Letters from the Forest
“Planet Earth, you are a crew.”
Today, let us pause for a moment in order to remember that all life on Earth is “inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked.”
Earth Day call to action.
An “Emergency Situation Determination” has been declared on 112,646,000 acres of public land — threatening a staggering 60% of America’s life-sustaining National Forests.
Right now, the fate of America’s remaining old growth forests is in our hands.
We are encouraged that we are getting closer to protecting our irreplaceable ancient forest ecosystems — but we must not celebrate too soon...
“History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” ~ Mark Twain
Seemingly untenable situations have historically, with great effort and sacrifice, been able to be remedied in a relatively short period of time.