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Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, late seral forest, or (in Britain) ancient woodland — is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community. Old-growth features include diverse tree-related structures that provide diverse wildlife habitat that increases the bio-diversity of the forested ecosystem. The concept of diverse tree structure includes multi-layered canopies and canopy gaps, greatly varying tree heights and diameters, and diverse tree species and classes and sizes of woody debris.
Old-growth forests are economically valuable, and logging of these forests has been a point of contention between the logging industry and environmentalists.
Characteristics
Old-growth forests tend to have large trees and standing dead trees, multi-layered canopies with gaps that result from the deaths of individual trees, and coarse woody debris on the forest floor.
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Differences between an Old Growth Forest and a Secondgrowth Forest
Stumbled across this incredible visual demonstration of the difference between a healthy, mature old growth forest ecosystem and a secondgrowth crop forest, and had to share! In the old growth forest, we can see all sorts of complexity within the ecosystem - a multi layered canopy made of different tree species at different ages, rich vegetation on the forest floor, diverse understory, standing dead trees, dead wood on the forest floor, and varying pit and mound topography! All of this complexity helps contribute to a robust hydrological regime that regulates and purifies water as it makes its way through the ecosystem, while also providing home and habitat to all sorts of plants and critters to create a rich medley of biodiversity here. Yet in the secondgrowth crop forest, we can immedi...
published: 27 Feb 2023 -
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations
Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences "Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn't we cut down the old-growth forests?" This is a common contention, which is addressed in this latest video by filmmaker Darryl Augustine about some of the key differences between BC's old-growth forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they're being replaced with. Our old-growth forests - centuries or millennia-old - have far greater structural complexity than second-growth plantations, which are re-logged every 50-60 years, never to become old-growth again. Hence, old-growth logging under BC's forestry system is a non-renewable activity akin to fossil fuel extraction. The distinctive features of old-growth forests (well-developed under...
published: 24 Jul 2018 -
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations - The Differences
See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they are being replaced with - which are re-logged every 50 to 60 years in BC, never to become old-growth again. Old-growth forests are vital to support unique endangered species, the climate, tourism, clean water, wild salmon, and First Nations cultures whose unceded territories these are. Please Send a Message to help protect BC old-growth forests using this link below: https://www.endangeredecosystemsalliance.org/news/bc-needs-an-effective-federal-provincial-nature-agreement #oldgrowthforest #bigtree #endangeredecosystemsalliance
published: 27 Apr 2023 -
Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds) | Overview
The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at risk of disappearing. In British Columbia on First Nation territory, a small band of forest defenders are risking life and liberty to protect some of the last remaining ancient forests. Subscribe to PBS Terra! - https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 The forest defenders in this episode are a group called the Rainforest Flying Squad. To learn more about this group, visit: https://m.facebook.com/Rain4estFlyingSquad/ on Facebook or https://instagram.com/rainforestflyingsquad?utm_medium=copy_link on Instagram ********************************************** Hosted by Joe Hanson from It's Okay to be Smart, Overview uses incredible 4k drone footage to...
published: 01 Jul 2021 -
Adirondack Old Growth Forests - A National Treasure
Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State; by far the largest reserve of old growth in the Eastern United States. Explore the Adirondack old growth in this, the first of a series of videos on this topic. Sources: Minnesota Lost 40 - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/detail.html?id=sna01063 Adirondack Old Growth: The Great Forest of the Adirondacks, Barbara McMartin Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery, Mary Byrd Davis
published: 31 Jan 2023 -
What are Old Growth Forests?
Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old growth forest is a tiny, but important, component of our regional forests. This video describes the characteristics of old growth and the rich community of plants, animals, and fungi found here. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History
published: 07 Oct 2014 -
Only 1% of British Columbia's old growth forests remain, researchers find
British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a new study found that only 1% remains with tall trees. Intense pressure is now being put on the remaining trees by a forestry industry eager to capitalize on nations desperate for new “carbon neutral” sources of energy, including the revamping of coal-fired power plants to burn wood pellets. Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/british-columbia-poised-to-lose-white-rhino-of-old-growth-forests/
published: 24 Jun 2020 -
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what changes have taken place across central New England since European settlers arrived, and what our remnant old growth stands look like today. Features appearances by: David Foster, David Orwig, Neil Pederson (Harvard Forest) Tony D'Amato (University of Vermont) Tom Wessels (Antioch University New England) Peter Dunwiddie (University of Washington) Bob Leverett (Native Tree Society) Joan Maloof (Old Growth Forest Network). See companion blog at www.neforests.com Note: if you care to post a comment, please keep it on topic and relevant. ======================================================================= A note to users of closed-captions: the captions (subtitles) can be moved to different loc...
