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fall 2010N e W S & i N S i G h T F R O m T h e P a C i F i C F O R e S T T R u S T
Pblc agncs Focson Trts to PrvtlOwn Forsts
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Ft Ft 2010rt & rInnovatIon Is What amerIcaand PFt
Is Good at, sPeaker dan esty says,callInG For Post-electIon clImate actIon
On the eve o the midterm elections, Pacic Forest Trust supporters and partners
athered or our annual celebration o orests and their champions, Forest Fete 2010:
Roots & Revelry. Followin a lively networkin reception, we sat down to dinner to
celebrate Lyme Timber general Partner Peter Stein, our 2010 Forest Champion o the
Year, and Senator Je Merkley (D-Ore.), our Outside-the-Box Award honoree.
It was a estive evenin, but not without a call to action or the work that still lies ahead
in conservin and stewardin our nations orest landscapes.
Without dampenin the ne spirit o the evenin, I do want to say that this is a roup
that needs to step up and respond to [the] challenes, said keynote speaker Dan Esty,
Yale proessor and renowned expert on reen economics, reerrin to the climate
and enery leislation stalled in Conress. I think its a challene or all o us here
The NewsleTTer oFThe PAciFic ForesT TrusT
BOaRd OF diReCTORS
Crls Swnlls, Chair
Tot N. Tlor, Vice Chair
Grgor Tbb, Treasurer
anr e. Tttl, Secretary
Lr a. Wbrn, President & Co-CEO
Constnc Bst, Co-CEO
Kn Jnnngs, P.d.
O.h. Prr Llo
Krk mrckwlTot B. Prrng
hl Slwssr
STaFF
Lr a. Wbrn, President & Co-CEO
Constnc Bst, Co-CEO
Gb Ptln, Vice President, Policy and Incentives
mtt Frnbcr, Director o Stewardship
Crstn hrrson, Communications Director
Grrt Jonson, Director o Federal Aairs
Ptr Kozs, Director o Finance & Administration
Pl mson, Director, Caliornia Policy
Pl Swn, P.d., Director o Ecosystem Service Prorams
mgn Wrgo, Klamath-Cascade Proram Director
Ln Co, Development Manaer
Jssc N, Stewardship Manaer
Sn OSllvn, Oce/IT Manaer
Js Brn, Executive Assistant
anton Cono, Policy Analyst
Jss Lck, Senior Conservation AssociateCr mcLgln, Communications Associate
al Pg, Senior Development Associate
Jolnt Zkrzwsk, Accountant
ediTOR:Crstn hrrson
COPy ediTOR:anton Cono
The Pacic Forest Trust is the leadin non-prot oranization
exclusively dedicated to sustainin Americas vital workin orests
or all their public benets.
2010 The Pacic Forest Trust. All rihts reserved.
Reproduction permitted with attribution.
STay CuRReNT WiTh PFTS NeWSBLOG:
WWW.FOReSTSWORKWONdeRS.ORG
FOReSTS FOR WORK. FOReSTS FOR LiFe.
Soon on sid to ,woudnt it b gt i w hd dvi tht oud tk th bondioxid out o th i. and I wspsd to b b to spond tht
w gow iions o thos inOgons osts.SeN. JeFF meRKLey, 2010 OuTSide-The-BOx hONORee
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toniht to ure out how to re-enae the creative process, to move
us toward what were meant to be celebratin in a risin reen
economy.
Innovation and public-private partnerships will be essential or
the U.S. to develop a clean enery economy, Esty emphasized, and
orest conservation has a critical role to play. Innovation is what
America is ood at. Thisis what this reion is ood
at. What Saudi Arabia is to
oil, we are to innovation. I
think it is not only the key to
climate chane and these
other thins, it is also a
key opportunity or orest
conservation, Esty said.I do want to salute Laurie
and the team here at the
Pacic Forest Trust because I think there has been reat creation
and innovation brouht to bear in the work o PFT.
Esty ured PFT to keep up the ood work but not without
a challene.
Actually, thats not enouh. You really need to redouble youreorts. So I hope that all o you here who are riends o the orani-
zation will step up. Its a critical next couple o months and rankly
a critical next couple o years. The innovations that we need are not
just in technoloy, but also in the mechanisms we use. (Read more
about an innovative policy mechanism PFT is promotin or land
conservation on paes 57.)
