“The Pacific Forest Trust has established itself as a leader in creating innovative, practical solutions to the challenges facing America’s forests.”

—U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi

Our Partners

CSNM: New Transfers to the Oregon Monument Improve Habitat for Salmon, Spotted Owls

Wildlife will have 1,445 more acres of connected—and protected—lands to roam in Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, thanks to willing landowners who sought out the Pacific Forest Trust’s help in adding lands they own within CSNM boundaries to the Monument. Our latest addition to the CSNM links the Oregon Gulch Research Natural Area to areas of BLM-owned land with old growth forest characteristics. The newly protected parcel was a high-priority for funding, thanks to its location within a key watershed—the Jenny Creek—that protects at-risk salmon and other species. Endangered Northern Spotted Owls nest on BLM lands roughly half a mile away. Read more.

Pacific Forest Trust Honored by CA Climate Action Reserve for Advancing Forests in Climate Policy

The Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) has been honored by the Climate Action Reserve (CAR), as a "champion" for forests in California's pioneering climate program. CAR develops regulatory-quality accounting standards for greenhouse gas emissions reductions and is the parent of The Climate Registry, the nation's largest carbon registry and offset verification program. PFT President and Co-Founder Laurie Wayburn was presented with a prizefighter's belt and high praise from CAR President Gary Gero at the organization's 10th anniversary celebration in San Francisco Tuesday night. Read more.

Farm Bill 2012: Improving the Outlook for Forests

A diverse network of forest land owners, state officials, environmental groups and land trusts are urging lawmakers to make it easier and more cost-effective for state agencies to conserve land by partnering with land trusts. The USDA Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program provides money to states to pay for public-private conservation efforts with fees generated by offshore oil and gas leases. It has conserved 2.2 million acres since its creation in the 1990 Farm Bill, but could do more if state agencies responsible for implementing the program could call on qualified land trusts to help hold and maintain conservation easements funded by the program, according to 40 groups from across the country who reached out to leaders and ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture committees, which are holding hearings to reauthorize the next Farm Bill. Read more.

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Featured Projects

Campstool Ranch Working Forest

In 1919, the Lane family homesteaded Campstool Ranch and gradually increased its size over time, carefully managing it for cattle and timber. Today, at 2,170 acres, historic Campstool Ranch is one of the largest remaining private properties in Calaveras County, CA. Situated along three miles of the North Fork of the Calaveras River—an important source of water for irrigation and drinking—the property's abundant water and diverse habitats support a wide range of species. Having seen the rapid development of the county and breakup of neighboring properties, the Lanes have decided it is time to permanently protect their ranch and its legacy of excellent stewardship.

The Klamath-Cascade Initiative

California derives the majority of its water - nearly two-thirds - from the forested landscape of the Klamath-Cascade Region, a vast arc of almost 10 million acres encompassing the forested mountains of the Trinity Alps, Klamath, Cascade and Northern Sierra Ranges. The Region is critical to state drinking and agricultural water supplies. But few Californians realize how much they depend on Klamath-Cascade water and climate benefits - nor how at-risk those resources are. The Pacific Forest Trust is working to change that with the release of a comprehensive new report on the Region's resources and what must be done to safeguard them for future generations. "The Klamath-Cascade: California's Watershed in the Balance" provides history, insight and strategies for conserving and sustaining this landscape's wealth of forest resources: water, wood, wildlife, climate benefits, recreation and a community of land stewards that ensures forests can provide all those public benefits and more.