Climate Change Stabilization
Our organization has developed science-based strategies to help lessen and prepare forest ecosystems and people for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We use the best available science to formulate and promote sound management policies. Our focus is on clean water, wildlife and fish, and carbon storage.
Together the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management oversee close to 195 million acres of forested lands. These publicly owned forests are highly valued as our “collective commons,” because they provide clean and abundant water, filter the air we breathe, absorb carbon dioxide, offer world-class recreation opportunities, anchor soils against erosion and flooding, and provide critical habitat for endangered fish and wildlife.
We continue to play a leadership role in the successful effort to protect Pacific Northwest forests against attempts to unravel the conservation provisions of the Northwest Forest Plan (1994).
The National Center circulated scientist sign on letters urging President Obama to fulfill his pledge and uphold the landmark 2001 National Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which protects 58.5 million acres of intact forests and watersheds on National Forests.
Dominick DellaSala recently put the finishing touches on an important book, Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World, which is designed to shine a global spotlight on the importance of the world’s remaining temperate and boreal rainforests. This multi-year effort brought together over 30 scientists from around the world to compile the latest scientific and conservation information about these majestic forests.
