Showing posts with label boreal forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boreal forest. Show all posts

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Saving Canada's Old Growth Forest

There is still old growth forest on the North American continent. I didn't know that until I read this article, entitled Paper Chase, in Audubon magazine in January. I thought it had all been logged long ago. But some is still there. It's called the boreal forest, in Canada. The southern boreal forest is currently being logged, and is in great danger. The northern boreal forest is in the process of having protections put on it by the Canadian government. You can help save this old growth forest, because this precious, ancient wood is not going to build great buildings, or even houses, for the most part, it is being used to create paper. In particular, paper towels and toilet paper. At the end of the articleis a list of things you can do, among them a link to the Bird-Friendly Shopper's Guide (PDF), listing the major manufacturers of paper towels and toilet paper from the boreal forest trees.