published: 15 Mar 2018 -
Working in the forest
This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic meters of (mostly) oak from the forest. Some of it is going to be made into pretty and useful small boxes, but the majority is going to become charcoal to add water and nutrient retention to the soil in the potager. Inspired by the ancient terra preta solis of the Andes, there's not much I won't do to make the soil better around here!
published: 30 Jul 2023 -
Oldgrowth vs Second Growth Coastal Temperate Rainforests
The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems in the entire world, and they exist nowhere else, which makes them even more neat. Yet varying reports suggest that only between 1 - 5% remain today from their original extent, though no comprehensive study across the whole bioregion exists, and most folks can’t tell the difference between these ancient forests and the second growth forests around them, so I thought I’d break it down here! True ancient forest features: - Uneven forest floor, lots of detritus and soft debris, pit & mound topography - High diversity of tree species, ages, spacing and sizes, including old large diameter trees, logs and snags - Late successional & shade tolerant tree species such as Hemlocks & Redcedars - Canopy gaps that...
published: 20 Apr 2021
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Differences between an Old Growth Forest and a Secondgrowth Forest
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- Uploaded Date: 27 Feb 2023
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Stumbled across this incredible visual demonstration of the difference between a healthy, mature old growth forest ecosystem and a secondgrowth crop forest, and...
Stumbled across this incredible visual demonstration of the difference between a healthy, mature old growth forest ecosystem and a secondgrowth crop forest, and had to share!
In the old growth forest, we can see all sorts of complexity within the ecosystem - a multi layered canopy made of different tree species at different ages, rich vegetation on the forest floor, diverse understory, standing dead trees, dead wood on the forest floor, and varying pit and mound topography! All of this complexity helps contribute to a robust hydrological regime that regulates and purifies water as it makes its way through the ecosystem, while also providing home and habitat to all sorts of plants and critters to create a rich medley of biodiversity here.
Yet in the secondgrowth crop forest, we can immediately sense that things are different here. All that complexity is replaced with a simplified single-age stand with a single layered canopy that allows little light to filter through, greatly reducing the biodiversity in the area. This in turn effects the hydrological function of these forests that erodes soils faster leading to siltation of rivers and landslides, and dries out easier in the summer while also creating ladder fuels that contributes to high intensity wildfires.
…pretty spooky huh? Secondgrowth forests like these are reminiscent of those scary forests with witches and goblins that you’d imagine in many fairy tales, which were based on many European forests that began to develop like this as those western societies consumed more wood more rapidly.
Pretty neat little observation demonstrating just how incredibly cool, complex and amazing a healthy forest ecosystem really is! Let’s have more of this, yeah?
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~ I'd like to acknowledge that this video was filmed on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nations. ~
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https://wn.com/Differences_Between_An_Old_Growth_Forest_And_A_Secondgrowth_Forest
Stumbled across this incredible visual demonstration of the difference between a healthy, mature old growth forest ecosystem and a secondgrowth crop forest, and had to share!
In the old growth forest, we can see all sorts of complexity within the ecosystem - a multi layered canopy made of different tree species at different ages, rich vegetation on the forest floor, diverse understory, standing dead trees, dead wood on the forest floor, and varying pit and mound topography! All of this complexity helps contribute to a robust hydrological regime that regulates and purifies water as it makes its way through the ecosystem, while also providing home and habitat to all sorts of plants and critters to create a rich medley of biodiversity here.
Yet in the secondgrowth crop forest, we can immediately sense that things are different here. All that complexity is replaced with a simplified single-age stand with a single layered canopy that allows little light to filter through, greatly reducing the biodiversity in the area. This in turn effects the hydrological function of these forests that erodes soils faster leading to siltation of rivers and landslides, and dries out easier in the summer while also creating ladder fuels that contributes to high intensity wildfires.
