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Forest Flash November 2019: Thankful for forests and those who protect them
In Pacific Forest Trust’s e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife, no more than once or twice a month. In this month’s update: PFT goes on the road, a match update, and a new study on the benefits of old growth.
Leaders on Pacific Forest Trust
Watch a video of forest and climate leaders talking about Pacific Forest Trust and our effective work for forests and climate since 1993.
Working Forest Conservation Easements 101
Working forest conservation easements allow private landowners to permanently conserve their forests for a variety of public benefits while keeping them in private ownership. Find out more about this form of conservation easement pioneered by PFT to keep working forests working and to protect their benefits to wildlife, water, climate, and the economy.
PFT’s comments to the Oregon Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response
Since January, when Oregon Governor Kate Brown created the Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response, PFT has been an active participant in two of its committees. Read PFT’s public comments from the Council’s meeting on September 26, 2019.
Forest Flash: Striking while the climate is hot; investing in fire resilience; stopping easement fraud
In Pacific Forest Trust’s e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife, no more than once or twice a month. In this month’s update: Climate strike, fire resilience in Oregon, and stopping easement fraud.
PFT comments on California’s Water Resilience Portfolio
PFT made comments at a public forum for California Water’s Future held by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in Redding, CA on August 6, 2019, and submitted detailed comments on September 1, 2019. Find out more.
Forests are complicated enough – let’s not make it worse!
Dr. Andrea Tuttle, former director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, responds to recent claims about California’s rules for carbon accounting of forest offsets. California is renowned for its leading role in fighting climate change. Along with electricity and transportation, forests are—and must be—a big part of the solution. While the state is stepping up its game to capture forest benefits through incentives, grants, and new voluntary approaches, forest offsets continue to have an important role.
ForestLife Summer 2019
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!
President’s Letter: Summer 2019 Forest Life
PFT President Laurie A. Wayburn on finding common ground: We can find it on the land that binds us together and to future generations.
Black Butte: Investing in forests for a healthy climate
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.
Climate change isn’t “on the way.” It’s already here.
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.
Forests’ vital role the focus at Forest Fete
Forest landowners, climate activists aged 8 to 80, forest stakeholders from every perspective, and policy leaders from California and Oregon joined us for Forest Fete on April 10th at the City Club of San Francisco. Read more about the event.
A new model for water security in the face of climate change
The health of our forested watersheds is crucial to water security, and the effects of climate change only reinforce that vital role. Here’s what PFT is doing to ensure healthy watersheds and water security in California.
Back to the land at Green Gorge
Hugh Brady, an original “back-to-the-lander,” is working with Pacific Forest Trust to craft a conservation easement at Green Gorge Working Forest, a second-growth redwood forest at a picturesque bend of the Garcia River in Mendocino County, California. Find out more about this important habitat for native salmon, owls, and other wildlife.
Donor Profile: Ivan Samuels
We talked to Ivan Samuels, the Executive Director of March Conservation Fund (MCF) and the chair of the Pacific Forest Trust Board of Directors, about why he’s a dedicated supporter of PFT’s work, both as an individual and through MCF.