Steady growth: Maryland woman spearheads fight to preserve America's old-growth forests

Joan Maloof of the Eastern Shore is pushing for the preservation and protection of America's old-growth forests, which serve as filters for air and water, function as storehouses of genetic information, and represent living remnants of eons gone by.

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