Guide John Bates explores a remaining old growth forest, the Van Vliet Hemlocks. Forest guide John Bates leads educational walks through Van Vliet Hemlocks State Natural Area, one of Wisconsin's rare ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the absurdly long pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, ...

In an old-growth longleaf pine savanna, the trees’ pine needles sing in the wind. Once considered forests, these landscapes in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain are open-canopied and sunny, more ...

In Montana’s northwestern corner, centuries-old trees rise to a late September sky: ancient cedar, giant hemlock, shaggy sharp-needled spruce. Western larch, which can live for 1,000 years, tower ...

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — The New River Gorge National Park & Preserve celebrated the official induction of 12 acres into the old growth forest classification, but West Virginia actually has 11 other ...

NORTHPORT, MI – Old-growth white pines and century-old hemlocks surround the shoreline at Kehl Lake near the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, the latest woodsy spot in Michigan to gain a special ...

James Johnston has been studying trees in the Blue Mountains that are older than America, and he’s disturbed by how many trees, after surviving for a few centuries or longer, died during a single ...