Natural Areas: A Key Part of Sustaining Old-growth

Natural Areas: A key part of sustaining old-growth forests

February 10, 2026, 12 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. CT, 10 a.m. MT, 9 a.m. PT

Natural Areas: A Key Part of Sustaining Old-growth

The values that guide the protection and management of natural areas are an ideal match for retaining existing, but rare, old-growth forests and allowing recovering forests to age into such conditions. This webinar will explore the opportunities for natural areas managers to serve as key stewards for retaining and recruiting old-growth forests and considerations for managing special places that operate on timescales far longer than our own. Additionally, you will learn about the Old-Growth Forest Network, a national network of protected existing and future old-growth forests, and how you can join this community.


Presented by

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Sarah Aldoo, Ph.D., Conservation Scientist & Executive Director, Old-Growth Forest Network

Sarah Adloo is a conservation scientist and the Executive Director of the Old-Growth Forest Network, a national nonprofit working to sustain our country's rare canopy of old-growth forests. Sarah has a B.S. from Georgia Tech, M.S. in Forestry and Natural Resources, and Ph.D. in Integrative Conservation and Forest Resources from the University of Georgia. Sarah is located in the Southeast and enjoys spending time among the forests and natural areas of the southern Appalachians.

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