Voles eat fungi and disperse the fungi spores in their waste which then grown in the ground on the roots of the giant trees. The fungi are essential to helping the trees take up vital nutrients through their roots from the soil. Each organism plays a role in the healthy functioning of the forest. The forest is teeming with life, from common insects living in rotting logs on the forest floor to rare moss and lichens that only grow in the branches of trees, high in the forest canopy. Because of massive forest destruction caused by clearcutting, the delicate web of life in our forests is unraveling.
Scientists say that the earth is experiencing a wave of extinction.
The leading cause of extinction is destruction of native habitat by such human activities as clearcutting and logging roads. Each year of continued clearcutting in the national forests leads to the loss of more species. Clearcutting should not be used at all. In this way, the core forest and the surrounding forest can sustain all the natural ecology. Clearcutting is strictly prohibited.