Dear Ms. One,
Nearly a century later, "the great cut" still hurts.
The aggressive clear-cutting that claimed more than 1 million acres of Appalachian red spruce forests -- leaving only 5% of the original trees -- still scars the landscape of the region.
What's more: hundreds of animal species unique to the area lost their habitats and remain in danger of disappearing forever today -- unless people like you step in to help.
We've got an ambitious campaign to bring threatened lands like the Appalachian red spruce forests and the creatures that depend on them back from the brink, but we can't do it without your help. Donate by June 30 as we aim to raise $50,000 for preservation and conservation here, and in critical places like it.
Your gift will help animals like hares, black bears and flying squirrels, as well as the saw-whet owl -- one of the cutest creatures you've ever seen. About seven inches long, with a reddish-brown back, a white belly, they even remind some people of kittens.
But the truth is, without a lush habitat, they will be fighting extinction sooner than we know it. It's a big effort to restore 150,000 acres, but we're dedicated to the wildlife that need our help right now, and hope you are, too. Let's restore these forests and let the creatures that depend on them thrive.
Your generous gift to The Nature Conservancy right now will protect these hares, these bears, these squirrels, and these owls, and eventually help restore 150,000 acres of majestic red spruce forest along with other critical efforts.
Thank you for reversing the destruction of habitats around the world and giving amazing wildlife a home.
Sincerely,
Dave Strauss
Director of Membership
The Nature Conservancy
PHOTOS: Sunrise at Cranberry Wilderness in West Virginia © Kent Mason. a Northern Saw-Whet Owl, at the Mountsberg Raptor Centre in Campbellville, Ontario © Megan Lorenz. |
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