Local author David Hinton speaks out for the Wild Worcester Range! montpelierbridge.org/2024/01/protec…

The USDA Forest Service wants to update old-growth forest management across the US. The trouble is, the proposal could weaken old-growth protections in many locations, and leaves out protections for future old-growth forests. Take action today! #ClimateForests standingtrees.org/post/take-acti…

"Establishment of federal and state forests was an effort to remedy an earlier calamity of our making. Now, we have an opportunity to let those same areas take on another role, to forestall another — perhaps bigger — calamity." Submit your comment today! vtdigger.org/2024/02/01/cha…

Today is the last day to comment on the future of the Wild Worcester Range. You don't need to be an expert, or to have ever visited the Worcester Range, to raise your voice - your opinion matters! Send your comment to: [email protected]. vermontpublic.org/local-news/202…

2024 is off to a running start. We want to thank some of our amazing partners, starting with Vermont Law and Graduate School, an essential teammate for our work to defend NH's White Mountain NF, and to up the ante for state lands in VT like the Wild Worcester Range. Thank you, VLGS! Save Public Forests

It's time to take action for Telephone Gap! #climateforests #worthmorestanding #stopthechop Save Public Forests standingtrees.org/post/take-acti…

Today's a perfect day to tell the Forest Service NO LOGGING TELEPHONE GAP! standingtrees.org/post/take-acti…

BREAKING: The BLM Oregon & Washington Bureau of Land Management - National have cancelled the Bakers Dozen old growth logging project. We believe this was a direct response to the growing opposition from communities in Oregon to the agency's destructive practices, and the threat of direct action. #WorthMoreStanding

We're taking the USDA Forest Service to court with the expert help of Vermont Law and Graduate School to protect public lands and waters from destructive logging. Read on... #climateforests #worthmorestanding #stopthechop standingtrees.org/post/release-f…

"'These two projects impact areas that mean so much to New Englanders,' said Zack Porter, the executive director of Standing Trees. The projects would affect landscapes like Lake Tarleton, the northern Presidential Range and the Appalachian Trail." nhpr.org/2024-05-17/env…

Did you know? "Burlington's Joseph C. McNeil generating station pumps close to half a million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year but is considered carbon neutral energy under Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act." Stop Vermont Biomass therevelator.org/biomass-emissi…

“Lake Tarleton was protected 20 years ago by our local community because of its unique, unspoiled wilderness character, and to prevent just the kind of wholesale change that is now proposed by the White Mountain National Forest,” said Rob Wipfler, co-director of Kingswood Camp.

Letting dead trees rot in a forest is good. Letting live trees grow old and then die is even better. Did you know that logging (not wind, insects, disease, or fire) is the leading cause of tree mortality in Northeastern US forests? #ClimateForests nationalgeographic.com/science/articl…

The US Forest Service's new proposed management strategies for older forests fail to uphold the intent of Biden's historic Executive Order, leaving critical mature and old-growth forests vulnerable to logging. Read our full statement: standingtrees.org/post/press-sta… #ClimateForests

It's sad that reports and articles like this are even necessary, but we're grateful for this well-researched take-down of the nonsensical idea that more logging and burning is better for the climate. #CutCarbonNotForests thehill.com/policy/energy-…

“'If the Biden administration wants this process to be something more than a greenwashing exercise, then it must put stronger pressure on the Forest Service.'" #ClimateForests #LetThemGrow #WorthMoreStanding #StopTheChop theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Instead of protecting mature and old-growth forests as directed by the Biden Admin, the US Forest Service's proposed National Old Growth Amendment encourages logging in rare old-growth forests. Take action by signing our petition today! #ClimateForests standingtrees.org/post/take-acti…

Biomass power station produced four times emissions of UK coal plant, says report theguardian.com/environment/ar…

"To continue benefiting from the spiritual refuge and ecosystem services provided by forests, it is crucial that we...halt our subjugation of them. We protect them, they protect us. We conserve them, they conserve us." #ClimateForests Save Public Forests vtdigger.org/2024/08/16/gra…