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.
At a joint hearing of California Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and the Transportation and Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, PFT President Laurie Wayburn testified on the use of natural infrastructure restoration to increase water storage and climate adaptation.
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.
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.
California’s Natural and Working Lands Climate Change Implementation Plan (NWL Plan), targeted for completion by the end of 2018, will describe the state’s climate goals and provide a blueprint to achieve them. Here are PFT’s comments on the draft NWL plan of May 2018.
Proposition 68 on California’s June 5 ballot, for critical natural resources funding: clean water, parks, forests, and more.
