Updated CA Budget more than doubles climate mitigation funding for forests and other biocarbon
Update CA budget more than doubles climate mitigation funding for forests and other biocarbon
Mt. Shasta Headwaters Project receives $9.09 million grant
On Thursday, California’s Wildlife Conservation Board voted unanimously to approve $9.09 million in grant funding for the Pacific Forest Trust to acquire a conservation easement on the first phase of the Mt. Shasta Headwaters project, encompassing twenty square miles of working forests that surround the historic mill town of McCloud.
Memories of Dr. Hal Salwasser
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Hal Salwasser, former PFT board member. Hal was a leader in forest stewardship who helped change the direction of our national forests and build a new generation of forest stewards.
Our take: President Obama releases Priority Agenda for Enhancing Climate Resilience.
We commend the Obama administration for recognizing the positive role that forests and other lands play in addressing climate change, and we commend the report as a significant compendium of current climate-related federal programs that affect natural resources, if not yet a true way forward to harness these resources to mitigate climate change.
Forests are key to climate: Response to “To Save the, Planet, don’t Plant Trees, NYT Sep. 19, 2014
Forest loss and degradation is the second largest source of CO2 emissions, and the source of 30+% of net “excess”, human-emitted CO2 in the atmosphere today. However, N. Unger suggests that forests were not essential in creating a safe atmosphere for human evolution (which, of course, they were).
Video: Dr. Jerry Franklin and Dr. Steve Sillett Discuss Old Growth in a New Economy
Join the Pacific Forest Trust for a very special discussion with two of the world’s preeminent forest scientists, Dr. Jerry Franklin and Dr. Steve Sillett.
