Campaign History In spring of 1997, Home Depot responded to growing grassroots pressure and agreed to stop selling any old growth redwood products but refused to address the larger issue of the rest of their old growth rainforest wood products. A full 19 months after the company said they would stop selling old growth redwood, investigations by area building professionals revealed that Home Depot was still selling old growth redwood. Based on these investigations, we believe this wood originated from the ancient temperate rainforests of Headwaters in northern California. At a meeting with Home Depot in April 1998, they admitted that they never enforced their old growth redwood policy, but promised to develop a comprehensive program to go completely old growth free by June 1, 1998. They not only missed their own self-imposed June 1st deadline, but also failed return phone calls and email messages for nearly two months-- that is until late August, when the first demonstration that featured civil disobedience hit Home Depot in northern California. It was followed by another direct action at their headquarters in Atlanta Georgia. After a year of these types of actions, Home Depot finally admitted that a problem existed and held a press conference where they announced that they would stop selling wood from endangered forests by the end of 2002. Return to: Will Home Depot Keep Their Promise Home