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George Harad
Chief Executive Officer
Boise Cascade Corporation
1111 W. Jefferson St
Boise, ID 83728

Dear Mr. Harad,

	Boise Cascade is responsible for the environmental destruction of the world’s rarest and most endangered forests.  In Idaho, the Pacific Northwest, and in central Canada, your corporation is actively logging old growth forests.  Boise Cascade is also responsible for destroying areas of tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia, British Columbia, and the Amazon.  I am outraged that one of America’s largest and wealthiest logging distributors is responsible for the devastation of  such valuable and endangered lands  (Rainforest Action Network, 2001).
 
	Rainforest deforestation happens at a rate of 149 acres per minute, 214,560 acres per day, and 78 million acres per year, at a global rate.  These high rates of deforestation are estimated to cause extinction of 137 species of life forms daily or 50,000 annually (Myers, 1991).

Land that Boise Cascade is destroying are ecologically important to the world’s organisms, including human beings.  Tropical plants found in rainforests are responsible for over 25% of the world’s pharmaceutical products (Myers, 1991).  If deforestation continues at the current rapid pace, medications for diseases such as AIDS or cancer may be destroyed with the forests forever.  Many food crops originated in the rainforests, including rice, coffee, banana, lemon, orange pineapple and peanuts. 

	In efforts to gain cheaper raw material for your products, old growth forests and tropical rainforests are being eliminated. It is Boise Cascade’s responsibility to protect the remaining world’s forests, until than I have decided to stop supporting your business and will enlighten others to do the same. With over $7 billion in annual sales, I feel it will be easy for Boise Cascade to meet four consumer requests: 
1.	Stop logging old growth forests and tropical rainforests.
2.	Eliminate logging on United States’ public lands.
3.	Meet the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council for responsibly managed forests.
4.	Stop development and planting of genetically modified trees (Rainforest Action Network, 2001).

I eagerly await a response, describing what Boise Cascade will do to better manage their forests and protect the valuable ecosystems.  Will Boise Cascade take responsibility for its actions?

Sincerely,

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Norman Myers, 1991. Deforestation Rates in Tropical Forests and Their Climatic Implications, pp. 26-28.
Rainforest Action Network, 2001.  http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/aa/boise.html.