President’s Letter: Spring 2020 Forest Life
A message from PFT’s President, Laurie A. Wayburn.
A message from PFT’s President, Laurie A. Wayburn.
PFT is pioneering new and effective approaches to managing and conserving forests for their climate services, amongst other values. Read about all about that and other highlights of PFT’s work in 2019 inside.
Investing in forests for climate at Black Butte; back to the land at Green Gorge; safe harbor for wildlife; what states are doing on climate; finding common ground; and more!
PFT President Laurie A. Wayburn on finding common ground: We can find it on the land that binds us together and to future generations.
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.
As the IPCC reported in 2018, we have an all-too-brief twelve-year window to address climate change. In the continuing absence of federal action, states are leading the way toward a healthy climate future.