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Responsible Trade
Forests At Risk - Don't Trade them Away

Liberalization of global trading rules mean the dismantling of environmental safeguards in the name of corporate profits. Exotic pest species are being imported into the US and decimating our forests. Meanwhile, raw logs, as well as the jobs that depend on them, are exported to countries with lower wages.

(Read more about the "jobs vs. owls" debate from our End Commercial Logging campaign.)