April 20, 2023
Statement by Andy Olsen
Senior Policy Advocate, Environmental Law & Policy Center
“The Environmental Law & Policy Center welcomes the Biden administration’s leadership to inventory and conserve mature and old-growth forests in our federal forests. However, the Forest Service doesn’t heed President Biden’s Executive Order to conserve these trees and issues new timber sales in mature forests in Wisconsin’s Northwoods. The proposed rulemaking should permanently protect these trees that protect us from climate change, and provide important habitat and recreation.”