Restoration Forest Management

Old-Growth Again (OGA) is a "hands-on" non-profit that restores 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. Restoration forestry reverses this decline by recreating old-growth habitat.

Our 62-page manual describes the restoration of 580 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 forest where trees become old-growth again.

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. This manual concludes with additional reading references and the business and legal framework to restore any forest and keep the restoration in place through subsequent ownerships. If you are interested in developing restoration forestry in Northern California, please email Raul Hernandez at info@oldgrowthagain.org.

Please click here to download our complete manual of Forest Restoration.

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