The tremendous photo of alerce trees on the cover of Issue 18, which was taken by legendary photographer Galen Rowell at Alerce Andino National Park, is a beautiful sample of the many natural treasures found in Chile’s native forests. Yet, while we have seen some major advances over the past two decades in conserving those forests, in this issue's cover story Patagon Journal executive editor Jimmy Langman shows how the Chilean forest is still under considerable threat. In addition, Bastián Oñate and Sofía Navarro report on the illegal logging of the alerce, the world’s second-oldest living tree species. We have a profile about Rick Klein, one of Chile’s unsung environmental heroes who is responsible for saving countless acreage of forests. Malu Sierra reminds us why tree plantations are definitely not forests. And forestry scientist Alex Fajardo writes on how to restore Chilean forests.