MAINE PUBLIC • August 2, 2024
Conservation advocates are urging support for a federal plan to protect old growth trees in national forests including across thousands of acres in Maine. The proposal from the U.S. National Forest Service would curb logging of old trees lays out a process to encourage mature forests to become old growth over time. Matt Cannon, conservation and energy director for the Sierra Club’s Maine chapter said protecting the few old trees that remain is critical to meeting the state’s climate change goals. The group wants its members to support the federal plan and make sure it extends the most protections possible by commenting on the rule before a September deadline. About 46,000 acres of the White Mountain National Forest is in Maine.