Press Releases
Yosemite Land Transfer Media Coverage
Pacific Forest Trust Yosemite Land Transfer Media Coverage Press Release 12.2.25: https://www.pacificforest.org/press-release-yosemite/ Media Coverage through 4.2.26 Washington Examiner: Indigenous tribe gets back territory bordering Yosemite National Park SFGate:...
PFT Press Release – Nearly 900 Acres Bordering Yosemite Returned to Tribal Ownership in Historic Land Transfer
Once threatened by development, the land was protected and stewarded by Pacific Forest Trust for 20 years — and will now return to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation after 175 years. [pdf-embedder...
Assemblymember Connolly Introduces Legislation to Implement California’s First-in-the-Nation Nature-Based Climate Targets
AB 491, sponsored by Pacific Forest Trust, will make California a national model for harnessing nature to achieve carbon neutrality. SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) introduced AB 491, which will make California the first state in...
Expansive Trinity Headwaters Permanently Protected!
In a win for securing California’s future, crucial portion of its life-sustaining headwaters are permanently protected Globally significant biodiversity hotspot with diverse conifer forests, wet meadows and pristine lakes and key California water supplies for millions...
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.
Pacific Forest Trust announces Springs for Life™ – ForestWater Alliance™ initiative
Find out more about Pacific Forest Trust’s new initiative, the Springs For Life™ ForestWater Alliance™, an exciting new partnership between PFT and socially responsible businesses to help ensure forest watersheds provide cool, clean water in a changing climate.
Black Butte Working Forest Conserved
PFT and the Michigan-California Timber Company have partnered with CAL FIRE to permanently protect the iconic landscape at Black Butte Working Forest, at the foot of Mount Shasta.
McCloud Soda Springs Protected
Previously slated for development, McCloud Soda Springs Working Forest is now permanently conserved for wood, water, and wildlife.
One of Oregon’s largest family-owned forests protected for timber and wildlife
After 5 years of collaboration, a broad partnership has protected one of Oregon’s largest family-owned forests for timber and wildlife. The Parsons family, who have managed Mountcrest Forest for nearly 100 years, have partnered with Pacific Forest Trust to ensure Mountcrest Forest will never be broken up or developed, and that it will continue to be owned and well managed by the Parsons family for timber, wildlife habitat, and watershed values.
CDFW awards PFT $500,000 grant for McCloud Soda Springs project
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has awarded the Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) a grant of $500,000 to fund watershed restoration at the McCloud Soda Springs Working Forest, a more than 1300-acre property that is home to a variety of wildlife and a source of clean water.