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Good Fire and Natural Climate Solutions
Spring 2024 Good Fire and Natural Climate Solutions As the impacts of climate change increase, California policymakers forge bipartisan consensus and collaboration to scale up solutions. In the Golden State, legislators have worked across party lines to support...
Donor Highlight: Kathy Malaney of the Malaney Family Foundation
Spring 2024 Donor Highlight: Kathy Malaney of the Malaney Family Foundation Kathy Malaney has explored PFT’s work with inspiring curiosity and, along with her husband, Sanjeev, is now a significant supporter of our efforts to restore and manage forests for all their...
Sustaining Conservation Gains When Forests Change Hands
Spring 2024 Sustaining Conservation Gains When Forests Change Hands Millions of acres of private forest are sold and bought every year, with subsequent changes in management that can impact conservation values such as watersheds and habitats as new owners seek a...
Heritage and Heart on the Willow-Witt Ranch
Spring 2024 Heritage and Heart on the Willow-Witt Ranch In 2021, Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt began discussing how they could protect their beloved Willow-Witt Ranch, fulfilling their goal of sharing its magic and well-managed forests with future generations....
President’s Letter Spring 2024
Spring 2024 President's Letter: A Natural Path to SafetyWith impacts of climate change ever more apparent, the call for natural climate solutions benefitting both mitigation and adaptation has becomeevermoreinsistent. Butwhatthatmeans, and how we do it, has not been...
ForestLife: Spring 2024
SPRING 2024ForestLife is Pacific Forest Trust’s newsletter, with news and insight about our work to sustain America’s forests for all their benefits of wood, water, wildlife, and people’s well being, in cooperation with private landowners and communities. View or...
Forest Flash: May 2024
FOREST FLASH May 2024 In Pacific Forest Trust's e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife. Subscribe here.PFT Partners with the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation for Historic Land Return...
WCB May Meeting Sign-On Letter
Over 100 groups are urging CA Governor Gavin Newsom to fund the 43 projects pending at the state's Wildlife Conservation Board. To meet the state's 30x30 goals for conservation, biodiversity, and climate action, we cannot wait. Sudden funding delays will cause these...
Forest Fete 2024: Celebrating Good Fire!
Here's a selection of photos from our annual gala, Forest Fete! For 2024's installment, we celebrate all the benefits of "good fire," from habitat restoration to mitigation of the catastrophic wildfires that have threatened our communities in recent years. Thanks so...
Annual Report 2023
Hot off the press! Take a look at all PFT has achieved over the past year—in the arenas of policy, conservation, stewardship, public engagement, and beyond—thanks to your critical support! PDF below. [pdf-embedder...
Forest Flash: April 2024
FOREST FLASH April 2024 In Pacific Forest Trust's e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife. Subscribe here.On McCloud Soda Springs, a Historic Burn CommencesPFT’s commitment to...
Forest Flash: March 2024
FOREST FLASH March 2024 In Pacific Forest Trust's e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife. Subscribe here. Dispatch from the Mount Ashland Demonstration Forest: Winter Discussions Lead...
Forest Flash: February 2024
FOREST FLASH February 2024 In Pacific Forest Trust's e-newsletter, Forest Flash, we send you the most recent PFT news and updates on forests, clean water, climate, and wildlife. Subscribe here. PFT-Sponsored Bill Would Scale Up "Good Fire" Senator Monique Limón (D),...
Forest Flash: January 2024
In this issue: Scaling up “good fire” with community engagement, more ‘Beyond the Trees’ screenings, and climate policy advancements in California
Forest Flash: 2023 in Review
In this issue: Conservation wins, policy advancements, and PFT on the big screen; In other words, our year in review!