The Biden administration is taking steps to protect old-growth forests on national forests in the U.S. in response to the threats they face from wildfires, insects, and disease due to climate change. The proposal aims to limit commercial timber harvests in old-growth forests while allowing logging in mature forests. Environmentalists have called for logging restrictions to include mature forests as well. Old-growth forests are important for wildlife habitat and carbon storage, but many have been lost due to logging and natural disasters. The proposal to revise management plans for national forests is expected to be completed by early 2025.
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