Its fogged-out coast and shadowy, old-growth redwood forests are what happens when Jurassic Park meets Twin Peaks.
In western Oregon's mature old-growth forests, however, preserving the forests means leaving them alone.
The park comprises more than 5, 000 acres and 70 miles of trails nestled under towering old-growth trees.
But what sparked a backlash was Maxxam's clear-cutting of old-growth sequoias like those in the 7, 000-acre Headwaters forest.
Environmentalists will be thrilled that the Roundhouse's frame will consist not of old-growth Douglas fir but of recycled steel.
Like old-growth timber succumbing to a band of lumberjacks, incumbent Democrats in Congress crashed to Earth in record numbers Tuesday night.
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The notorious spotted owl, which has caused several presidents grief, does not live only in old-growth forests, as was once thought.
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The 3km and 9km Circles in a Forest trails explore the refreshing green environment, passing 3m-high tree ferns, old-growth trees, strange fungi and babbling brooks.
Explore: The Wild Pacific Trail skirts rocky cliffs and meanders through dense old-growth rain forest to reveal dramatic vistas of the moody, tossing surf.
It has also been linked to the destruction of old-growth rainforests.
One of those surprises came during a visit to Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida panhandle, where he went to see the old-growth long-leaf pine forest.
Standing 38ft-high and constructed entirely of old-growth Douglas fir, the acoustically perfect dome rises out of the dusty Mojave Desert like a UFO, embodying the extra-terrestrial elements that inspired its construction.
There is already so little old-growth forest left that it threatens the long-term survival of many plant and animal species, so continuing to log such forests is deeply irresponsible.
It turned a ramshackle industry, in which old-growth forests were largely quarried for their use in making talon, into an industry in which the trees themselves became the marketable product.
The National AIDS Memorial Grove offers consoling shade, while the stand of old-growth redwoods at Strybing Arboretum is ideal for meditation before a fierce match at the Lawn Bowling Club.
Logging has increased by 60% in the state since the 1980s, when the timber industry moved its operations over from the Pacific north-west in order to avoid continual warfare over old-growth forests and spotted owls.
But Cleaves argues that removing biomass from a forestry site a forest managed for timber as opposed to an old-growth stand or conserved park is a way to reduce the risk of forest fire.
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An aroused public impelled British Columbia's then government into new legislation to save old-growth and wilderness areas (so far, 9% in a planned 12% of the province's land), setting tough new standards for logging and increasing replanting.
While the story of the world's old-growth forests would appear to be one of unremitting destruction, forests lost to logging and agriculture are actually growing back in some areas, such as the northeast region of the United States and parts of Europe.
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Surprisingly, many of these companies are the old large-cap growth stocks that were the hotties during past stock booms.
It has to be regarded as a powerful new force in a world where population growth and competition for resources have changed the economic and political ground rules for ever, apparently crippling the ability of old-style free-market economics to deliver growth.
One 61-year-old executive at a major computer-memory manufacturersays growth hormone helps him keep pace with other top officers at his company, most of whom are under 40.
One of his success stories is 57-year-old breast-cancer surgeon Robert DerHagopian, who started injecting growth hormone a year ago to regain the muscle mass he lost after undergoing surgery for a perforated colon.
One of his success stories is a 57-year-old breast-cancer surgeon, Robert DerHagopian, who started injecting growth hormone a year ago to regain the muscle mass he lost after undergoing surgery for a perforated colon.
More importantly, East Asian consumers and businessmen pinned more than just their hopes on the old expectations of 5-10% growth: they bet their futures on it, and lost.
While much of the price growth is due to old-fashioned laws of supply and demand, there are less predictable factors too.
Can the century-old sweets seller reach its aggressive growth target?
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What if I had told you on Jan. 1, 2000, to sell all your tech stocks those highflying stocks that were doubling and tripling every few months and to spread the proceeds equally across three very boring investments: gold, 10-year Treasury bonds and stodgy old dividend-paying stocks like the ones inside the Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund (VDIGX) .
Some may even wish they had laid aside the safety-pins and stuck with boring old organic growth.
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