Current News
Seeing the Forest Webinar: For the Wildlife
Join PFT on Thursday, April 6th for a discussion about the impact of current management policies and climate change on forest biodiversity.
Forest Flash: February 2023
In this issue: Oregon conservation policy, conserving the Klamath-Cascade, and protecting biodiversity
Forest Flash: January 2023
In this issue: Board updates, new funding for Trinity Headwaters, and a Conservation Easement for Alsea River Bend
The Mount Ashland Demonstration Forest – A Model For Climate-Resilient Forest Management
PFT has acquired 1,120 acres of privately owned forest on the Siskiyou Crest to serve as a model for effective forest management that reduces risks of climate-driven wildfires and habitat loss.
Forest Flash: 2022 in Review
2022 in review: a wonderful year of conservation and stewardship, policy-level recognition and budget victories, and making strides in changing minds.
Forest Flash: November 2022
In this issue: Easement Stewardship: A Labor of Love, Working with Beavers to Enhance Water Storage, and Restoring Beneficial Fire Management to CA.
Forest Flash: October 2022
In this issue: Welcoming New PFT Board member Chris Smith, Flourishing Seedlings in Post-fire Yosemite, and Expanding Conservation in the Cascade Siskiyou
Forest Flash: September 2022
In this issue: A welcome to new PFT Board member Andy Nordhoff, Franklin’s bumblebee, and busy beavers!
President’s Letter: Fall 2022 ForestLife
In 2023, PFT will celebrate its 30th year. A lot has happened in these years, with many of our initiatives moving from concept to pilot to implementation. Now, we must move to the broad adoption and landscape scale. Much remains to be done!
Donor Profile: Ben Hammett
Ben Hammett is a lifelong conservationist deeply committed to fighting climate change. He, and his late wife Ruth, began supporting PFT in 2012. Ben recently shared why he feels PFT’s work is so important.
Going to Scale with Shasta Timberlands
Straddling the crest that divides the Sacramento and Klamath River basins, PFT’s Shasta Timberlands Working Forest protects the headwaters of these mighty rivers as they flow off Mount Shasta.
Restoring Fire and Climate Resilience
PFT was a lonely voice in 2017 (and for many years before that!) when we advocated for $20 million to increase the use of prescribed fire to reduce unnatural fuel buildup and get more “good” fire on the ground safely.
Offsetting Fiery Rumors
It is widely recognized that forests are our most powerful, rapidly expandable, and extensive natural carbon sink.
Reaching for the Sky on California van Eck
Twenty years ago, Fred van Eck entrusted the conservation of some 9,400 acres of forestland in Oregon and California to PFT. We’ve been steadily demonstrating new approaches to forest management.
Meet Outside-the-Box Awardee Merv George
Recipient of this year’s Outside-the-Box Award, Merv George Jr. is the Supervisor of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, working out of Medford, OR, when he isn’t at his grandmother’s home in the Hoopa Valley Reservation.