The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™

People rely on our eastern forests. They count on the clean water that the forests collect, filter and deliver in streams and rivers across arid country. Communities earn their living in and around these woods – harvesting trees, ranching, farming. These places are sacred to native people and are some of our best playgrounds where we hike, camp, float, fish, hunt, ski and more.

But after a century of heavy use, our eastern forests are weak and vulnerable. They could be lost forever to catastrophic mega-fires and insect outbreaks.

With your support, we can restore Washington forests, by:

• Keeping large areas whole by protecting key private pieces and voiding scattered development deep within our public forests.
• Preventing unnatural mega-fires and insect outbreaks by working on the ground with public and private managers across forest ownership boundaries.
• Developing forest restoration methods that involve local communities and can be applied across 6 million acres.

Large-scale restoration of our eastern forests can mean abundant wildlife, clean water, public access, local jobs and more. The Nature Conservancy is committed to finding solutions that enhance the lives of the people who live, work and play in our eastern forests.