multi-level canopy; and there must be downed logs and standing dead trees, called snags.
		Old-growth forests are characterized by a mixture of old and new, large and small, living and dead—all part of a dynamic ecosystem that is growing, evolving and continually changing.
		Even after a tree dies from old age or disease it is still a vital part of the ancient forest ecosystem.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/wa/old_nor.htm (706 words)

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