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Forests store more carbon per acre than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet; they need to be the nation’s first line of climate change defense.

Forest Carbon Reserve

The creation of a Forest Carbon Reserve would be an essential part of any future Green New Deal. It would result in a substantial reduction in, and avoidance of, carbon emissions from forest degradation and fossil fuel production, would be integral to a broader green jobs program.

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Industrial forestry is a set of techniques aimed at producing as much commercially valuable timber per acre as quickly as possible.

The Climate Impacts of Industrial Forest

Most of North America’s largest timber companies are wedded to a model of intensive, industrial forestry that is far from climate friendly. We need to reward long-rotation, lower-impact logging if we are serious about tackling climate change.

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Don’t Buy the “New” SFI

Sustainable Forestry Initiative Certification

Forest Stewardship Council Certification

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For Arbor Day, Let’s Reclaim the Term “Treehugger”

Thirty Years After Its Creation, the Northwest Forest Plan Is Still Saving Trees

Why Is the Bureau of Land Management Still Clearcutting Piñon-Juniper Landscapes?

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August 31, 2020

Washington, DC— Today, the Trump administration proposed gutting protections for national forest lands— granting easier access to the fossil fuel industry for drilling and fracking on the landscapes.

August 4, 2020

WASHINGTON― Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) introduced legislation yesterday that would fast-track unsustainable logging, increase wildfire risk and jeopardize community safety. The measure stands in stark contrast to…

July 22, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act. The historic bill permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund, guaranteeing $900 million annually for the improvement of our parks…

February 12, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. Westerman today introduced the Trillion Trees Act. The bill is one of three components of Republicans’ legislative attempts to address climate change. Trump has endorsed tree planting to fight climate change, despite…

October 15, 2019

The Trump administration today announced plans to gut long-standing protections against logging and road-building in the Tongass National Forest, a cherished old-growth temperate rainforest in Southeast Alaska and homelands of the Tlingit, Haida and…