A large cedar tree in an old-growth forest in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. FOC photo.

In a time of extreme climate disorder, intact forests offer hope and resilience.

Since the industrial revolution, human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have dramatically altered the atmosphere, beginning a cycle of global warming at a speed never experienced on Earth.

In addition to changes to our energy system, changes to land management—including on public lands—can reduce net emissions and slow the worst impacts of climate change.

Protecting forests from logging, especially intact, old, wild forests, is an act of climate defense.