On February 11, Pacific Forest Trust President Laurie Wayburn testified to the Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction of the Oregon State Legislature in support of harnessing the power of Oregon’s forests, farms, and other lands to combat climate change.
PFT and the Michigan-California Timber Company have partnered with CAL FIRE to permanently protect the iconic landscape at Black Butte Working Forest, at the foot of Mount Shasta.
The 2018 Farm Bill allocates $1.8 billion over the next four years for the tools our nation’s private forest owners need to keep our forests healthy.
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In Pacific Forest Trust’s e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife, no more than once or twice a month. Read about how states are stepping up to the climate challenge, and more.
It’s been an exciting, exploring, and productive year thus far for the van Eck forests, our living laboratories on 9,400 acres of highly productive forest in California and Oregon. These forests are a proving ground for demonstrating the synergy of ecologic and economic gains, benefitting wildlife, water and climate, implementing cutting edge forest management, and building the asset and delivering solid financial returns.
