Current News
The Klamath-Cascade: California’s Watershed in the Balance
Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) is pursuing a major strategic initiative to conserve one of America’s priceless forest treasures, the Klamath-Cascade Region. Fed by glaciers and snowmelt from Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta, the Region’s great rivers provide drinking water for more than 22 million Californians.
Conserving Californias Water at its Forest Source
New report outlines need for safeguarding primary watershed serving 22 million Californians from Mount Shasta to Los Angeles
New Shasta-Siskiyou Forest Conservation Project to Conserve Key CA Watershed
New Shasta-Siskiyou forest conservation project to conserve key California watershed
ForestLife, Fall 2011
In this issue: Klamath-Cascade watersheds and recommendations; California is set to make climate history; sending a California evergreen gift to Capitol Hill this holiday season; and more!
New Forest Project to Greatly Expand Conservation of Pristine McCloud River, Water Tap to 25 Million Californians
18,100 acres of working forests will remain as productive forestland and support local economies while supplying clean water for the state.
PFT Statement on Revised Federal Plan for Threatened Owl Recovery
Revised plan hits the mark with new recognition of role private lands can play in northern spotted owl recovery
Public-Private Partnership Conserves Sierra Valley Ranches
Conservation corridor protects working landscapes and nationally significant California watershed region
ForestLife, Spring 2011
In this issue: Forests: Where our water comes from. PFT expands conservation of key watershed regions from Mt. Shasta headwaters to Sierra Valley, CA. Plus, new partnerships; approval for carbon project standards; and a vision for ‘America’s Great Outdoors.’
Californias Landmark Climate Regulations Embrace Forests as Key Tool for Reducing Carbon Emissions
Nation’s first economy-wide Cap and Trade program will be first compliance carbon market in the world to accept forest carbon emissions reductions
BLM Acquires Key Lands for Conservation at Heart of Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
The Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), today announced the conservation of approximately 300 acres that have been purchased from willing sellers and added to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (CSNM), the nation’s first monument created solely for the preservation of biodiversity.
ForestLife, Fall 2010
In this issue: A call to conserve America’s Great Outdoors, public agencies focus on threats to privately owned forests; PFT earns accreditation from Land Trust Accreditation Commission; and more!
PFT Honors U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Lyme Timber Company’s Peter Stein at Forest Fete 2010: Roots & Revelry
Senator Merkley and Stein Lauded as Champions of America’s Forest Landscapes
Under the Weather? Visit a Forest
PFT President, Laurie Wayburn reminds us “why we do what we do.” Forests really do “work wonders” for our health and well-being, according to two recent studies.
ForestLife, Summer 2010
Sustaining the Roots of a Green Economy: National Coalition Calls for Investment in Working Lands
‘All Lands’ Approach Key for Northern Spotted Owl Recovery
PFT supports proposed revision to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan for species recovery