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PFT Partners with the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
Sitting on Henness Ridge, just above the Yosemite Valley, with magnificent views of the Wild and Scenic Merced River and across the Central Valley to the California coast, is a land of enormous cultural as well as natural significance.
Forest Life Fall 2023
Read our Fall issue of ForestLife, filled with many stories of our accomplishments and achievements from the past few months, from policy to conservation.
President’s Letter: Fall 2023
Fall 2023 President's Letter: Endurance and AmbitionApproaching the close of our 30th year, it's a time of reflection. This Forest Life features stories of both major accomplishments and new horizons in our work. Some of these stories, like the completion of the...
Restoring Natural Fire Regimes for a Safer Future: PFT’s Fire Management
Fall 2023 Restoring Natural Fire Regimes for a Safer Future: PFT's Fire Management The West’s forests are naturally fire-adapted, but a century of fire suppression has inadvertently led to more fire risk rather than lowering it. Pacific Forest Trust has been at...
Shasta Timberlands: Reweaving Nature’s Tapestry for Wildlife, Climate and a Sustained Forest Economy
Fall 2023 Shasta Timberlands: Reweaving Nature’s Tapestry for Wildlife, Climate and a Sustained Forest Economy Nestled amidst the rolling, forested ridges along the northeastern slopes of Mount Shasta, a remarkable conservation effort on 7,500 acres of uniquely...
Demonstrating a New Relationship with Fire to Benefit Forest Ecosystems and Communities
Fall 2023 PFT Partners with the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation It’s one thing to advocate for managing for more fire resilient landscapes and communities—it’s another to actually do it. Now, thanks to a generous grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore...
From Victim to Savior? Forests and other Lands as Natural Climate Solutions
Fall 2023 From Victim to Savior? Forests and other Lands as Natural Climate Solutions There is a saying that as “California goes, so goes the nation.” This is certainly true of the state’s pioneering climate policies and actions. California is again leading in...
PFT President Laurie Wayburn’s Letter to the Editor— the New York Times
PFT President, Laurie Wayburn, recently took to the pages of the New York Times to re-up the…
Donor Highlight: The van Ecks
Fall 2023 Donor Highlight: the Van Ecks PFT’s collaboration with the van Eck family began with Fred van Eck on the van Eck Demonstration Forests and now extends through the next generation with Jan and Cynthia van Eck. In addition to their generous financial...
Forest Flash: November 2023
A Grant for Shasta Timberlands, New Stewardship Associate on Mt. Ashland, and final recommendations for California’s Natural and Working Lands.
Forest Flash: October 2023
In this issue: Safe passage on the Siskiyou Crest, Conserving the Trinity Headwaters, and Planning for continued progress!
Forest Flash: September 2023
Transforming Wildfire Behavior, CA Says No More Fast and Loose Carbon Offsets, and ‘Beyond the Trees’ Screenings in Portland and Beyond!
Forest Flash: Summer Double – August #2
In this issue: Fighting Fire with Fire on McCloud Soda Springs, Expanding Impact in southern Oregon, and Making Strides toward Climate Targets
Our New Award-Winning Film
Collaboratively produced by Imaginary Forces, VanEck, and Pacific Forest Trust, the new award-winning documentary “Beyond the Trees” follows our determined team of climate champions seeking to restore our native forests through conservation-based forest management.
President’s Letter: ForestLife Summer 2023
Seven months into 2023, the message is inescapable. Heat domes. Wildfires on 20 million acres. Unbreathable air. With each fresh disaster, scientists identify climate change as a major factor increasing their intensity and scale. Our home planet is sending out distress signals that get louder every day. Will this compel us to decisive action?