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175,000

The approximate number of square miles of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government land, covering an area that is larger than California. The Biden administration plans to develop a rule to better protect the nation’s woodlands from fires, insects and climate change-related side effects. This national inventory of mature and old-growth trees on federal land is the first of its kind.

(NPR — April 20, 2023)


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