…pretty spooky huh? Secondgrowth forests like these are reminiscent of those scary forests with witches and goblins that you’d imagine in many fairy tales, which were based on many European forests that began to develop like this as those western societies consumed more wood more rapidly.
Pretty neat little observation demonstrating just how incredibly cool, complex and amazing a healthy forest ecosystem really is! Let’s have more of this, yeah?
Like this vid? Support Nerdy About Nature on Patreon to make more engaging videos like this possible!
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~ I'd like to acknowledge that this video was filmed on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples–Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nations. ~
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Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations
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- Duration: 3:01
- Uploaded Date: 24 Jul 2018
- views: 39631
Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences
"Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn't we cut down the old-growt...
Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences
"Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn't we cut down the old-growth forests?"
This is a common contention, which is addressed in this latest video by filmmaker Darryl Augustine about some of the key differences between BC's old-growth forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they're being replaced with. Our old-growth forests - centuries or millennia-old - have far greater structural complexity than second-growth plantations, which are re-logged every 50-60 years, never to become old-growth again. Hence, old-growth logging under BC's forestry system is a non-renewable activity akin to fossil fuel extraction.
The distinctive features of old-growth forests (well-developed understories, multi-layered canopies, large amounts of woody debris, lots of canopy epiphytes of hanging mosses, ferns, lichens, etc.) support unique and endangered species that can't survive in second-growth plantations (spotted owls, mountain caribou, marbled murrelets, etc.); store twice the amount of accumulated carbon per hectare than ensuing second-growth plantations; are vital pillars of BC's multi-billion dollar tourism industry (tourists are not coming to see clearcuts and tree plantations!); conserve and filter clean drinking water for human communities and wild salmon; and are vital parts of many First Nations cultures: ancient cedars are used for carving canoes, totem poles, masks, etc. and old-growth ecosystems are used for food and medicines.
See interviews by TJ Watt (Ancient Forest Alliance photographer and co-founder), Dr. Andy MacKinnon (forest ecologist, co-author of the Plants of Coastal BC), and Ken Wu (Ancient Forest Alliance executive director and co-founder). Please SHARE far and wide!
https://wn.com/Old_Growth_Forests_Vs._Second_Growth_Plantations
Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences
"Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn't we cut down the old-growth forests?"
This is a common contention, which is addressed in this latest video by filmmaker Darryl Augustine about some of the key differences between BC's old-growth forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they're being replaced with. Our old-growth forests - centuries or millennia-old - have far greater structural complexity than second-growth plantations, which are re-logged every 50-60 years, never to become old-growth again. Hence, old-growth logging under BC's forestry system is a non-renewable activity akin to fossil fuel extraction.
The distinctive features of old-growth forests (well-developed understories, multi-layered canopies, large amounts of woody debris, lots of canopy epiphytes of hanging mosses, ferns, lichens, etc.) support unique and endangered species that can't survive in second-growth plantations (spotted owls, mountain caribou, marbled murrelets, etc.); store twice the amount of accumulated carbon per hectare than ensuing second-growth plantations; are vital pillars of BC's multi-billion dollar tourism industry (tourists are not coming to see clearcuts and tree plantations!); conserve and filter clean drinking water for human communities and wild salmon; and are vital parts of many First Nations cultures: ancient cedars are used for carving canoes, totem poles, masks, etc. and old-growth ecosystems are used for food and medicines.
See interviews by TJ Watt (Ancient Forest Alliance photographer and co-founder), Dr. Andy MacKinnon (forest ecologist, co-author of the Plants of Coastal BC), and Ken Wu (Ancient Forest Alliance executive director and co-founder). Please SHARE far and wide!
- published: 24 Jul 2018
- views: 39631
2:57
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations - The Differences
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- Duration: 2:57
- Uploaded Date: 27 Apr 2023
- views: 20905
See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they are being repl...
See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they are being replaced with - which are re-logged every 50 to 60 years in BC, never to become old-growth again. Old-growth forests are vital to support unique endangered species, the climate, tourism, clean water, wild salmon, and First Nations cultures whose unceded territories these are.
Please Send a Message to help protect BC old-growth forests using this link below:
https://www.endangeredecosystemsalliance.org/news/bc-needs-an-effective-federal-provincial-nature-agreement
#oldgrowthforest #bigtree #endangeredecosystemsalliance
https://wn.com/Old_Growth_Forests_Vs._Second_Growth_Plantations_The_Differences
See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they are being replaced with - which are re-logged every 50 to 60 years in BC, never to become old-growth again. Old-growth forests are vital to support unique endangered species, the climate, tourism, clean water, wild salmon, and First Nations cultures whose unceded territories these are.
