SPRING 2024
ForestLife is Pacific Forest Trust’s newsletter, with news and insight about our work to sustain America’s forests for all their benefits of wood, water, wildlife, and people’s well being, in cooperation with private landowners and communities.
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In This Issue:
Good Fire and Natural Climate Solutions
Spring 2024 Good Fire and Natural Climate Solutions As the impacts of climate change increase, California policymakers forge bipartisan consensus and collaboration to scale up solutions. In the Golden State, legislators have worked across party lines to support...
Donor Highlight: Kathy Malaney of the Malaney Family Foundation
Spring 2024 Donor Highlight: Kathy Malaney of the Malaney Family Foundation Kathy Malaney has explored PFT’s work with inspiring curiosity and, along with her husband, Sanjeev, is now a significant supporter of our efforts to restore and manage forests for all their...
Sustaining Conservation Gains When Forests Change Hands
Spring 2024 Sustaining Conservation Gains When Forests Change Hands Millions of acres of private forest are sold and bought every year, with subsequent changes in management that can impact conservation values such as watersheds and habitats as new owners seek a...
Heritage and Heart on the Willow-Witt Ranch
Spring 2024 Heritage and Heart on the Willow-Witt Ranch In 2021, Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt began discussing how they could protect their beloved Willow-Witt Ranch, fulfilling their goal of sharing its magic and well-managed forests with future generations....
President’s Letter Spring 2024
Spring 2024 President's Letter: A Natural Path to SafetyWith impacts of climate change ever more apparent, the call for natural climate solutions benefitting both mitigation and adaptation has becomeevermoreinsistent. Butwhatthatmeans, and how we do it, has not been...