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Op Ed: Invest in watershed improvements, not taller dams
There is broad consensus that California’s water challenges are only going to get worse as climate change continues. In this era of global warming, we need new approaches to help solve our water problems. New built infrastructure proposals ignore the least expensive and most effective means of increasing water security: restoring watersheds.
Forest Fete 2018
Friends and colleagues gathered on April 27, 2018 at the elegant Julia Morgan Ballroom in downtown San Francisco for Forest Fete, the premiere forest event of the year, to celebrate Pacific Forest Trust’s 25th Anniversary.
PFT’s 2018 Legislative Priorities
In 2018, PFT is advancing the role of forests in climate policy in Oregon, Washington, and California.
Yes on Prop 68: California’s June 5 Park & Water Bond
Proposition 68 on California’s June 5 ballot, for critical natural resources funding: clean water, parks, forests, and more.
Mountcrest Working Forest Protected
After 5 years of collaboration, a broad partnership has protected the 2,085-acre Mountcrest Working Forest near Ashland, Oregon.
One of Oregon’s largest family-owned forests protected for timber and wildlife
After 5 years of collaboration, a broad partnership has protected one of Oregon’s largest family-owned forests for timber and wildlife. The Parsons family, who have managed Mountcrest Forest for nearly 100 years, have partnered with Pacific Forest Trust to ensure Mountcrest Forest will never be broken up or developed, and that it will continue to be owned and well managed by the Parsons family for timber, wildlife habitat, and watershed values.
PFT’s 2017 Top Ten!
Here is Pacific Forest Trust’s 2017 Top Ten. We take one more look back (or ten) at a very eventful year before setting our sights firmly on 2018.
CDFW awards PFT $500,000 grant for McCloud Soda Springs project
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has awarded the Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) a grant of $500,000 to fund watershed restoration at the McCloud Soda Springs Working Forest, a more than 1300-acre property that is home to a variety of wildlife and a source of clean water.
Show your support for forests today
With your help, we can continue to protect forests and make a real difference in the health and future of our planet for people and wildlife—ensuring that future generations can enjoy what we enjoy right now.
Final notes from COP 23 in Bonn
The planet truly does provide the basics of life, and that reality underlies the hundreds of speeches, meetings, diplomatic interventions, arguments, presentations, panels, and debates held at COP 23. Read PFT Board chair Andrea Tuttle’s final observations from Bonn.
Notes from Bonn, part 4: We’re all in the same canoe
PFT Board Chair Andrea Tuttle shares a final batch of photos and notes from the High-Level Segment of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany.
Notes from Bonn, part 3: PFT at COP 23
Andrea Tuttle, PFT Board chair, shares more photos and observations from the Bonn Zone: the second week of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany.
Notes from Bonn, part 2: COP 23
Andrea Tuttle, Pacific Forest Trust Board chair and a PFT observer to the UN climate negotiations for the past 11 years, discusses the opening days of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany, including technical topics, Mayor James Brainerd, forests, and “We Are Still In.”
Notes from Bonn: PFT at COP 23 climate talks
Andrea Tuttle, Pacific Forest Trust Board chair and a PFT observer to the UN climate negotiations for the past 11 years, provides photos and impressions from COP 23, the Bonn climate conference.
Water security in California
Our forests can make all the difference in achieving our climate and water security goals, while also promoting rural communities and economies. Find out how PFT is working towards water security in California.