Please Send a Message to help protect BC old-growth forests using this link below:
https://www.endangeredecosystemsalliance.org/news/bc-needs-an-effective-federal-provincial-nature-agreement
#oldgrowthforest #bigtree #endangeredecosystemsalliance
- published: 27 Apr 2023
- views: 20905
10:40
Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds) | Overview
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- Duration: 10:40
- Uploaded Date: 01 Jul 2021
- views: 61474
The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at r...
The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at risk of disappearing. In British Columbia on First Nation territory, a small band of forest defenders are risking life and liberty to protect some of the last remaining ancient forests.
Subscribe to PBS Terra! - https://bit.ly/3mOfd77
The forest defenders in this episode are a group called the Rainforest Flying Squad.
To learn more about this group, visit: https://m.facebook.com/Rain4estFlyingSquad/ on Facebook or https://instagram.com/rainforestflyingsquad?utm_medium=copy_link on Instagram
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Hosted by Joe Hanson from It's Okay to be Smart, Overview uses incredible 4k drone footage to reveal the natural phenomena shaping our planet from a 10,000-foot view—literally.
https://wn.com/Inside_The_Fight_To_Save_An_Ancient_Forest_(And_The_Secrets_It_Holds)_|_Overview
The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at risk of disappearing. In British Columbia on First Nation territory, a small band of forest defenders are risking life and liberty to protect some of the last remaining ancient forests.
Subscribe to PBS Terra! - https://bit.ly/3mOfd77
The forest defenders in this episode are a group called the Rainforest Flying Squad.
To learn more about this group, visit: https://m.facebook.com/Rain4estFlyingSquad/ on Facebook or https://instagram.com/rainforestflyingsquad?utm_medium=copy_link on Instagram
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Hosted by Joe Hanson from It's Okay to be Smart, Overview uses incredible 4k drone footage to reveal the natural phenomena shaping our planet from a 10,000-foot view—literally.
- published: 01 Jul 2021
- views: 61474
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Adirondack Old Growth Forests - A National Treasure
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- Duration: 6:02
- Uploaded Date: 31 Jan 2023
- views: 34013
Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State; by far the largest reserve of old growth in t...
Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State; by far the largest reserve of old growth in the Eastern United States. Explore the Adirondack old growth in this, the first of a series of videos on this topic.
Sources:
Minnesota Lost 40 - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/detail.html?id=sna01063
Adirondack Old Growth: The Great Forest of the Adirondacks, Barbara McMartin
Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery, Mary Byrd Davis
https://wn.com/Adirondack_Old_Growth_Forests_A_National_Treasure
Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State; by far the largest reserve of old growth in the Eastern United States. Explore the Adirondack old growth in this, the first of a series of videos on this topic.
Sources:
Minnesota Lost 40 - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/detail.html?id=sna01063
Adirondack Old Growth: The Great Forest of the Adirondacks, Barbara McMartin
Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery, Mary Byrd Davis
- published: 31 Jan 2023
- views: 34013
2:45
What are Old Growth Forests?
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- Duration: 2:45
- Uploaded Date: 07 Oct 2014
- views: 16189
Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old growth forest is a tiny, but important, component of our regional forests....
Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old growth forest is a tiny, but important, component of our regional forests. This video describes the characteristics of old growth and the rich community of plants, animals, and fungi found here.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History
https://wn.com/What_Are_Old_Growth_Forests
Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old growth forest is a tiny, but important, component of our regional forests. This video describes the characteristics of old growth and the rich community of plants, animals, and fungi found here.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History
- published: 07 Oct 2014
- views: 16189
5:47
Only 1% of British Columbia's old growth forests remain, researchers find
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- Duration: 5:47
- Uploaded Date: 24 Jun 2020
- views: 28633
British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a new study found that only 1% remains with tall trees. Intense pressure i...
British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a new study found that only 1% remains with tall trees. Intense pressure is now being put on the remaining trees by a forestry industry eager to capitalize on nations desperate for new “carbon neutral” sources of energy, including the revamping of coal-fired power plants to burn wood pellets.
Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/british-columbia-poised-to-lose-white-rhino-of-old-growth-forests/
https://wn.com/Only_1_Of_British_Columbia's_Old_Growth_Forests_Remain,_Researchers_Find
British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a new study found that only 1% remains with tall trees. Intense pressure is now being put on the remaining trees by a forestry industry eager to capitalize on nations desperate for new “carbon neutral” sources of energy, including the revamping of coal-fired power plants to burn wood pellets.
Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/british-columbia-poised-to-lose-white-rhino-of-old-growth-forests/
- published: 24 Jun 2020
- views: 28633
56:47
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
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- Duration: 56:47
- Uploaded Date: 15 Mar 2018
- views: 1456658
The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what changes have taken place across central New England since European settlers ...
The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what changes have taken place across central New England since European settlers arrived, and what our remnant old growth stands look like today.
Features appearances by:
David Foster, David Orwig, Neil Pederson (Harvard Forest)
Tony D'Amato (University of Vermont)
Tom Wessels (Antioch University New England)
Peter Dunwiddie (University of Washington)
Bob Leverett (Native Tree Society)
Joan Maloof (Old Growth Forest Network).
See companion blog at www.neforests.com
Note: if you care to post a comment, please keep it on topic and relevant.
=======================================================================
A note to users of closed-captions: the captions (subtitles) can be moved to different locations on the screen if they are blocking your view. To move a closed caption, place your cursor on it and drag it. Also, when captions are turned on, there are a number of caption features you can change by clicking on the settings "gear wheel" and selecting "Subtitles/CC", and then "Options".
https://wn.com/The_Lost_Forests_Of_New_England_Eastern_Old_Growth
The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what changes have taken place across central New England since European settlers arrived, and what our remnant old growth stands look like today.
Features appearances by:
David Foster, David Orwig, Neil Pederson (Harvard Forest)
Tony D'Amato (University of Vermont)
Tom Wessels (Antioch University New England)
Peter Dunwiddie (University of Washington)
Bob Leverett (Native Tree Society)
Joan Maloof (Old Growth Forest Network).
See companion blog at www.neforests.com
Note: if you care to post a comment, please keep it on topic and relevant.
=======================================================================
A note to users of closed-captions: the captions (subtitles) can be moved to different locations on the screen if they are blocking your view. To move a closed caption, place your cursor on it and drag it. Also, when captions are turned on, there are a number of caption features you can change by clicking on the settings "gear wheel" and selecting "Subtitles/CC", and then "Options".
- published: 15 Mar 2018
- views: 1456658
30:04
Working in the forest
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- Duration: 30:04
- Uploaded Date: 30 Jul 2023
- views: 86
This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic meters of (mostly) oak from the forest.
Some of it is going to be made in...
This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic meters of (mostly) oak from the forest.
Some of it is going to be made into pretty and useful small boxes, but the majority is going to become charcoal to add water and nutrient retention to the soil in the potager.
Inspired by the ancient terra preta solis of the Andes, there's not much I won't do to make the soil better around here!
https://wn.com/Working_In_The_Forest
This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic meters of (mostly) oak from the forest.
Some of it is going to be made into pretty and useful small boxes, but the majority is going to become charcoal to add water and nutrient retention to the soil in the potager.
Inspired by the ancient terra preta solis of the Andes, there's not much I won't do to make the soil better around here!
- published: 30 Jul 2023
- views: 86
9:48
Oldgrowth vs Second Growth Coastal Temperate Rainforests
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- Duration: 9:48
- Uploaded Date: 20 Apr 2021
- views: 4837
The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems in the entire world, and they exist nowhere else, which makes them even...
The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems in the entire world, and they exist nowhere else, which makes them even more neat. Yet varying reports suggest that only between 1 - 5% remain today from their original extent, though no comprehensive study across the whole bioregion exists, and most folks can’t tell the difference between these ancient forests and the second growth forests around them, so I thought I’d break it down here!
