Keeping our forests healthy, whole and wild.
The trees that make up our forests are some of the oldest living things on Earth, many of them older than America itself. These forests provide crucial habitat for thousands of species. They provide limitless opportunities for recreation, exploration and wonder. What’s more, our forests absorb and store carbon dioxide, which makes them crucial allies in our race against climate change. Together we can protect our forests from road-building, logging, development and other threats.
During a contentious election year at the federal level, state and local governments have some of the best opportunities to make progress on issues that affect our environment, our health, and the quality of our lives.
For centuries, the trees of the Tongass have stood firmly rooted in their forest home. But as threats of logging and development encroached, nearly 16,000 supporters stood to save the forest.
Right now, the 800-year-old trees of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska are vulnerable to logging.
The U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management should prohibit logging of older forests and trees on public lands and include forests as part of the solution to addressing the climate emergency, drought and wildlife extinction
The threat of tropical deforestation is escalating but we can make a difference through national and state policy
Director Angela Braly received more than 55,000 fewer votes than any other director
