ABOUT PACIFIC FOREST TRUST

Pacific Forest Trust (PFT) delivers landscape-scale private forest conservation in the West and develops innovative incentives for forest conservation at the national level. We do so in ways that reward private landowners for managing for public benefits, such as water and climate services, habitat for abundant native wildlife as well as economic returns. Our work sustains rural communities and restores resilient forest landscapes across ownership boundaries.  PFT pioneered the use of working forest conservation easements as a major incentive to reward forest landowners for long-term stewardship, and is recognized nationally as a leader in developing new paym