S.7 Ep.3: The Old-Growth Project

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of the spotted owl controversy on old-growth research in the Lake States.

Many of us in forestry remember the spotted owl controversy of the 1980s — a pivotal moment that put old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest in the national spotlight. But what’s less often told is how that same moment sparked a wave of old-growth research here in the Lake States, launching more than three decades of work to better understand how old-growth northern hardwood forests differ from those we actively manage. In this episode of SilviCast, we sit down with Julia Burton, As...

People in this episode

Guest: Julia Burton

Topics covered

• old-growth forests
• forestry research
• northern hardwood forests

Keywords

• spotted owl
• Pacific Northwest
• Lake States
• forestry

Mentioned in this episode

Places: the Pacific Northwest, the Lake States

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