Friend,

Imagine clear-cutting a pristine forest for the sake of slightly softer toilet paper, or a little bit of lumber.

Our old-growth and mature forests, from the boreal to the Tongass and beyond, are critical carbon sinks and home to a vast array of wildlife. They're irreplaceable treasures that we should be protecting, not razing to the ground.

Make your Earth Day gift now to help us save our forests.

Seven of the 10 oldest living trees with known ages are right here in the United States.1

Trees are some of the oldest known organisms on Earth. As millennia-old trees face increasing threats, we can't let logging and development destroy thousands of years of ecological history.

On the first-ever Earth Day in 1970, 20 million people took to the streets to advocate for cleaner air and water and protections for wildlife and wild places.2

But good ideas alone won't win a better world. That takes people power -- the support of thousands, maybe even millions, of ordinary citizens who reject, among other things, the idea that a moment's convenience is more important than a healthy planet.

Together, we can make it happen. Here's how we're going to do it:

• The North American boreal forest is home to an incredible diversity of wildlife, including half of North America's birds.3 Its untouched forests are targeted for clear-cutting for the sake of toilet paper, lumber and more -- and we're mobilizing activists around the country to get brands like Costco, Procter & Gamble and Home Depot to stay out of the boreal.
• The Tongass National Forest is our last remaining intact temperate rainforest. That's why our national network helped pass the Roadless Rule back in 2001, it's why we defended the Tongass from the Trump administration, and it's why we're working to permanently protect these trees that are older than the United States itself.
• Old-growth and mature forests across the United States store vast amounts of carbon -- they're some of our best allies in the fight against climate change, and we're campaigning to convince the Biden administration to give them the protections they deserve.

Will you make your Earth Day gift today to help us save our forests? We've set a goal of raising $100,000 by midnight on Earth Day to keep all our campaigns going strong. Donate now.

Thanks for making it all possible,

Rex Wilmouth
Senior Program Director

1. "The Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research Oldlist," Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, last accessed December 9, 2021.
2. "EPA History: Earth Day," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, last accessed April 19, 2022.
3. "Hinterland Who's Who: Boreal Forest," Canadian Wildlife Federation, accessed October 19, 2020.

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