On April 22, 2022—celebrated as Earth Day — President Biden signed an executive order to safeguard old-growth forests that have come under threat from wildfires and drought. Under the new order, federal government will inventory the old-growth forests on federal lands and conduct an analysis of the threats facing them -- as well as policies that could reduce those risks. That work will help determine how the administration spends $8 billion in forest and land-management funds provided in the bipartisan infrastructure law, as well as $5.7 billion for wildfire management included in the funding bill for fiscal year 2022.
