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Earth Sense: Why we need old-growth forests
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If you take a trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway this season to watch the leaves turn color, you’ll be treated to nice views. But much of the wooded countryside consists of second-growth forest, following long periods of attempts to farm the land. In the Eastern U.S., reserves of old-growth forest have become small and are threatened by logging and development.