This Holiday give our forests a gift. Bring home a real tree. The fun of going into the crisp outdoors to find the perfect tree. The beauty of real branches opening to hold our favorite ornaments. The subtle scent of evergreen that says the holidays are here.
For generations, real Christmas trees have stood at the center of our most beautiful holiday traditions. But did you know that when you choose a real tree, you're also doing something beautiful for our forests?
Christmas trees are grown on managed forestland, most of which are family owned. In managed forests, a balance is carefully maintained between our need for wood and paper products and the needs of the forest environment to remain healthy and abundant.
That's why for every Christmas tree harvested in a managed forest, up to three more are planted each spring. And these millions of new trees help to keep the air and water clean, provide habitat for all kinds of wildlife and prevent soil erosion.
When the holiday are over, give your tree a new life.
Visit www.abundantforests.org to download ten environmentally positive things you can do with your Christmas tree after the holidays--from reusing the wood to making a wildlife feeding station. Each tip is easy and fun for families to do together. It's all part of Plant it Forward - things we can do today at home, at work and in our communities to help our forests remain abundant for the future.
What's your E-IQ? Find out at www.abundantforests.org
Were you surprised to learn that real Christmas trees are a good environmental choice? Take the E-IQ quiz and see how your environmental knowledge and practices stack up against the rest of America. It only takes a few minutes, gut it could help us all learn ways to Renew, Reuse and Respect a most remarkable, sustainable resource - our forests.
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