WildEarth Guardians

Saturday, March 1, 2003
A Citizen's Call for Ecological Forest Restoration: Forest Restoration Principles and Criteria

Decision makers, scientists, and the interested public now recognize that there is an urgent need to restore forest ecosystems after decades of intensive logging, fire suppression, road building, livestock grazing, mining, and invasions by exotic species
Contact: Dominick A. DellaSala et al

Today, job programs are being developed a round the country to create a work force focused on restoring ecosystems rather than on resource extraction. Local governments and citizens are working together to restore watersheds that provide drinking water for their communities.

Read the Article 3/03 (PDF)