This National Wildfire Month, reforestation is not a choice, but a dire necessity. By Jad Daley, American Forests president and chief executive officer It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see: we’re in for another explosive wildfire season across the western U.S. Climate change has been baking our forests tinder…

As COP26 comes to a close, forests have grown to new heights as a climate solution. Here are the three big COP26 takeaways. By Jad Daley, American Forests president and chief executive officer As I prepare to board a plane home from COP26, a sprawling event punctuated by high-level international…

Four ways the bipartisan infrastructure bill and budget reconciliation bill will deliver forests for climate By Jad Daley, American Forests president and chief executive officer Sometimes our dreams come true in unexpected forms. After almost 15 years of building toward a big federal policy move on forests for climate, we…

“Our cities are being cooked by urban heat islands that turn up the temperature for people who live in oven-like areas dominated by pavement and lacking trees, parks, and other natural cooling features.” — By Jad Daley, American Forests’ President and CEO When it recently hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit in Seattle, an all-time record for this famously cool city, we effectively entered a new era of extreme heat, with serious implications. How serious? Recent research led by Duke University estimates heat already causes 12,000…

The Climate Stewardship Act proposes ramping up natural climate solutions — from farms to forests to wetlands — to their full potential. — By Jad Daley, American Forests’ President and CEO The clock is ticking on climate change. We need to scale every possible solution, including natural carbon capture in our trees and forests. That’s why today’s introduction of the Climate Stewardship Act in the United States Congress is so significant. The Climate…

To advance Tree Equity and help slow climate change, we need to plant 31.4 million trees annually in U.S. urban areas. By Ian Leahy, American Forests’ Vice President of Urban Forestry The urban forestry field has long operated with limited means to deliver the benefits of forests to urban America…

By Brian Kittler, American Forests’ Senior Director of Forest Restoration As the world barrels towards 1.5 degrees of planetary warming, healthy…

By Eric Sprague, Vice President of Forest Restoration for American Forests White oaks are known as the “kings” of eastern forests for their huge stature, abundance, and provision of natural benefits like wildlife habitat. But the future of this important species is at risk. There is an almost complete absence…

The REPLANT Act would protect whitebark pine, a keystone high-elevation tree species By Jad Daley, president and CEO of American Forests You might have seen the alarming news that disease and climate change have so decimated whitebark pine that this iconic tree species is now proposed for inclusion on the…