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Final notes from COP 23 in Bonn
The planet truly does provide the basics of life, and that reality underlies the hundreds of speeches, meetings, diplomatic interventions, arguments, presentations, panels, and debates held at COP 23. Read PFT Board chair Andrea Tuttle’s final observations from Bonn.
Notes from Bonn, part 4: We’re all in the same canoe
PFT Board Chair Andrea Tuttle shares a final batch of photos and notes from the High-Level Segment of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany.
Notes from Bonn, part 3: PFT at COP 23
Andrea Tuttle, PFT Board chair, shares more photos and observations from the Bonn Zone: the second week of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany.
Notes from Bonn, part 2: COP 23
Andrea Tuttle, Pacific Forest Trust Board chair and a PFT observer to the UN climate negotiations for the past 11 years, discusses the opening days of COP 23 in Bonn, Germany, including technical topics, Mayor James Brainerd, forests, and “We Are Still In.”
Notes from Bonn: PFT at COP 23 climate talks
Andrea Tuttle, Pacific Forest Trust Board chair and a PFT observer to the UN climate negotiations for the past 11 years, provides photos and impressions from COP 23, the Bonn climate conference.
Water security in California
Our forests can make all the difference in achieving our climate and water security goals, while also promoting rural communities and economies. Find out how PFT is working towards water security in California.
Forests: a missing solution in Oregon’s climate policy
Harnessing the power of Oregon’s forests and other working lands can help the climate crisis and engage rural communities.
Op Ed: Watershed conservation key to solving California’s water problems
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.
$4 billion for water & parks on California’s June ballot
California’s Legislature placed a $4 billion bond on the June 2018 ballot for critical investments in California’s natural resources, water supply, and parks.
California makes historic climate investments in forests & natural lands
In the closing days of the California Legislative session that ended September 15, 2017, the state made investments of nearly $300 million in forests and other lands for climate mitigation, adaptation, and fire safety.
Climate adaptation: PFT circulates sign-on letter
This year, PFT is urging the California Legislature to advance the state’s climate adaptation policy by investing in natural and working lands. Read the sign-on letter we’re circulating at the Capitol.
A Risk Assessment of California’s Key Source Watershed Infrastructure
PFT’s report looks upstream to find a cost-effective long-term water solution: repairing & maintaining California’s watersheds.
CAL FIRE and Pacific Forest Trust Announce Major Forest Health Project in Siskiyou County
New $4 million forest health grant will help reduce the likelihood and intensity of fire spreading across the iconic Black Butte and Mount Shasta forests.
Ailing Northern California Watersheds Pose Risk to Reliability, Quality of State’s Water Supply
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.