Names:______________________
Old Growth Forests and PA Forest History Notes
Old-Growth Forests:
Examples:
PA Forest History
What happened to old growth forest in PA?
Why?
Old- Growth Forests of the Pacific Northwest
What has happened to Old Growth forest over the past 200 years?
Where are they now, and what is unique about them?
What trees are there?
***Make sure you know several of the organisms that are related to the Old Growth Forest from your HW
assignment!!!
Laws and Old- Growth Forests in the United States
~Federal forests are managed by the US _____________ ________________ (USFS).
~Law requires that national forests and other federal lands to be managed for ___________ _______.
~Multiple Uses: includes…
~Only ____________ ____________ and designated ______________ __________ are protected from logging.
~Conflicts exist between ___________ and ________________ ______________________.
List any potential conflicts you can think of: