Forest Flash: October 2023
In this issue: Safe passage on the Siskiyou Crest, Conserving the Trinity Headwaters, and Planning for continued progress!
In this issue: Safe passage on the Siskiyou Crest, Conserving the Trinity Headwaters, and Planning for continued progress!
Transforming Wildfire Behavior, CA Says No More Fast and Loose Carbon Offsets, and ‘Beyond the Trees’ Screenings in Portland and Beyond!
In this issue: Fighting Fire with Fire on McCloud Soda Springs, Expanding Impact in southern Oregon, and Making Strides toward Climate Targets
Collaboratively produced by Imaginary Forces, VanEck, and Pacific Forest Trust, the new award-winning documentary “Beyond the Trees” follows our determined team of climate champions seeking to restore our native forests through conservation-based forest management.
Seven months into 2023, the message is inescapable. Heat domes. Wildfires on 20 million acres. Unbreathable air. With each fresh disaster, scientists identify climate change as a major factor increasing their intensity and scale. Our home planet is sending out distress signals that get louder every day. Will this compel us to decisive action?
This summer, leading forest ecologists, silviculturalists, wildlife biologists and indigenous cultural practitioners are joining with PFT staff to help develop the first 10-year management plan for our new 1,130-acre Mount Ashland Demonstration Forest. In bringing together the best available climate science and traditional ecological knowledge to inform our management, we are learning so much!