Forest Service Releases Report on Mature Forest Management

In April 2023, the Forest Service published a report, Mature and Old-Growth Forests: Definition, Identification, and Initial Inventory on Lands Managed by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, to implement section 2(b) of President Biden’s Executive Order 14072. The Executive Order expresses the administration’s policy to protect old-growth forests, especially from climate-related threats such as wildfires. The 2023 Report contains the first national inventory of old-growth and mature forests on land administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.