It already is protected… about .002% of the GMNF is old growth. 700 or so acres out of 400,000 total acres.

Worth adding as well, the huge misunderstanding among the public of what clear cutting actually entails, what it is.l, and what it is not. There are a huge variety of different silvicultural treatments with specific definitions and scientific evidence supporting them, as well a specific rationale as to why different treatments are selected.

Vermont’s public lands barely harvest as is, they harvest well below the amount of growth each year. Not to mention the fact that there is essentially no old growth forest in Vermont at all…