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Biden administration withdraws old-growth forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

The Biden administration has withdrawn its plan to protect old growth forests after receiving pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.
The withdrawal ends a yearslong effort to create a nationwide plan for protecting old trees threatened by climate change.
The plan was supported by some conservationists as a significant forest preservation effort, but faced strong opposition.
Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines called the withdrawal a 'victory for commonsense local management of our forests.

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Grist

Biden administration axes controversial climate plan for old growth forests

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. After spending more than two years drafting a plan to manage and protect the nation’s old-growth forests as they endure the ravages of climate change, the Biden administration has abruptly abandoned the effort. That decision by the U.S. Forest Service to shelve the National Old Growth Amendment ends, for now, any goal of crea…

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HuffPost

Biden Administration Pulls The Plug On Old-Growth Forest Protection Plan

The president will exit office without securing lasting safeguards for the nation’s most ancient trees, which play a key role in mitigating climate change.

2 months ago·United States

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Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Barrasso applauds withdraw of old growth forest amendment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Jan. 8, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) released the following statement after the Biden administration announced it is withdrawing the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed Old Growth Amendment.

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The Hill

Biden administration jettisons effort to protect old-growth forests

The Biden administration is dropping its efforts to issue a policy to protect old-growth forests — though the president previously touted protecting such forests as an important component of his climate agenda. In a statement late Tuesday, Forest Service Chief Randy Moore announced that the agency did not plan to move forward with proposed protections…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Fast Company

The Biden administration has dropped protections for old-growth forests. Here’s why

The Biden administration on Tuesday abruptly dropped its nascent plan to protect old-growth forests after getting pushback from Republicans and the timber industry.The move was announced by U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore in a letter to forest supervisors.It brings a sudden end to a yearslong process to craft a nationwide plan that would better protect old trees that are increasingly threatened by climate change. The effort had been suppor…

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