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Forest Flash: 2021 in Review
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, no more than once or twice a month.
Wildfire Resiliency Budget Letter 12.2021
December 15, 2021 Governor Gavin Newsom The Honorable Toni Atkins, Senate Leader Pro Tempore The Honorable Nancy Skinner, Chair Senate Budget Committee The Honorable Bob Wieckowski, Chair Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy...
Annual Report 2020
2020 was a memorable, tumultuous year for so many reasons — fires and COVID are but two! Despite that, we were able to make major progress on many fronts.
Diverse Voices Join to Support Resilient Forests and Communities
California’s massive fires of 2017-2021 illustrated the need for a new approach to improve fire safety and resilience in both forests and communities.
America the Beautiful or America the Vanishing?
What is the value of a Bachman’s warbler? Last seen in 1988, this beautiful black and yellow forest bird of the southeastern U.S. is now extinct due to habitat loss. It is one of 23 new species that the U.S. declared extinct this October.
Lightning Canyon Ranch Conserved Forever
Thanks to the generosity of Bob and Cassie Hixon, together with funding from the Wildlife Conservation Board’s Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program, the 2,098-acre Lightning Canyon Ranch was permanently conserved early this summer with Pacific Forest Trust.
Meet Our Summer Intern Court Ballinger
Court Ballinger spent his 2021 summer as a PFT intern working in the Klamath Siskiyou Mountains, helping to prepare for the stewardship of the 1,120-acre Mount Ashland Forest.
Conserving Mount Ashland, Managing for Climate Resistance
PFT is in the midst of an exciting, ambitious effort to acquire, protect, and restore a stunningly diverse forest on the slopes of Mount Ashland, building on decades of conservation work along the Siskiyou Crest.
Meet Board Member Jack Stephenson
Jack Stephenson joined the Board of Pacific Forest Trust in 2019. A passionate conservationist with a career in tech and with McKinsey & Company, Jack is now dedicating his life to the challenge of climate change.
President’s Letter: Fall 2021 ForestLife
A message from PFT President, Laurie Wayburn.
ForestLife Fall 2021
Conserving Lightning Canyon Ranch, forming a diverse fire coalition, saving our wildlife heritage, a demonstration forest on Mount Ashland, and more!
Forest Flash: November 2021
In this issue: COP26 Recap, Celebrating Our Accreditation, and a CE for Elliott State Forest
Seeing the Forest: For the Climate
A live webinar held November 10, 2021 on the role of forests as natural climate solutions.
Forest Flash: October 2021
In this issue: COP26, Climate Smart Land Strategy, and Our Match Challenge
PFT’s Comments to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Climate Protection Program Draft Rules
PFT's Comments to Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Climate Protection Program Draft Rules Click here to open in viewer