41. "I've never had an old growth Christmas tree in my house, " he said. 42. Surviving akepa live only in old growth forest above elevation. 43. It has the largest remaining block of old growth lowland dipterocarp forest in Zamboanga. 44. Those 2 . 5 million acres contain much of the forest's unprotected old growth . 45. Otherwise, Johnson said, " some of our sites would never become old growth ." 46. Some reaches of the creek have a riparian buffer consisting of old growth forests. 47. Stripping the land of old growth forest leaves bare hillsides exposed to heavy rainfall. 48. The old growth provides important habitat for wildlife, say scientists. 49. Acre by acre, the old growth forests of British Columbia are falling before clear-cutters. 50. We don't have to barge into the old growth ."
