Whitney Hamblin, Kentucky Heartwood

If there was ever a time to speak for the trees, it is now. Our mature and old growth forests are begging for us to not look away. The massive forests that used to dominate Eastern Appalachia are a thing of the past. We cannot begin to imagine the giants that used to live here, because our ancestors cut them down. The climate crisis is here and we do not have time to reinvent the wheel. To protect these forests is to protect future generations. We do not have to follow in our ancestors footsteps, we simply need to muster the courage to do something different.