The Return of Old Growth Forests

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I'm from the Netherlands, we have no old growth forest here, or even any big forest to speak of. You guys need to protect your old growth forest! Love the video btw

I can’t tell you how unique this channel is. It really feels like I’m watching those old Nat Geo and PBS Nature documentaries.

The only way I can bear to spend the better part of a frigid winter day inside is to watch your fantastic beautiful and enlightening films. Thank you again!

Great work, Ray. Long live our old-growth forests!

Anastassia Makarieva is such a treasure! I really appreciate being able to hear her explaining forest hydrodynamics.

Ray, congratulations on another excellent documentary--your best yet! I loved that you identified the trees and wildflowers - and even some of the lichens and mosses. Your film will be a valuable educational resource for the Old-Growth Forest Network. It was fun for me to guess which forests you were in. Giving Anastasia an opportunity to share her knowledge was brilliant. I was touched to see Chris at the end. Finally, it is SO GENEROUS of you to share your films freely. Thank you.

Fantastic video! I am not from the US but there's nothing I want to experience more than these incredible old growth forests you are still so lucky to have. Hopefully more people realize how truly holy these places are.

It is always a real treat when you release a new video! I used to have a farm in Lincolnville Maine, and seeing these beautiful forests brings back some happy memories.

What a beautiful place! Deadwood and trees that have naturally toppled-over due to windstorms and old age are just as important, ecologically, as the living trees. Decaying tree stumps support fungi and various insects. Forests are perfectly capable of 'managing' themselves.

This page is invaluable. Thank you New England Forests!

very few things make me as happy as a new video on this channel

Absolutely amazing! As a New England Native I want to thank you for putting this video together. I learn so much for you and your cast. Thank you.

The bionic pump theory makes so much sense. I’ve thought about a similar theory for a long time but my theory was with the abundance of fungi and how it lessens the potential for catastrophic burn. When I watch these movies on terrible Forrest fires in the 18 and early 1900s they never correlate them with massive amount of logging that was being done. There was always natural burns that occurred on the west coast especially but not to the extent when they starting cutting huge swaths of it down.

I love this channel. So rich with information and every single shot is like a painting, just screams of love for nature and beauty and all these "characters". Thank you!

Fabulous work! So inspirational and thought provoking. I was born and raised in New Hampshire and left after college almost 10 years ago. I have lived in Hawaii, Idaho, Texas, Virginia and am now currently in Charleston, SC. Since I left, I have wondered on many occasion whether I had a hometown bias that always made me yearn to return to NH. This documentary reminded me that it is not purely a bias, but as was highlighted here, the tremendous success of succession that provides refuge for life and soul for all. I look forward to the day I am positioned to return and hope I can find my place nearby these amazing places—such as Mount Monadnock and the Wapack Refuge. This documentary inspires me to do my part and aim to produce educational outreach materials for the future of forests and a desire to find a role as a future community leader to garner culture that values these forests and the ecosystem functions they provide.❤

These videos are nothing short of art. The images, the information, even the way it’s narrated is perfect. They have a slow steady tempo that just pulls you in.

In an old growth forest there is very little under growth and small trees. I remember seeing some trees in Sanbonton, NH being 10 feet in diameter or more. These pictures are showing the very beginning of a young "Old Growth" forest. While working on construction project somewhere near Tamworth, NH there was an old shed we were up grading but what we found became a historical record breaking find. We found that the sides of the shed was sheathed with boards over 60 inch wide that must have been cut from the "King's" trees, pre-Colonial.

This is astonishingly good. It's like a graduate-level seminar, except that it's fascinating and smart.

What can I say Ray? I found this video to be the most profound one you've had yet. The idea of the forest being a water pump I've heard of but not in a concise manner which your expert explained in great detail. Really appreciate that.I am allways learning something new from our forest. I did recognize white memorial ,mohawk state park and some places. I think I know but not too sure. I wonder if you visited the Bryant Homestead in Massachusetts. That is one of my favorite old growth forest. I can honestly say that I enjoy your videos greatly. It brightens my day maybe even my month.