: Significant accumulation of aboveground biomass and standing dead wood (snags). Strategic Importance & Threats
In 2023, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published the first-ever national inventory of on federal lands. This report was a requirement of Executive Order 14072, which aimed to identify and protect these critical ecosystems to combat climate change. Core Findings of the Inventory land mature
: More open and complex canopy structures compared to dense young forests. land mature