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Great Bear Rainforest
Photo Album

On Canada's Pacific coast lies one of the Earth's largest remaining tracts of temperate rainforest: the 8-million-acre Great Bear Rainforest. Once threatened with intense and destructive logging, the Great Bear's future now seems brighter after the announcement of a historic conservation agreement and the resulting protection of 5 million acres of the rainforest. These photos illustrate the amazing diversity of the Great Bear's ecosystem and the wildlife that call it home -- and testify to environmental activists' power to shape history.

Wildlife Species and Their Habitat: The Adverse Impacts of Logging
Report

This supplement to NRDC's End of the Road report provides additional detail on the specific effects of logging on North American wildlife, as studied and recorded in independently peer-reviewed scientific publications.

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A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products
Shop smart. Save forests.
Guide

Help save forests by choosing environmentally preferable alternatives.

Protecting the Last Wild Forests
The Roadless Area Conservation Rule preserves America's unspoiled wilderness, but it's under assault
Overview

The Roadless Area Conservation Rule was enacted to preserve pristine wilderness and the wildlife that lives there for all generations. But it's been under attack by oil and logging companies and their supporters in the Bush administration since its passage in 2001. Large portions of American wilderness, including Alaska's Tongass National Forest, remained threatened today, even after George W. Bush has left office.

Know the Forest and the Trees: A Consumer's Guide to Buying Wood
Overview

Whether you are building a deck or just buying a nightstand, your purchase can have an impact on forests and people thousands of miles away. Your money could support a sustainable community initiative on the rainforest's edge--or it could contribute to continued impoverishment of families in Latin America or deforestation in Southeast Asia.

Safe at Home
Issue Paper

Every summer, images of wildfires dominate TV screens and newspaper headlines. Yet despite the effort -- and the money -- that goes into emergency response, fires destroy hundreds of homes and whole neighborhoods in the American West during wildfire season. This 2007 issue paper outlines NRDC's pilot study of fire protection in the Love Creek community in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and describes how Western communities and homeowners can protect themselves against fire threats with proven techniques known as "firewise" measures. In addition, we recommend changes to federal fire policy to prioritize community and resident safety.

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