History
The Native Forest Council was founded in 1988 by a group of professional people shocked at the extensive logging of our National Forests and convinced that little was being done to bring the destruction to public awareness.
Beginning with 15 members, the NFC set out to educate Americans to the fact that their National forests were being destroyed. Today, the Native Forest Council is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization with over 2000 dues-paying members. During the late 1980s and early 2000s the NFC had distributed over 1 million copies nationally of Forest Voice newspaper; obtained 2 million signatures in support of the Native Forest Protection Act (legislation designed to protect all of the remaining National Forests) and acquired the major endorsements of Greenpeace, the National Audubon Society, chapters of the Sierra Club, and the Association of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics.
The Native Forest Council has worked cooperatively with many environmental organizations on this issue including: the National Audubon Society, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, National Wildlife Federation, Wilderness Society, Earth Island Institute, and LightHawk.
The Native Forest Council is supported by 6 staff members and a national network of over 100 volunteers.
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