John,

Our wondrous wild forests need your help.

Thousands of acres of mature and old-growth forests are slated for logging.

These are our most special trees. Protecting what few untouched forests we have remaining is of paramount importance.

You can help safeguard our forests. Will you make a donation for our special trees today?

Older forests can't be easily replaced.

Take the great redwoods of California. On the Trail of 100 Giants, you need to crane your neck all the way back and squint to find the top of the giant sequoias. These larger than life trees are one of our country's greatest wonders.

The impressive giant sequoias seem invincible, standing through the test of time for 1,500 years and counting.1 But logging companies want to chop down our special trees.

Massive forests like this one are few and far between.

And yet millions of mature and old-growth trees on federally-managed land are unprotected from logging. Not only that, there are more than 300,000 acres of mature and old-growth trees on the chopping block right now.2

Restoring a mature forest takes decades; restoring an old-growth forest takes centuries. Our largest and oldest trees deserve protection.

To protect our oldest forests from logging, we've set a goal of raising $50,000 by midnight on June 30. Give for the forests today.

Our oldest forests are filled with indescribable beauty. It's hard to articulate just how softly light filters through a canopy of soaring trees. A forest sounds both incredibly hushed and filled with noise at the same time -- so much quieter than a city, but not silent at all.

You could spend hours picking out the individual noises of the forest. From the woodpecker knocking on a tree trunk to the insects and songbirds calling out to each other, a symphony of nature surrounds you.

The intricate balance of a forest and its beautiful soundscape take decades to develop and mature. It's an ever-growing, ever-changing network of untold species of trees, moss, lichen, fungi, insects and animals.

We have to block chainsaws and bulldozers from adding their noise and destruction to these wild, old forests.

If the timber industry gets its hands on our oldest forests, the gentle sounds of the forest will be replaced with the sounds of trees crashing to the ground. We won't let that happen.

Environment Colorado's national network has already generated 40,000 messages from supporters like you to the Biden administration to stand up for our forests. We're getting ready to mobilize even more support to protect our forests from logging -- but we can only do that with your help. Our goal is to raise $50,000 by midnight on June 30 to support our forests campaigns.

Will you donate to help us protect our forests from logging?

Thank you for standing up for our forests,

Ellen Montgomery

1. "Trail of 100 Giants," U.S. Forest Service, last accessed June 13, 2023.
2. Ellen Montgomery, "How old forests help fight climate change," Environment America, February 13, 2023.

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