True ancient forest features:
- Uneven forest floor, lots of detritus and soft debris, pit & mound topography
- High diversity of tree species, ages, spacing and sizes, including old large diameter trees, logs and snags
- Late successional & shade tolerant tree species such as Hemlocks & Redcedars
- Canopy gaps that allow light to reach all layers of the forest
- Multiple diverse vegetation layers from the forest floor to understory and canopy, with unique lichens and fungus present at all levels
Second growth forests features:
- Even, clear forest floor with little vegetation or understory
- A monoculture of 1-2 species planted in close proximity, all around the same age and size
- A dense canopy with few gaps to allow light into the layers of the stand
- A high amount of small woody debris throughout the stand, and windfall along its edges
While most of the forests that exist across North America that were once healthy, functioning, virgin oldgrowth ecosystems have since been cut down and reduced to a crop tree plantation that only vaguely resembles those lost forests, there is still hope to rehabilitate them to create a better future! It may be tricky, and it may look a lot different from the way we’ve done it, but change for the better is totally possible. We need to exercise our rights, use our voices, and stand up for protection of these last ancient forest ecosystems across BC and Alaska before they’re gone from this planet forever.
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Produced & Directed by Ross Reid
~ I'd like to acknowledge that this video was filmed on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ, Toquaht, Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h', & Huu-ay-aht Nations. ~
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https://wn.com/Oldgrowth_Vs_Second_Growth_Coastal_Temperate_Rainforests
The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems in the entire world, and they exist nowhere else, which makes them even more neat. Yet varying reports suggest that only between 1 - 5% remain today from their original extent, though no comprehensive study across the whole bioregion exists, and most folks can’t tell the difference between these ancient forests and the second growth forests around them, so I thought I’d break it down here!
True ancient forest features:
- Uneven forest floor, lots of detritus and soft debris, pit & mound topography
- High diversity of tree species, ages, spacing and sizes, including old large diameter trees, logs and snags
- Late successional & shade tolerant tree species such as Hemlocks & Redcedars
- Canopy gaps that allow light to reach all layers of the forest
- Multiple diverse vegetation layers from the forest floor to understory and canopy, with unique lichens and fungus present at all levels
Second growth forests features:
- Even, clear forest floor with little vegetation or understory
- A monoculture of 1-2 species planted in close proximity, all around the same age and size
- A dense canopy with few gaps to allow light into the layers of the stand
- A high amount of small woody debris throughout the stand, and windfall along its edges
While most of the forests that exist across North America that were once healthy, functioning, virgin oldgrowth ecosystems have since been cut down and reduced to a crop tree plantation that only vaguely resembles those lost forests, there is still hope to rehabilitate them to create a better future! It may be tricky, and it may look a lot different from the way we’ve done it, but change for the better is totally possible. We need to exercise our rights, use our voices, and stand up for protection of these last ancient forest ecosystems across BC and Alaska before they’re gone from this planet forever.
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Differences between an Old Growth Forest and a Secondgrowth Forest
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published: 27 Feb 2023
Differences between an Old Growth Forest and a Secondgrowth Forest
Differences between an Old Growth Forest and a Secondgrowth Forest
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Stumbled across this incredible visual demonstration of the difference between a healthy, mature old growth forest ecosystem and a secondgrowth crop forest, and had to share!
In the old growth forest, we can see all sorts of complexity within the ecosystem - a multi layered canopy made of different tree species at different ages, rich vegetation on the forest floor, diverse understory, standing dead trees, dead wood on the forest floor, and varying pit and mound topography! All of this complexity helps contribute to a robust hydrological regime that regulates and purifies water as it makes its way through the ecosystem, while also providing home and habitat to all sorts of plants and critters to create a rich medley of biodiversity here.
Yet in the secondgrowth crop forest, we can immediately sense that things are different here. All that complexity is replaced with a simplified single-age stand with a single layered canopy that allows little light to filter through, greatly reducing the biodiversity in the area. This in turn effects the hydrological function of these forests that erodes soils faster leading to siltation of rivers and landslides, and dries out easier in the summer while also creating ladder fuels that contributes to high intensity wildfires.
…pretty spooky huh? Secondgrowth forests like these are reminiscent of those scary forests with witches and goblins that you’d imagine in many fairy tales, which were based on many European forests that began to develop like this as those western societies consumed more wood more rapidly.
Pretty neat little observation demonstrating just how incredibly cool, complex and amazing a healthy forest ecosystem really is! Let’s have more of this, yeah?
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Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations
Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences
"Trees grow back! As...
published: 24 Jul 2018
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations
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Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations: The Differences
"Trees grow back! As long as we replant the trees, why shouldn't we cut down the old-growth forests?"
