Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-03-cascades-rewrite-textbook-forest-growth.html#jCp.
GR: It might not surprise anyone to learn that for the past century, the U.S. Forest Service and it’s timber companies have been harvesting forests too often. This research indicates that forests remain healthy and continue to accumulate biomass for more than 100 years. Other research indicates that biodiversity and general environmental health is greater in old-growth forests. So–let’s stop cutting our trees until we get our problems with climate change and wildlife decline under control!