Current News
Mt. Shasta Headwaters Project receives $9.09 million grant
On Thursday, California’s Wildlife Conservation Board voted unanimously to approve $9.09 million in grant funding for the Pacific Forest Trust to acquire a conservation easement on the first phase of the Mt. Shasta Headwaters project, encompassing twenty square miles of working forests that surround the historic mill town of McCloud.
Drummond Woodsum lawyers help Appalachian Mountain Club cash in on uncut trees
In his legal work for the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Maine Appalachian Land Trust, David Kallin has “walked the walk” and then some. This summer he hiked the entire 2,185-mile Appalachian Trail with his wife, their two children and the family dog.
Bonnie Tells Scientists: Light the Way to Better Forest Management.
Confronting climate change will be substantially cheaper and easier if we conserve forests, and the key to that is expert knowledge and science, Undersecretary of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Bonnie told thousands of attendees at the recent 24th World Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Memories of Dr. Hal Salwasser
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Hal Salwasser, former PFT board member. Hal was a leader in forest stewardship who helped change the direction of our national forests and build a new generation of forest stewards.
E&E ClimateWire: White House releases agenda to prepare U.S. lands and waters for climate change
A new federal program to squelch invasive species, improve scientific assessment of land carbon sinks and design high-rise buildings made of wood is among a wide-ranging series of executive actions announced by the White House Council on Environmental Quality yesterday to preserve America’s natural resources in an era of climate change.
Our take: President Obama releases Priority Agenda for Enhancing Climate Resilience.
We commend the Obama administration for recognizing the positive role that forests and other lands play in addressing climate change, and we commend the report as a significant compendium of current climate-related federal programs that affect natural resources, if not yet a true way forward to harness these resources to mitigate climate change.
LEAFLET, Fall 2014
In this issue: Fixing our dry forests; great forest stewardship is key for wet meadows; stepping up to the climate challenge; and more!
Forests are key to climate: Response to “To Save the, Planet, don’t Plant Trees, NYT Sep. 19, 2014
Forest loss and degradation is the second largest source of CO2 emissions, and the source of 30+% of net “excess”, human-emitted CO2 in the atmosphere today. However, N. Unger suggests that forests were not essential in creating a safe atmosphere for human evolution (which, of course, they were).
UCS Schwarzenegger Institute: Lessons from California
In our unwavering battle against global climate change, we are fortunate to claim some of today’s most innovative and pioneering leaders as fighting on our team. Among them are Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Jerry Brown, California Senator Kevin De Leon, Mary Nichols, Dr. R.K. Pachauri, Lisa Jackson and Ed Begley Jr.
Terra Verde: Global Forest Conservation 101
Listen to Terra Verde, an environmental radio show as Laurie Wayburn discusses global forest conservation with Rhett Buttler.
California Bountiful: Timekeepers of timber
To wander around the buildings that comprise Phillips Brothers Mill in Oak Run is akin to time travel. The mountain air is alive with pops, squeals, whistles and hums. Yesteryear’s structures and equipment, and the surrounding natural forest, ooze history. The mill’s story begins with generations gone by, but it also speaks to present and future.
VIDEO: A Tribute to Kingsbury Browne
On the occasion of the Land Trust Alliance annual conference in September 2014, the Lincoln Institute produced a short film commemorating the life and career of Kingsbury Browne, who brought together conservation leaders at the Lincoln Institute in 1981, leading to the formation of the Land Trust Alliance.
Fresno Bee and Greenwire: Lawmakers McClintock, Costa have competing ideas about expanding Yosemite
The House veterans now have competing bills folding nearly 1,600 acres in Mariposa County into the park’s boundaries. They share some ideas. They differ on key questions, including whether to offset the park’s growth by the sale of federal land elsewhere.
Mercury News editorial: McClintock’s Yosemite blunder needs correcting
U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock was a tea party kind of guy before there was a tea party. He has been pandering to the extreme right and blowing off his constituents — who are mere Republicans — by failing to get behind a 1,575 acre expansion of Yosemite National Park in Mariposa County.
Video: Dr. Jerry Franklin and Dr. Steve Sillett Discuss Old Growth in a New Economy
Join the Pacific Forest Trust for a very special discussion with two of the world’s preeminent forest scientists, Dr. Jerry Franklin and Dr. Steve Sillett.