When one tree gets the ax, the whole forest feels it

 When one tree gets the ax, the whole forest feels it

• Environmental Action 

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  From:action@environmental-action.org

  To:Mr. Mark M Giese

  Thu, Feb 12 2026 at 9:50 AM

   centuries and seasons, that tree has welcomed denning wolf pups at her roots, hosted migratory birds on her branches, fed hungry caterpillars with her leaves.

  Now imagine trading that century-old tree for some soon-to-be trashed paper towels.

  We're drumming up the Environmental Action pack to defend forests and the fragile ecosystems they support. Are you with us? Join our campaign to save forests with a donation today.

  

  When even one tree gets the ax, there's a ripple effect across forests:

  • The soil, once rich with the tree's nutrients, grows poorer, erodes, and destabilizes the foundation of life in a forest.1
  • Migratory birds -- hoping to return to the trees they left behind -- are lost without their familiar nesting grounds.2
  • Animals from gray wolves to woodpeckers lose the consistent cover, shelter, and protection they depended on.

  We won't stand by while trees like those in the boreal get mowed down by a magnitude of 1.5 football fields a minute.3

  Join our campaign to protect forests and all the animals that need them. Give today.

  You can't un-chop a century-old tree. So here's what we're doing instead.

  We're urging companies to stop cutting down ancient trees for single-use paper products. We're standing up against federal attempts to open up millions of acres to logging. We're helping to raise awareness about the heartbeat of fragile forest ecosystems: trees.

  And we're doing all of this because people like you make the choice to join our campaign.

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  Thank you,

  The Environmental Action team
  
  1. Christina Nunez, "Why deforestation matters--and what we can do to stop it," National Geographic, September 29, 2025.
  2. Cornell University, "The five great forests that keep North America's birds alive," ScienceDaily, November 22, 2025.
  3. "What can you do this Earth Day to help the world's forests?," Environment America, April 21, 2025.

  Mark M, Somewhere out there, there's a tree that's older than you or me. Across the