Description: The Nature Conservancy is supporting community conservation across 100 million acres from Southeastern Alaska, through British Columbia, and to Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
washington (4877) alaska (2010) british columbia (1656) olympic peninsula (62) temperate rainforest (2) coastal rainforest (1) ahousaht first nation (1) emerald edge (1) indigenous conservation (1) community-led conservation (1)
Priority Landscapes
Community, conservation and climate action in the world’s largest temperate rainforest.
Riparian old-growth forest Landscape of a riparian old growth forest near Thorne Bay, Alaska. © Chris Crisman Contact Us Email: [email protected] Follow Share View page in: English | Español | Português North America’s Emerald Edge teems with life and culture, sustaining hundreds of communities and thousands of species of flora and fauna—including bears, salmon, wolves and whales—and thanks to its immense carbon-storage capacity, plays a critical role in regulating Earth's climate.