Esty wasnt the only one urin Feteuests to help us build
momentum or innovative conservation solutions and partnershipsat the local, state, reional and ederal level.
FOReST FeTe, Continued on pae 9
lm TmPt stn
Nam 2010Ft campn
Peter Stein was characteristically
modest when told by PFTs president
Laurie Wayburn that he had been selected
to be our 2010 Forest Champion o the Year. I tried to talk her out o
it, he admitted. But then she talked me out o talkin her out o it.
Its a ood thin she did. Our record attendance at Forest Fete 2010was due in no small part to those who came to honor Stein, who has
inked more than 100 innovative conservation partnerships durin his
two decades with the Lyme Timber Company.
Im truly honored and rateul or this reconition, he said, ivin
thanks and credit to his partners in conservation includin his
wie Lisa and to no small amount o luck. This ood ortune was
evident the day he crossed paths with PFT Co-CEO Connie Best in
1990; they soon bean discussin ideas or conservation incentives
or owners o workin orests.
That year, Stein, ormerly o the non-prot Trust or Public Land, had
one to work or The Lyme Timber Company, a private orestland
investor. It really ave me the platorm to experiment with thins
that seemed kinda crazy in 1990.
Thins that seemed kinda crazy nearly 20 years ao included
the workin orest conservation easement (WFCE), an innovativePeTeR STeiN, Continued on pae 7
Potos b Ton Gtr
abov lt: More than 200 Forest Feteuests lled the golden
gate Club at the Presidio, where Yale University ProessorDan Esty delivered the evenins keynote speech (center).
Cntr poto, lt to rgt: PFT Co-CEO Connie Best with
Proessor Esty, PFT Board Chair Charlie Swindells, PFT
President and Co-CEO Laurie Wayburn and Lyme Timber
general Partner Peter Stein, PFTs 2010 Forest Chamption.
Trn to pgs 89 or a listin o Fetesupporters and more event cover-
ae, includin details about a challene rant rom Nancy Nordho.
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Ts r Prsnt Ob and key members o his cabinet put
considerable muscle into eorts to raise awareness o both the
benets that orests provide and the threats they ace. Every day,
we lose 6,000 acres o this vital open space in the United States
as more people choose to live on the rine o urban areas and in
scenic, rural places. Its a soberin statistic. Yet we were encour-
aed last April when the Pacic Forest Trust was invited to join land
trusts rom across the country at a White House conerence on
Americas great Outdoors.
The meetin, which eatured a personal appearance by President
Obama, kicked o an initiative to coordinate joint-aency conser-
vation eorts and reconnect Americans to the land. A top oal
identied by the President was determinin how the ederal overn-
ment can best advance conservation oals throuh public-private
partnerships and locally supported conservation strateies.
This is the rst time in recent memory that a President o the United
States rom either party has personally enaed with conservationroups on how we can work toether to save our natural heritae,
Public AgeNcies Focus oN ThreATs To
PrivATely owNed ForesTs i an
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ment can be a better partner in these eorts by providin technical
assistance and nancial resources. Participants have emphasizedthe importance o reconnectin children to the outdoors throuh
education, recreation and outdoor learnin. Landowners and
conservationists alike have talked about the need or tax incentives
and undin or conservation easements.
The urent need or action is clear in the new USDA report released
this summer, Private Forests, Public Benets, which estimates
development will consume more than 57 million acres o Americas
privately owned rural orests rom 2000 to 2030. The report hih-
lihts the act that two-thirds o our nations orested landscape is
privately owned and at risk o conversion and development to other
uses such as housin or commercial development.
Multiple economic orces drive that conversion. Even in todays eco-
nomic climate, timber companies are ndin real estate to be more
protable than sellin los. Concurrently, multi-eneration amily
orest owners oten strule to pay hih estate taxes, leavin heirs
little choice but to sell their orest leacies to land developers.
The Private Forests, Public Benets report shows that now, more
than ever, we need to take an all lands approach to manain our
nations orests, whether they are national orests or are under the
stewardship o state or private entities, said Secretary Vilsack ater
the reports release (Land Letter, Au. 19).
