John,

Imagine: Buzzing chainsaws. Rumbling trucks. The ear-splitting crack of a 200-foot-tall tree snapping and thudding to the forest floor.

A new bill in Congress would require the U.S. Forest Service to prioritize logging mature trees in our national forests, and we have to stop it. Because we know that once these trees are gone, they'll take decades to grow back.

Your donation will help us build momentum to stop this bad bill and do everything we can to save our mature forests from logging.

But the clock is ticking. There are just 6 hours left of our Giving Tuesday Drive to help save our nation's oldest trees.

Donate to our Giving Tuesday Drive before the deadline at midnight tonight to help us meet our $40,000 goal.

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery
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From: Environment Colorado <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, November 28, 2023
Subject: You don't save a forest by cutting it down
To: John xxxxxx <[email protected]>

It simply makes no sense, John. They want to log America's oldest trees -- in order to save them?

Sugar maples in Vermont's Green Mountains, 600-year-old larches in Montana's Yaak Valley, 200-foot-tall ponderosas in the Black Hills of South Dakota -- these are the trees at risk, and we can't afford to lose them.1

But a new bill in Congress would require the U.S. Forest Service to prioritize logging these mature trees and call it "forest management."2

We're working to raise $40,000 by midnight tonight as part of our Giving Tuesday Drive to help save these mature and old-growth forests from logging. Will you donate today?

Sens. Joe Manchin (W. Va.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) call their bill the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act.3 But here's what that really means:

Chainsaws. Bulldozers. Harvesters. Chewing and grinding their way through some of our nation's oldest forests, leaving a trail of sawdust and stumps behind them.

These trees have grown for decades and should continue to stand tall for the hikers, bird watchers and nature photographers that love them -- not to mention the countless deer, squirrels, owls, foxes and more that call these forests home.

But once they're cut down, these trees will take decades to grow back. This bill isn't about protecting forests -- it's a giveaway for the logging industry.

Donate this Giving Tuesday to help save our oldest forests.

Americans everywhere understand the true value of our forests -- the deep green shade on a hot summer day, the burrows and hollows that shelter small creatures, the crystal clear streams trickling over tree roots.

We're working to alert, educate and organize nature lovers to raise their voices and drown out those who only see dollar signs when they look at our forests. And we need to make sure our decision-makers hear them, too.

When you donate on Giving Tuesday, you're giving us resources we need to continue our campaigns to save our forests, protect the bees, tackle climate change and more. Donate today.

Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

1. Ellen Montgomery, "Threatened Forests," Environment America, May 19, 2023.
2. "ICYMI: Manchin, Barrasso introduce legislation to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest health," Senator Joe Manchin, September 22, 2023.
3. "ICYMI: Manchin, Barrasso introduce legislation to reduce wildfire risk, improve forest health," Senator Joe Manchin, September 22, 2023.

Your donation will be used to support all of our campaigns to protect the environment, from saving the bees and protecting public lands, to standing up for clean water and fighting climate change. None of our work would be possible without supporters like you. Environment Colorado may transfer up to $50 per dues-paying member per year into the Environment Colorado Small Donor Committee.