Conserving a Working Forest on Black Butte’s Iconic Landscape
Pacific Forest Trust is working with Michigan-California Timber Company to secure a conservation easement for its working forest on the edge of Black Butte near Mt. Shasta.
Three Million Trees Planted at Goose Lake Working Forest
A two-year cooperative reforestation project planted 3 million ponderosa pine trees at the Goose Lake Working Forest in Modoc County, California.
Searle Whitney’s Gift to the Future
C. Searle Whitney left a generous bequest to further Pacific Forest Trust’s effort to conserve working forests. PFT will start a fellowship program in his honor.
More Pacific Crest Trail Conserved
The MountCrest Working Forest has transferred more than 300 acres of land to the BLM, including a mile of the Pacific Crest Trail, to become permanent part of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.
Walter and Jeanne Sedgwick
Jeanne and Walter Sedgwick have both poured their substantial energy and skill into conserving the environment. Pacific Forest Trust interviewed Walter about his lifetime dedication to forests and nature.
Working with Fire
This year, Pacific Forest Trust led an effort to gain additional funding for CAL FIRE’s program to help rural forested communities prepare for wildfire, resulting in an additional $10 million of State Responsibility Area funds in the state budget.
