Science news articles about 'northwest forest plan'

... November 6, 2008. Although the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) significantly reduced cutting ... show that among other things, harvesting of older forests on private lands did not increase as some expected ...

... recently completed a study and analysis of large-diameter forests and discovered that elevated fire levels in the Pacific Northwest outweighed harvest reductions in the loss of older forests.

... Gotchen LSR was designated by the Northwest Forest Plan to protect habitat for species associated with older ... did treating structurally complex old-forest patches. Treatments sometimes lost money ...