The Black Butte Working Forest just outside Weed, California exemplifies how the state is using California Climate Investments to create a more carbon-rich and climate-resilient landscape—a win-win for all involved.
Hugh Brady, an original “back-to-the-lander,” is working with Pacific Forest Trust to craft a conservation easement at Green Gorge Working Forest, a second-growth redwood forest at a picturesque bend of the Garcia River in Mendocino County, California. Find out more about this important habitat for native salmon, owls, and other wildlife.
Watch our new video and find out how PFT’s conservation partnerships protect wildlife habitat, reduce the risk of wildfire, store carbon to heal our climate, and keep iconic forest landscapes both productive and free from the pressures of development.
On March 1st, PFT and other organizations submitted a letter to Oregon’s Joint Committee on Carbon Reduction to express our strong support for the role of natural and working lands in HB 2020.
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.
