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Organized Proposal Session

Mature and old-growth forest classification and inventory: update and next steps for federal lands

5 - Defining and Inventorying Mature and Old-Growth Forests based on Carbon Accumulation

Thursday, October 26, 2023
5:00pm - 5:15pm PST
Location: A4
As opposed to the more common structural definition of old growth, we employed FIA plot data in a functional approach based on objectively identified points along modeled carbon accumulation curves of developing stands to classify and inventory old growth and mature forests in all forest type-groups nationwide.