PFT was a lonely voice in 2017 (and for many years before that!) when we advocated for $20 million to increase the use of prescribed fire to reduce unnatural fuel buildup and get more “good” fire on the ground safely.
It is widely recognized that forests are our most powerful, rapidly expandable, and extensive natural carbon sink.
Twenty years ago, Fred van Eck entrusted the conservation of some 9,400 acres of forestland in Oregon and California to PFT. We’ve been steadily demonstrating new approaches to forest management.
Recipient of this year’s Outside-the-Box Award, Merv George Jr. is the Supervisor of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, working out of Medford, OR, when he isn’t at his grandmother’s home in the Hoopa Valley Reservation.
Get to know our fantastic interns from summer 2022: Michelle Chen (Photo Archives), Julia Chen (Policy), and Katherine Dillon (Policy).
