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Some of that public land is what's known as oldgrowth forest.
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Also, trade policies ignore and accelerate the terrible tragedies of oldgrowth clearcutting elsewhere in the world.
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Muir Woods is a well-developed venue, with wooden walkways not made of oldgrowth Redwood, as my husband joked! to keep you off the path.
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Some studies show that young "industrial" forests have greater biological diversity than oldgrowth stands.
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I live in the heart of the redwoods and that picture reminded me of the times I have been in the deep oldgrowth redwoods with the streaks of sunlight coming down to the forest floor on to carpets of flowers.
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And most of the oldgrowth forest has all been cut down, but a little of it is left.
Remarks By The President In The Abc Kids Town Hall Meeting ITY National Archives 1993
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In 1911, the Tordenskjold, a 75-foot schooner hewed from oldgrowth fir, left the Ballard,
NWAOnline.com stories HAL BERNTON THE SEATTLE TIMES 2010
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The torch is run through the ancient forests of the valley, which are under immediate threat from powerful woodchipping interests, and travels 50 metres up an oldgrowth eucalypt to be handed over on one of Camp Florentine's many treesits.
WN.com - Articles related to Westpac targets NZ foresters in carbon trade 2010
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The torch is run through the ancient forests of the valley, which are under immediate threat from powerful woodchipping interests, and travels 50 metres up an oldgrowth eucalypt to be handed over on one of Camp Florentine's many treesits.
WN.com - Articles related to Westpac targets NZ foresters in carbon trade 2010
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When this took place, several years ago, I personally, and Seventh Generation Fund, were the only Native people aggressively advocating for the involvement and return of oldgrowth forests to traditional Native community ownership.
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