Friend,

A forest isn't just a stand of trees -- it's a living, breathing and adapting ecosystem of critters and plants of all kinds. From big to small, fascinating wildlife bound, fly and crawl within our forests. But from the boreal to Colorado's Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, these special places are in trouble.

We've set a goal of raising $40,000 this Giving Tuesday to protect our forests. Will you donate to protect our forests and the wildlife that calls them home?

North American forests are the home of big, charismatic critters including elk, moose, wolves, bears and caribou. Smaller but beloved mammals love our forests too: foxes, rabbits, and squirrels are common in the woods. Smaller still are the beetles, frogs and salamanders that move along the forest floor.

All these wild creatures and more depend on our forests -- and it's up to us to save their homes.

Many of our forests are still at risk of clear-cutting. And for a moose or a bunny, that's like swinging a wrecking ball into their home.

We can't let our forests get mowed down. Here's Environment Colorado's plan to keep trees standing for generations to come:

• Convince Costco, Home Depot, and other companies not to sell products sourced from logging the boreal forest. The Canadian boreal is the world's largest remaining intact forest, and we shouldn't be cutting it down for toilet paper or wood. Donate now >>
• Protect the local forests we love, including Colorado's Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. Logging, development and other threats have no place in our remaining wild forests. Donate now >>
• Secure permanent federal protections for old-growth and mature forests. Letting trees grow is a natural climate solution that can help meet President Biden's climate goals. We're advocating for the Biden administration to stop the logging of America's oldest trees. Donate now >>

Environment Colorado has successfully stood up for our forests before. Nearly 16,000 supporters like you called on the Biden administration to restore Roadless Rule protections to the Tongass National Forest, the world's largest intact temperate rainforest. To protect the boreal, we helped convince Procter & Gamble, the maker of Charmin, Bounty and Puffs, to launch a new forest-free bamboo toilet paper.

And on Earth Day, President Biden issued an executive order pledging to restore and protect our nation's mature and old-growth forests. But that's just a first step and we still have more work to do.

Forests are crucial habitat for thousands of species. And sadly, just one species is responsible for their decline -- us. We know that our forests are worth so much more than timber or tissue. That's why Environment Colorado is standing up for our forests.

Make your Giving Tuesday gift now to help keep forests standing tall for generations to come.

Thank you for standing up for our forests,

Ellen Montgomery

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.