Leaders on Pacific Forest Trust
Watch a video of forest and climate leaders talking about Pacific Forest Trust and our effective work for forests and climate since 1993.
Working Forest Conservation Easements 101
Working forest conservation easements allow private landowners to permanently conserve their forests for a variety of public benefits while keeping them in private ownership. Find out more about this form of conservation easement pioneered by PFT to keep working forests working and to protect their benefits to wildlife, water, climate, and the economy.
PFT’s comments to the Oregon Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response
Since January, when Oregon Governor Kate Brown created the Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response, PFT has been an active participant in two of its committees. Read PFT’s public comments from the Council’s meeting on September 26, 2019.
Forest Flash: Striking while the climate is hot; investing in fire resilience; stopping easement fraud
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. In this month’s update: Climate strike, fire resilience in Oregon, and stopping easement fraud.
PFT comments on California’s Water Resilience Portfolio
PFT made comments at a public forum for California Water’s Future held by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in Redding, CA on August 6, 2019, and submitted detailed comments on September 1, 2019. Find out more.
Forests are complicated enough – let’s not make it worse!
Dr. Andrea Tuttle, former director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, responds to recent claims about California’s rules for carbon accounting of forest offsets. California is renowned for its leading role in fighting climate change. Along with electricity and transportation, forests are—and must be—a big part of the solution. While the state is stepping up its game to capture forest benefits through incentives, grants, and new voluntary approaches, forest offsets continue to have an important role.
