Voice your opinion about the removal of roadless forest protection on National Forets. Write a letter to the editor about the Administration's decision to remove Roadless protections. More...

Logging of Old-Growth Ancient Forest Reserves Begins in Oregon's Siskiyous
50 citizens have been arrested during non-violent civil disobedience in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Area. More...



How to set up a retirement plan for your non-profit organization: Setting up a retirement plan may be cheaper and easier than you think. Making contributions your employees retirement is critical in creating a stable and professional organization.

2005 NFPA Network Directory

Unified Forest Defense Campaign Pressroom

"Forest Watch" is one of our most effective tools for protecting federal public land and involves monitoring individual timber sales and forest plan revisions to make them less destructive or, if necessary, stop them altogether.

Who's Watching the Forest? A comprehensive directory of the conservation organizations monitoring each national forest in the country. Grouped by forest, state, and organization.

Groundtruthing tips from BARK: An important component of Forest Watch is Ground-truthing, which involves visiting a proposed timber sale and surveying it to see if the agency is following the law.

Heartwood's Citizen Guide for Protecting National Forests

WildLaw's National Forest Law Primer: This CD-ROM offers a complete Primer on National Forest protection law and practice. Designed for grassroots activists and attorneys who deal with National Forest issues, the Primer contains basic background materials, how-to information, all laws and regulations dealing with the National Forests, and EVERY published case (through mid-February 2003) that dealt with the Forest Service in any way (all summarized and categorized).

National Forest Regulations

A Citizen's Guide On Using The Freedom Of Information Act

Citizen Access to Government: Use of the Freedom of Information Act

The Data Quality Act of 2001 (DQA) set up an administrative process for challenging the integrity, quality, and objectivity of the “influential” information disseminated by the U.S. government. See the USDA's guidelines for submitting an Information Correction Request at http://www.ocio.usda.gov/irm/qi_guide/index.html.

Volunteer Sign-In Sheet

101 Organizing Principles

Organize to Win - A Grassroots Activists Hand book

Organizing for Social Change: A book that belongs in the hands of every progressive organizer. Now in its 2001 third edition, this 425 page manual covers every aspect of Direct Action Organizing.

Greencorps - Field School for Environmental Organizing: Green Corps' mission is to teach the next generation of environmental leaders the strategies and skills they'll need to win tomorrow's environmental battles while providing critical field support for today's pressing environmental problems.

Sierra Student Coalitions Forest Campaign Packet

What Students Can do to Protect Forests



Summer 2004 Special Edition, Forest Advocate: This special issue features photos and updates from various endangered forests across the nation. Only available on-line.

Spring 2004, Forest Advocate: The only national newspaper which features success stories, campaign updates and recent findings about our campaign. This is our most effective outreach tool for the general public and activists.

Wildfire Primer: This 4-page newspaper is specifically geared towards rural communities and homeowners in the west. The Wildfire Primer is an invaluable tool in our efforts to educate rural communities about wildfire issues. Bulk quantities available.

Endangered Forests, Endangered Freedoms: America's 10 Endangered National Forests (2003)

America's 10 Most Endangered National Forests Report (2001)

Behind the Smokescreen: The Healthy Forests Restoration Act - In December 2003, President Bush made his Healthy Forests Initiative law when he signed into effect the House and Senate passed Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA). This easy to follow, plain-English synopsis of HFRA, breaks down the bill's complex legal provisions and explains simply and directly what this damaging legislation means for our national forests and the communities around them. Created by the American Lands Alliance (www.americanlands.org)

Death by a Thousand Cuts
A recent history of the rollbacks to nation forets by the Administration.

Economics Fact Sheet - This easy to read fact sheet explains in plain terms why National Forests are more valuable standing than converted into 2x4's or cheap paper products.