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.
A new study, conducted by Pacific Forest Trust, shows that half of the source watersheds that supply northern California’s primary reservoirs are at risk.
2016 was a year with significant new opportunities and major results. Find out how Pacific Forest Trust advanced California water policy, closed another conservation project, and developed a new forest conservation model in Oregon—with your help.
In this Issue: Conserving Black Butte, CARBON ACT, Working with Fire, A Mile of Pacific Crest Trail Conserved, Three Million Trees Planted at Goose Lake
