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Supporting Forest Restoration and Conservation in CA’s Budget
A call to increase funding for healthy, intact forests in California’s budget from landowners, NGOs, and land trusts. View our letter to Governor Brown.
CA Assembly Votes to Recognize Forests as Part of State’s Water System
New legislation requires source watersheds to be acknowledged as infrastructure and a critical component of California’s water system.
Spring 2016 Leaflet
In this issue: Shasta-area conservation expands; promoting water security, naturally; welcoming home salmon; and indicators of climate change in California.
Shasta-Area Conservation Expands
20 square mile working forest conservation easement, McCloud Dogwood Butte, to close this spring, protecting wildlife habitat, volcanic springs, and more.
Promoting Water Security, Naturally
We’re developing legislation to ensure natural watershed restoration and protection, building climate resilience and enhancing our water security.
Welcoming Home the Salmon
To safeguard salmon, we are working to restore more natural function to the waterways of the California van Eck redwood forests.
Signs of the times: Indicators of Climate Change
In California, plants and animals are moving to higher elevations and increasingly vulnerable to stress. Discover these climate change indicators and more.
Silent Auction, Forest Fete 2016
Here’s a preview of just some of the items to be featured at the Forest Fete silent auction. If you would like to bid on these items, be sure to purchase your ticket and join in on the fun.
Forest Fete 2016
You’re invited to Forest Fete, the premier social event celebrating forests and all of the furry, feathered, and finned creatures that call forests, “home.”
Wildfires, Drought, and Climate Change: Impact on Tree Mortality
Laurie Wayburn, President of Pacific Forest Trust, discusses how we can fundamentally change the trajectory of forests from one of crisis to one of opportunity if we address the underlying causes of tree mortality in California.
COP21 Diary – Climate Progress: A better problem to have
We cannot make climate progress without conserving and restoring forests for the long term. PFT President, Laurie Wayburn, discusses the shift in focus for forests at the Paris Climate Talks.
COP21 Diary – Reaching a Global Agreement at COP21
Greenhouse gas emissions are still on the rise. Will the COP21 negotiations lead to a global agreement that includes changes in forest conservation and management? We sure hope so!
COP21 Diary – Sky High Ambitions for Climate Solutions
En route to Paris, France for the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Pacific Forest Trust President, Laurie Wayburn, shares her thoughts on large and small climate solutions.
Extending the Impact of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Private landowners can make or break the forest conservation efforts in and around the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. We partner with landowners to extend the impact of the monument, protect the biodiversity of the area, and connect natural corridors for wildlife.
The Value of Fire
Natural forests are more likely to survive drought and mitigate climate change, according to research conducted by Malcolm North, Research Forest Ecologist for the USDA Forest Service. Find out more about the value of fire and restoring a more natural fire regime to stabilize carbon stores of fire-suppressed forests.