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America's wild heritage is found in national forests
It's
thrilling to know that our national forests still contain grizzly
bears, ancient forests and miles of un-roaded, pristine landscapes
which remain as they were in the days of Lewis and Clark. What's
more astonishing is that millions of Americans can experience this
within just a few hours drive to a National Forest, where much of
this environmental legacy remains.
In 1999 the National Forest Protection Alliance (NFPA) was formed,
creating a unified democratic alliance among groups within the forest
protection community. NFPA believes that informed groups and individuals,
acting in a coordinated, strategic manner, can organize a strong
base of public and political support to achieve positive, lasting
social change and environmental protection. NFPA is comprised of
130 member organizations, 25 State Delegates, 4 staff and a Board
of Directors.
Our mission is to end the industrial exploitation of all federal
public lands, starting with commercial logging. We believe public
lands should be managed to provide clean air and water, wilderness,
wildlife habitat, and compatible recreation for the public - not
subsidized lumber for the timber industry.
Protecting
National Forests through the Marketplace
Grassroots activism is no longer restricted
to the field or courtroom. More and more, forest protection happens
at the market-level where endangered forests end up on company shelves.
Large companies like Staples or Home Depot, with billions invested
in logos, brands, and corporate image, are moving to find appropriate
alternatives rather than pay the high price of publicly defending
logging activities.
Restoration
Century
America's public lands have faced nearly a century of relentless
commercial logging and road building that have left our forests
and watersheds and countless plants and animals in a rapidly deteriorating
condition. It will take heroic effort to restore our national forests
and simultaneously revitalize rural communities by creating sustainable
economic activities. NFPA is working to promote bona-fide, ecologically
based restoration projects which put people in rural communities
to work conducting road removal and watershed restoration activities.
National
Forest Protection and Restoration Act
The National Forest Protection and Restoration Act (NFPRA) is designed
to guide the transition from cut-and-run commodity management to
hands-on, community-based restoration. The National Forest Protection
and Restoration Act will save taxpayers money, reduce the deficit,
cut corporate welfare, help communities adapt to wildland fire,
and protect and restore America's natural heritage.
Economic
Case Against Logging National Forests
From a social and economic perspective, our National Forests are
far more valuable standing, growing, dying, and regenerating where
they are than cut down and converted into two by fours and paper
products. Many of these benefits have been inhibited or entirely
halted as a result of commercial abuses of our Federal forests.
Commodity extraction on our National Forests has proven itself an
ecological and economic failure.
The
Truth about Wildfire
National Forest Protection Alliance Wildfire
Policy Overview
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