On Yosemite’s 150th anniversary, PFT is giving what we hope is just the beginning of a historic gift—the 80-acre O’Conner Ranch. Sitting along Yosemite’s western boundary, three miles west of Chinquapin and Highway 41, this gift parcel is made possible in part through the generosity of the Resources Legacy Fund.
A bill proposed in Congress that would increase logging activities in Oregon jeopardizes the Pacific Northwest’s forests’ ability to capture and store carbon dioxide, scientists argue in a new study.
Time is running out on a deal to secure the largest expansion of Yosemite National Park since 1939, and one man appears to be standing in the way: local congressman Tom McClintock.
California 2014-15 budget makes historic investments in forests and other natural, working lands to reduce carbon emission and increase carbon storage to help achieve the state’s ambitious climate goals. The funding for these investments was generated by the auction of pollution allowances under the state’s cap and trade program created by AB 32.
We may not be able to avoid death or taxes, but there is a powerful tool available to Tree Farmers that provides some measure of immortality and often tax relief, too. That tool is a legal agreement known as a conservation easement, which helps ensure Tree Farmers’ hopes and dreams for their family land—and their woodland stewardship practices—will endure long after they are gone.
