Dogwood Alliance
Description
Dogwood Alliance is an environmental nonprofit that works to protect the forests of the southern United States from industrial logging.
It advances environmental justice and climate action by mobilizing communities to defend Southern forests, arguing that standing natural forests are one of the best defenses against climate change. It campaigns against burning whole trees for wood pellet biomass energy through its Our Forests Aren’t Fuel work, and pushes companies to source paper more responsibly rather than from endangered forests. It has pressed major corporations, including International Paper, Staples, Office Depot and KFC, to change how they manage or source from forests.
The group also partners with frontline communities in the US South, many of them Black, Indigenous or otherwise historically underserved, to develop economic solutions that do not depend on forest destruction. Its work includes wetland forest conservation projects and forest carbon credit initiatives. Dogwood Alliance has been active for over 25 years and is based in Asheville, North Carolina.
Latest news
Whose Story Is Missing? The Power of Being Informed
Community organizer, Anita Cunningham, reached out to me about joining Dogwood Alliance’s North Carolina Legislative Fellowship. At first, it surprised me to realize I knew almost nothing about the wood pellet biomass industry. I’ve been involved in environmental justice work since my sophomore...
10 Sep 2026
United Against Injustice, Devoted to Democracy
Democracy is the cornerstone of our ability to affect change. In fact, people power is the only thing that shifts old ways of thinking into new ways of being. The promise of liberty and justice for all hinges on the collective power of people to hold our government accountable. As we celebrate...
18 Jun 2026
Statement: Louisiana Passes Legislation to Bail Out Biomass
Last month, Louisiana’s state legislature officially passed HB670. Soon the governor will sign the bill. This opens the door for a major expansion of the biomass industry. It makes it easy for large scale wood pellet biomass facilities to enter the state and pollute the air. And it’s the...
8 Jun 2026
Statement: Kemp’s Last Strike Against Georgia Forests
The fake “Keep Georgia Forested Act” is now law. Gov Kemp has put Georgia’s forests & communities at greater risk. This bill helps the failing logging industry.
22 May 2026
Communities Across the South Unite Against Drax
For over a decade, the biomass industry has sold a lie. They’ve been lying to Southern communities and decision-makers. This is especially true of the UK company Drax. They’ve violated environmental regulations over 17,000 times. These are mostly air pollution violations. Drax is Bad for the...
8 May 2026
An Historic Philanthropic Initiative to Keep Forests Standing
Dogwood Alliance and New Alpha Community Development Corporation Launch Justice Conservation Fund to Protect Forests from Industrial Logging in Under-Resourced Communities Across the South The Justice Conservation Fund helps Native American and Black communities purchase properties that will...
13 Apr 2026
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