When industrialized logging companies are not held accountable, it affects more than just their neighbors or their local community. From 2001 to 2021, Georgia lost a whopping 10.6 million acres of trees; a 35% drop in tree cover since 2000. This also led to 1.48 billion tons of CO₂ emissions being added to the atmosphere. Deforestation not only affects the environment in negative ways but triggers other environmental disasters as well. Flash floods and increased damage from hurricanes are the outcomes of deforestation as well as loss of animal and plant species due to their loss of habitat. 

This in turn also destroys our infrastructure; the dirt roads and driveways of our citizens rely on vegetation to maintain irrigation, handle runoff & keep roads safe and accessible. Direct sun exposure also deteriorates building fronts, street signs, paint, etc. In Georgia between 2020 and 2021, 35 children died from heat stroke. Heat related deaths are the #1 killer in Georgia during the summer, and cutting down trees make this worse. Natural shade from the sun not only lessens your energy bill; but it keeps our cars, homes, roads, and bodies of water cooler in the summer.  Taking care of our natural world and preventing environmental destruction doesn't just save the planet, it saves us too.