Follow EarthBlips on TwitterAre Old-Growth Forests Protected in the U.S.?
Published 1/22/2009 at Scientific American - Environment
Dear EarthTalk: How much "old growth" forest is left in the United States and is it all protected from logging at this point? -- John Foye, via e-mail [More]
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