This is a common contention, which is addressed in this latest video by filmmaker Darryl Augustine about some of the key differences between BC's old-growth forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they're being replaced with. Our old-growth forests - centuries or millennia-old - have far greater structural complexity than second-growth plantations, which are re-logged every 50-60 years, never to become old-growth again. Hence, old-growth logging under BC's forestry system is a non-renewable activity akin to fossil fuel extraction.
The distinctive features of old-growth forests (well-developed understories, multi-layered canopies, large amounts of woody debris, lots of canopy epiphytes of hanging mosses, ferns, lichens, etc.) support unique and endangered species that can't survive in second-growth plantations (spotted owls, mountain caribou, marbled murrelets, etc.); store twice the amount of accumulated carbon per hectare than ensuing second-growth plantations; are vital pillars of BC's multi-billion dollar tourism industry (tourists are not coming to see clearcuts and tree plantations!); conserve and filter clean drinking water for human communities and wild salmon; and are vital parts of many First Nations cultures: ancient cedars are used for carving canoes, totem poles, masks, etc. and old-growth ecosystems are used for food and medicines.
See interviews by TJ Watt (Ancient Forest Alliance photographer and co-founder), Dr. Andy MacKinnon (forest ecologist, co-author of the Plants of Coastal BC), and Ken Wu (Ancient Forest Alliance executive director and co-founder). Please SHARE far and wide!
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Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations - The Differences
See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests a...
published: 27 Apr 2023
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations - The Differences
Old-Growth Forests vs. Second-Growth Plantations - The Differences
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See a summary of the structural differences between coastal old-growth temperate forests and the ensuing second-growth tree plantations that they are being replaced with - which are re-logged every 50 to 60 years in BC, never to become old-growth again. Old-growth forests are vital to support unique endangered species, the climate, tourism, clean water, wild salmon, and First Nations cultures whose unceded territories these are.
Please Send a Message to help protect BC old-growth forests using this link below:
https://www.endangeredecosystemsalliance.org/news/bc-needs-an-effective-federal-provincial-nature-agreement
#oldgrowthforest #bigtree #endangeredecosystemsalliance
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Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds) | Overview
The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, whi...
published: 01 Jul 2021
Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds) | Overview
Inside the Fight to Save an Ancient Forest (and the Secrets it Holds) | Overview
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The ancient forests of the Pacific Northwest are home to giant trees and many secrets, which science is just beginning to understand. But these forests are at risk of disappearing. In British Columbia on First Nation territory, a small band of forest defenders are risking life and liberty to protect some of the last remaining ancient forests.
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The forest defenders in this episode are a group called the Rainforest Flying Squad.
To learn more about this group, visit: https://m.facebook.com/Rain4estFlyingSquad/ on Facebook or https://instagram.com/rainforestflyingsquad?utm_medium=copy_link on Instagram
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Hosted by Joe Hanson from It's Okay to be Smart, Overview uses incredible 4k drone footage to reveal the natural phenomena shaping our planet from a 10,000-foot view—literally.
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Adirondack Old Growth Forests - A National Treasure
Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain r...
published: 31 Jan 2023
Adirondack Old Growth Forests - A National Treasure
Adirondack Old Growth Forests - A National Treasure
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Hundreds of thousands of acres of old growth forest are found in the Adirondack Mountain region of New York State; by far the largest reserve of old growth in the Eastern United States. Explore the Adirondack old growth in this, the first of a series of videos on this topic.
Sources:
Minnesota Lost 40 - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/detail.html?id=sna01063
Adirondack Old Growth: The Great Forest of the Adirondacks, Barbara McMartin
Eastern Old-Growth Forests: Prospects For Rediscovery And Recovery, Mary Byrd Davis
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What are Old Growth Forests?
Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old grow...
published: 07 Oct 2014
What are Old Growth Forests?
What are Old Growth Forests?
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Virgin old growth forests once blanketed the New England landscape, however today old growth forest is a tiny, but important, component of our regional forests. This video describes the characteristics of old growth and the rich community of plants, animals, and fungi found here.
Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History
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Only 1% of British Columbia's old growth forests remain, researchers find
British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a ne...
published: 24 Jun 2020
Only 1% of British Columbia's old growth forests remain, researchers find
Only 1% of British Columbia's old growth forests remain, researchers find
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British Columbia's provincial government says 23% of BC’s forests are old growth, but a new study found that only 1% remains with tall trees. Intense pressure is now being put on the remaining trees by a forestry industry eager to capitalize on nations desperate for new “carbon neutral” sources of energy, including the revamping of coal-fired power plants to burn wood pellets.
Read more: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/06/british-columbia-poised-to-lose-white-rhino-of-old-growth-forests/
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The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what change...
published: 15 Mar 2018
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
The Lost Forests of New England: Eastern Old Growth
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The story of New England's ancient, old growth forests... what they once were, what changes have taken place across central New England since European settlers arrived, and what our remnant old growth stands look like today.
Features appearances by:
David Foster, David Orwig, Neil Pederson (Harvard Forest)
Tony D'Amato (University of Vermont)
Tom Wessels (Antioch University New England)
Peter Dunwiddie (University of Washington)
Bob Leverett (Native Tree Society)
Joan Maloof (Old Growth Forest Network).
See companion blog at www.neforests.com
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Working in the forest
This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic mete...
published: 30 Jul 2023
Working in the forest
Working in the forest
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This week, not one man working. I'm joined by Vicente and Em as we haul about 3 cubic meters of (mostly) oak from the forest.
Some of it is going to be made into pretty and useful small boxes, but the majority is going to become charcoal to add water and nutrient retention to the soil in the potager.
Inspired by the ancient terra preta solis of the Andes, there's not much I won't do to make the soil better around here!
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Oldgrowth vs Second Growth Coastal Temperate Rainforests
The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems i...
published: 20 Apr 2021
Oldgrowth vs Second Growth Coastal Temperate Rainforests
Oldgrowth vs Second Growth Coastal Temperate Rainforests
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The coastal temperate rainforests of Cascadia are some of the most incredible ecosystems in the entire world, and they exist nowhere else, which makes them even more neat. Yet varying reports suggest that only between 1 - 5% remain today from their original extent, though no comprehensive study across the whole bioregion exists, and most folks can’t tell the difference between these ancient forests and the second growth forests around them, so I thought I’d break it down here!
True ancient forest features:
- Uneven forest floor, lots of detritus and soft debris, pit & mound topography
- High diversity of tree species, ages, spacing and sizes, including old large diameter trees, logs and snags
- Late successional & shade tolerant tree species such as Hemlocks & Redcedars
- Canopy gaps that allow light to reach all layers of the forest
- Multiple diverse vegetation layers from the forest floor to understory and canopy, with unique lichens and fungus present at all levels
Second growth forests features:
- Even, clear forest floor with little vegetation or understory
- A monoculture of 1-2 species planted in close proximity, all around the same age and size
- A dense canopy with few gaps to allow light into the layers of the stand
- A high amount of small woody debris throughout the stand, and windfall along its edges
While most of the forests that exist across North America that were once healthy, functioning, virgin oldgrowth ecosystems have since been cut down and reduced to a crop tree plantation that only vaguely resembles those lost forests, there is still hope to rehabilitate them to create a better future! It may be tricky, and it may look a lot different from the way we’ve done it, but change for the better is totally possible. We need to exercise our rights, use our voices, and stand up for protection of these last ancient forest ecosystems across BC and Alaska before they’re gone from this planet forever.
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Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, late seral forest, or (in Britain) ancient woodland — is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community. Old-growth features include diverse tree-related structures that provide diverse wildlife habitat that increases the bio-diversity of the forested ecosystem. The concept of diverse tree structure includes multi-layered canopies and canopy gaps, greatly varying tree heights and diameters, and diverse tree species and classes and sizes of woody debris.
Old-growth forests are economically valuable, and logging of these forests has been a point of contention between the logging industry and environmentalists.
Characteristics
Old-growth forests tend to have large trees and standing dead trees, multi-layered canopies with gaps that result from the deaths of individual trees, and coarse woody debris on the forest floor.
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Old Growth
by: Dead MeadowI wanted to know that there
and to be sure over always there
Feel completely and some surely know
but that kind of feeling comes and goes
Over hills and cities and seas
through countless thoughts of disbelief
Head above the clouds, must the sun always shine
alone down here it comes and goes
Love is all there ever will be
a sea in which to drown completely
I've heard it said and I've written it again
I know and still it comes and goes