Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Old-growth

Photo: A "nurse log" in Oregon's old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

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A “nurse log” in Oregon’s old growth forest nourishes the plants around it as it decays.

Photo: Clear-cutting in the Olympic National Forest, Washington.

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Clear-cutting in the Olympic National Forest, Washington.

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Rough-skinned newts rest on a bed of mosses and lichens in the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Pawprint of a gray wolf surrounded by ferns on the floor of the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Pawprint of a gray wolf surrounded by ferns on the floor of the old-growth rainforest of Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat'l Forest (old growth)in Oregon.

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Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat’l Forest (old growth)in Oregon.

Photo: Hiker on a boardwalk trail through old growth rainforest along Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

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Hiker on a boardwalk trail through old growth rainforest along Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia.

Photo: Hiker in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, BritishColumbia.

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Hiker in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, BritishColumbia.

Photo: Hikers in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Hikers in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Photo: Hikers in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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Hikers in old growth rainforest on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Photo: Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat'l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

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Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat’l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

Photo: Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat'l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

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Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat’l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

Photo: Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat'l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

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Hiker on a foot path in Wilamette Nat’l Forest (old growth) in Oregon.

Photo: The trees of Clayoquot Sound's old-growth rainforest emerge from the mist on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

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The trees of Clayoquot Sound’s old-growth rainforest emerge from the mist on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Photo: Old-growth rainforests along Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound are home to epiphytic mosses (shown here on a tree branch) and ferns, among many other species.

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Old-growth rainforests along Vancouver Island’s Clayoquot Sound are home to epiphytic mosses (shown here on a tree branch) and ferns, among many other species.

Photo: Logs from old growth forest on Vancouver Island, BC, are prepared and loaded for transport.

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Logs from old growth forest on Vancouver Island, BC, are prepared and loaded for transport.

Photo: Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

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Helicopters are used to selectively log old-growth forest along Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada.)

Photo: Osage orange tree stumps on a farmstead being cleared for development in Lincoln, NE.

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Osage orange tree stumps on a farmstead being cleared for development in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Osage orange tree stumps on a farmstead being cleared for development in Lincoln, NE.

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Osage orange tree stumps on a farmstead being cleared for development in Lincoln, NE.

Photo: Clear-cut hillsides are burned off near the timber town of Paragominas, Brazil on the Amazon River.

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Clear-cut hillsides are burned off near the timber town of Paragominas, Brazil on the Amazon River.

Photo: Once a lush tropical rainforest, smoldering clear-cuts and dirt roads with timber trucks define the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Once a lush tropical rainforest, smoldering clear-cuts and dirt roads with timber trucks define the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: As the clearcuts are burned off, a boy runs with a kit nearthe timber town of Paragominas, Brazil on the Amazon River.

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As the clearcuts are burned off, a boy runs with a kit nearthe timber town of Paragominas, Brazil on the Amazon River.

Photo: Once a lush tropical rainforest, smoldering clear-cuts and dirt roads with timber trucks define the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

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Once a lush tropical rainforest, smoldering clear-cuts and dirt roads with timber trucks define the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: As the clearcuts are burned off, a boy runs with a kite near the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

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As the clearcuts are burned off, a boy runs with a kite near the timber town of Paragominas in the Brazilian Amazon.

Photo: Scrap wood from a timber mill in Paragominas, Brazil, is burned to make cooking charcoal in beehive-shaped kilns.

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Scrap wood from a timber mill in Paragominas, Brazil, is burned to make cooking charcoal in beehive-shaped kilns.

Photo: Scrap wood from the timber mill in Paragominas, Brazil, is burned to make cooking charcoal in beehive-shaped kilns.

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Scrap wood from the timber mill in Paragominas, Brazil, is burned to make cooking charcoal in beehive-shaped kilns.

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