Old-Growth Again Restoration Forestry (OGA) is a “hands-on” California company restoring logged forestlands to their ancient form while practicing ecologically and economically restorative forestry. The continuing disappearance of old-growth forest habitat accelerates the global decline of wildlife and biological diversity. The large decline in the standing timber volume of the world’s forests contributes directly to the release of additional global warming carbon into the atmosphere. Restoration forestry reverses this decline by recreating old-growth habitat and removing carbon from the atmosphere by dding standing timber volume consistently decade after decade.
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This manual describes the restoration of 700 acres of Redwood forest in Northern California and it invites the reader to become involved and participate. It documents a small-scale example that can be applied to forests of any size. After a brief introduction to forest-use history and its consequences, OGA’s “eco-logic” is described – the transformation of a logged land into a beauty-filled productive orest where trees become old-growth again.
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Education by example is slowly spreading restoration forestry knowledge and use. Over time, restoration forestry’s growing track record will make irrelevant the “jobs versus environment” argument between preservationists and their industry counterparts. The manual focuses on how to go beyond “sustainable forestry” to add volume back to the forest thru true forest restoration. Only by adding large amounts of volume to the forests of the world can the prior balance of carbon be restored. The manual concludes with additional reading references and the business and legal framework to maintain any forest in a restoration model through subsequent ownerships. To help develop restoration forestry in orthern California, educational and investment opportunities are described and made available.
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Front Cover: Historical Maps from 1620 to 1920 published by the U.S. Forest Service in Economic Geography, Volume 1, 1925. The today map published in 1990 by the Greater Ecosystem Alliance, Box 2962, Bellingham, WA 98227. The amount of old-growth forest in the U.S. has declined further since the last map was published in 1990. Although these maps accurately depict the range of the old-growth forests, they misrepresent the amount of old-growth trees. Studies of the Pacific Northwest show that old-growth trees before European settlement covered a fraction of the total forestland at any given time. Estimates vary widely, from 5% to 38% of total acreage. In other words, when viewed on a small map, landscapes of endless variety (and age) are condensed into an unbroken forest of old-growth trees that never existed. Trees f all ages make up an old-growth forest. The maps are accurate only when this is kept in mind.
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Credits: Thanks to Frank Marrero for editing help and thousands of hours of service in the woods. Thanks also to Warren Linney, Ian Morris, Maria Eugenia Blanco, A. Terry Patten, Ronald Harbin and other friends that helped the project grow over the years..
Forest Timeline Art on page 2 by Jeff Grove of Petaluma, CA.
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This manual describes the restoration of 700 acres of Redwood forest in Northern California and it invites the reader to become involved and participate. It documents a small-scale example that can be applied to forests of any size. After a brief introduction to forest-use history and its consequences, OGA’s “eco-logic” is described – the transformation of a logged land into a beauty-filled productive orest where trees become old-growth again.
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Education by example is slowly spreading restoration forestry knowledge and use. Over time, restoration forestry’s growing track record will make irrelevant the “jobs versus environment” argument between preservationists and their industry counterparts. The manual focuses on how to go beyond “sustainable forestry” to add volume back to the forest thru true forest restoration. Only by adding large amounts of volume to the forests of the world can the prior balance of carbon be restored. The manual concludes with additional reading references and the business and legal framework to maintain any forest in a restoration model through subsequent ownerships. To help develop restoration forestry in orthern California, educational and investment opportunities are described and made available.
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Front Cover: Historical Maps from 1620 to 1920 published by the U.S. Forest Service in Economic Geography, Volume 1, 1925. The today map published in 1990 by the Greater Ecosystem Alliance, Box 2962, Bellingham, WA 98227. The amount of old-growth forest in the U.S. has declined further since the last map was published in 1990. Although these maps accurately depict the range of the old-growth forests, they misrepresent the amount of old-growth trees. Studies of the Pacific Northwest show that old-growth trees before European settlement covered a fraction of the total forestland at any given time. Estimates vary widely, from 5% to 38% of total acreage. In other words, when viewed on a small map, landscapes of endless variety (and age) are condensed into an unbroken forest of old-growth trees that never existed. Trees f all ages make up an old-growth forest. The maps are accurate only when this is kept in mind.
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Credits: Thanks to Frank Marrero for editing help and thousands of hours of service in the woods. Thanks also to Warren Linney, Ian Morris, Maria Eugenia Blanco, A. Terry Patten, Ronald Harbin and other friends that helped the project grow over the years..
Forest Timeline Art on page 2 by Jeff Grove of Petaluma, CA.
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