Biden’s Executive Action, to Order Study of Old Growth Tree Forests.
President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the executive order on April 22 while traveling in Seattle.
Biden is visiting the Pacific Northwest through the weekend.
As a result of the order.
The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior will need to clearly define the extent of old growth forests.
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Currently, an old growth tree is defined as a tree that is at least 150 years old.
In addition, both agencies will have a year to make a tally of all the old growth trees in the U.S. Using the data, new policies will arise concerning the management and conservation of these forests.
Wildfires will be a significant focus of the forthcoming policies.
The forests of the U.S. offset the carbon footprint of the nation's citizens by nearly 14 percent.
It is widely agreed that the older a tree is, .
The more carbon that tree is able to absorb from the surrounding atmosphere.
Conservation activists note that the executive order takes no action to limit logging or to mitigate the effects of the industry.
Conserving our remaining older forests and trees on federal public lands is one of the country's most straightforward, impactful and cost-effective climate solutions, Environmental Groups, via NPR News.
Even so, conservationists applauded Biden's executive order as both protecting trees and communities.
It's a very good start on the things that we've been asking for, Kirin Kennedy, Sierra Club, via NPR News.
We want to protect old trees, but we also want to make sure communities are protected, Kirin Kennedy, Sierra Club, via NPR News.
Biden's executive order also prioritizes other actions to protect forests, including target setting, further research and community incentives
