Summer 2023

Celebrating 30 Years and Forest Wildlife: Forest Fete 2023

PFT Co-founder, Connie Best presenting the 2023 Outside the Box Award to John Donnelly, former Director of California’s Wildlife Conservation Board.

In late April, forest landowners, community leaders, policy makers, conservationists, and wildlife advocates from across the country gathered to celebrate forests as treasure troves of biodiversity at PFT’s annual Forest Fete. Throughout the evening, we were inspired by a passionate tribute to beavers from our featured speaker, Leila Philip, honored John Donnelly, the recently retired Director of California’s Wildlife Conservation Board, with PFT’s Outside the Box award for his long-standing partnership, and presented the Forest Champion Award to Melissa & Mike Haglund for their stewardship and conservation of Alsea River Bend Working Forest. We ended the night with a special performance from the David Nelson Band Trio, as we toasted to PFT’s first 30 years of conserving forests. Thank you to all our sponsors, hosts, special guests, and supporters for making Fete such a great success!

Visit forestfete.org to view the livestream recording and photos of the event.

More in this Issue of ForestLife

• President’s Letter: Aren’t we there yet?
• Managing for Climate Resilience on Mount Ashland Demonstration Forest
• Saving the Source: Conserving 11,000 acres of the Trinity River Headwaters
• Harnessing the Power of Nature to Address Climate Change
• Donor Profile: Barbara and Mark Daugherty
• Our New Award-Winning Film: Beyond the Trees