Watch our new video and find out how PFT’s conservation partnerships protect wildlife habitat, reduce the risk of wildfire, store carbon to heal our climate, and keep iconic forest landscapes both productive and free from the pressures of development.
In this issue: Pioneering progress on forests & climate; PFT conserves working forests in Oregon & California; an emerging industry standard in watershed health; and more.
Previously slated for development, McCloud Soda Springs Working Forest is now permanently conserved for wood, water, and wildlife.
There is broad consensus that California’s water challenges are only going to get worse as climate change continues. In this era of global warming, we need new approaches to help solve our water problems. New built infrastructure proposals ignore the least expensive and most effective means of increasing water security: restoring watersheds.
After 5 years of collaboration, a broad partnership has protected the 2,085-acre Mountcrest Working Forest near Ashland, Oregon.
In a San Francisco Chronicle Op Ed, PFT President Laurie Wayburn discusses the importance of the state’s “natural infrastructure”—the forests, meadows and streams that deliver water to our dams—in solving California’s water problems.
