Temperate Forest Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit, public charity. The Foundation provides leadership by articulating the current realities, and a positive inspiring vision of the future. Through public education the Foundation helps people move toward the positive vision of living sustainably, with the successful integration of economic, ecological, and social needs.
Friends of Eerrington Woods FOEW wants to ensure that the continuity of the wood selected areas are periodically felled and new trees planted, increasingly we are encouraging the natural regeneration of native trees simply by opening the evergreen canopy.
The cold-climate needleleaf forests cover a larger part of the earth's surface than any other forest type (13.1 million square kilometers). They include the tallest and biggest organism on the planet (redwoods) but also many small-tree pine forests (pygmy forests). Short growing days, cold, and competition with deciduous forests limit needleleaf forests. Wildlife has a strong influence. About 22 percent of the planet's 630 conifers are considered threatened by logging for softwoods, paper pulp, and replacement by plantations. Specific species are in danger because of logging (e.g. the northern spotted owl). These forests have high recreational and cultural value. Needleleaf forests store about one-third of the carbon stored by forests.
