Andy Kerr

Conservationist, Writer, Analyst, Operative, Agitator, Strategist, Tactitian, Schmoozer, Raconteur

mature forest

The Demise of the National Old-Growth Amendment: Never Say Never

January 13, 2025 in 30x30, Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Forestry, Forests, National Forest System, Politics, Presidents

While the election of Donald Trump is a setback for the conservation of mature and old-growth forests, such can be overcome.

The Forest Service Proposal to Save Its Old Growth: A Start, Though Inadequate

January 19, 2024 in 30x30, Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Agriculture, Ecological Reserves, Ecosystems, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Forestry, Forests, Presidents

If President Biden wants to be remembered in history for saving the nation’s remaining mature and old-growth forests and trees for the benefit of this and future generations, the Forest Service is going to have to do significantly more than what it has proposed so far.

How Much Mature and Old-Growth Forest Does the US Have Left?

June 05, 2023 in 30x30, Administration, Bureau of Land Management, Climate Change, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Federal Lands, Forest Service, Forestry, Forests, Presidents, Regulation

Any inventory reveals that most of the nation’s mature and old-growth forests have fallen to the saw. Not only must all that remains remain, but degraded forests should also be allowed to become mature and old-growth forests once again.

Biden’s Executive Order on Forests, Part 1: A Great Opportunity

May 10, 2022 in 30x30, Bureau of Land Management, Climate Change, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Ecosystems, Federal Lands, Forest Fires, Forest Service, Forests, Presidents, Regulation

President Biden is poised to enter the pantheon of forest-protecting American presidents.

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A ~1,000-word weekly exposition on some aspect of federal or state public lands in the United States. Some blog posts goes rather deep and serve as a useful (I hope) backgrounders on particular public land areas, matters or issues. Other weeks, you’ll find a topical piece addressing a public lands controversy of the moment. This blog not only defends, but also extols, public lands.

Andy Kerr of The Larch Company (www.andykerr.net) splits his time between Ashland, OR and Washington, DC. He has been significantly involved in the enactment of more than 25 pieces of federal and state legislation and in copious litigation pertaining to public lands. Dedicated to the conservation and restoration of nature, The Larch Company is a non-membership for-profit organization that represents species that cannot talk and humans not yet born. A deciduous conifer, the western larch has a contrary nature.

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