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