| 21. | "The old growth that we have is unique, " he cautioned.
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| 22. | Old Growth Forests in this region have now been placed inside National Parks.
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| 23. | The Kootznoowoo Wilderness encompasses vast stands of old growth temperate rainforest.
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| 24. | This led to struggles over what constitutes " Old Growth ".
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| 25. | Some of these old growth trees exceed diameters at the base.
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| 26. | The old growth issue has been with the Forest Service for many years.
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| 27. | By the 1940s, much of the old growth forest had already been destroyed.
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| 28. | The preserved land includes an old growth Shell-Marl Ravine Forest ecosystem.
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| 29. | Old growth is not essential to the functioning of the Earth,
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| 30. | The tract of old growth was purchased by the federal government in 1936.
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