American Forests:
With every order you place SKN will plant a tree through American Forests (Americanforests.org). American Forests was founded in 1875 and is the United States oldest non-profit citizen's conservation organization.
They are a world leader in planting trees for environmental restoration, a pioneer in the science and practice of urban forestry, and a primary communicator in the benefits of trees and forests.
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Some current ongoing projects include:
- The Katrina Releaf Fund, which plants trees to help restore communities and improve the land along the gulf coast.
- The Wildfire ReLeaf program which is a large-scale tree planting initiative started in 1999 to plant millions of trees in areas scorched by catastrophic wildfires.
- The Global Releaf International which has helped restore the natural habitat for the Siberian Tiger in Eastern Russia, replant the war torn city of Sarajevo after
residents were forced to cut trees for fuel, and reforest the tree canopy of Orangutan habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia.