The Conversation

As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data

The Giant Eucalyptus Specimen Archive was made possible in part by funding from the Jayne Wilson Bequest from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Daniel Bar-Ness runs Giant Tree Expeditions, a ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Why was an 'incredible' giant cedar cut down, despite BC's big-tree protection law?

Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of ...
PBS

Biden administration won’t ban logging in old-growth forests, but new plan still vexes industry

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing its plan to restrict logging within old-growth forests that are increasingly threatened by climate change, with exceptions that include ...
The New York Times

Reviving the Redwoods

A mission to undo decades of damage to the redwoods of California caused by unchecked logging involves even more logging — and chain saws. The California redwood forests, once heavily logged, now face ...
Berkshire Eagle

Here's how the giant tree was felled in front of hundreds of onlookers Thursday morning

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In the minutes after the chain saw ran through the base of the Norway spruce tree headed for holiday fame, the 71-foot giant hung in stasis before it finally laid horizontal. It was ...

As Australia’s giant trees succumb to fire or drought, we’re racing to preserve their vital genetic data

Giant old trees are survivors. But their size and age do not protect them against everything. They face threats such as logging or intensifying drought and fire as the climate changes. Tasmania has ...