While the prospect o losin a orested area the size o Idaho is
a rim one, its encourain to see the administration spotliht a
critical issue that aects rural and urban dwellers alike, Wayburn
said PFT President Laurie Wayburn. Its truly excitin and presents
a tremendous opportunity to scale up rom ocusin on individual proj-ects to conservin our nations workin orests at a landscape level.
President Obama has tasked our members o his cabinet to review
the challenes acin conservation in the 21st century and to
submit their proposed recommendations to him by November 15th
o this year. His advisors include the heads o the Departments o
Interior and Ariculture, the Environmental Protection Aency and
the Council o Environmental Quality. They will work in coordination
with the Departments o Deense, Commerce, Housin and Urban
Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, Transportation,
Education, and the Oce o Manaement and Budet.
In Auust, Secretary o Ariculture Tom Vilsack convened a special
listenin session in New Hampshire ocused on workin orests.
PFT was asked to join the discussion and recommend additional
speakers on the issue. At this and three other sessions around the
U.S. and in a number o private meetins with senior ocials in
Washinton, D.C. PFT has been advocatin or chanes in ederal
policies to promote the conservation o privately owned, workin
orests. And were not alone. Weve been urin our landownin
partners and our allies in conservation to join us in callin upon
policy makers to act now to protect our open spaces.
Since early June, we have held 18 listenin sessions across the
country, Secretary Vilsack told the roup that athered in New
Hampshire. Some common themes have emered. We have heardabout the importance o local partnerships and collaboration in
conservin lare landscapes. We heard how the ederal overn-
Ou vision o th 21st ntuy is n intonntdntwok o opn sp oss th ndsp thtsuppots hthy osysts nd high quity o io ains. uSdaS OPeN SPaCe CONSeRVaTiON STRaTeGy
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communities across the nation. However, to meet the new chal-
lenes acin conservation in the 21st century, both prorams must
be enhanced throuh ull undin and reater fexibility. Expandin
Forest Leacy and LWCF would directly support community-based
conservation by makin ederal undin available to land trusts or
conservation easements or acquisition. Already, more than 40 otherconservation roups and landowners rom across the country have
joined PFT in this campain.
These chanes will allow us to leverae scarce ederal conservation
dollars more eectively, Wayburn says. With increasin development
pressures and the onset o climate chane, we need to re-tool ed-
eral prorams so that conservation oranizations can protect even
larer landscapes.
You can learn more about our recommendations and oer your
support directly by visitin the USDAs IdeaJam website at:
ttp://bt.l/t6Zy or view our letter to key Administration ocials
at: ttp://bt.l/9BRah.
says, addin that these issues were the primary motivation or
PFTs oundin and were rst ocused on in-depth in our publication
Americas Private Forests.
This new report serves as a reminder that orests sustain everyone
who breathes air and depends on the water provided by our nations
orested watersheds, Wayburn says. Now we must press the
administration and our lawmakers to act beore its too late. Its up
to us and our policymakers to make this happen.
leveraGInG the Forest leGacy
ProGram and the land & Water
conservatIon FundThe Forest Leacy Proram and the Land and Water Conservation
Fund (LWCF) are two prorams that have been instrumental in
public-private partnerships in the past, and could have an even
reater impact in the uture. These hihly successul ederal
prorams already have conserved millions o acres o land in
PeTeR STeiN, Continued rom pae 3
public-private conservation tool that mixes private capital, philan-
thropic support and voter-approved public undin. Pioneered by
PFT and championed by Stein, WFCEs have since conserved
millions o acres across the U.S., brinin new revenue to land-
owners and perpetually saeuardin lands rom development.
Whats the next bi conservation innovation on the horizon?
Stein areed it will be critical to increase ederal investment in theconservation o workin lands at a landscape scale, which the
Land and Water Conservation Fund and Forest Leacy Proram
can help accomplish (see above).
Secondly, state and ederal lawmakers must act to create markets
that refect the value o improved orest manaement over time.
Lastly, Stein would like to see more land trusts develop PFTs level
o expertise in the policy arena. I dont know o any land trust inAmerica that has achieved the policy traction that PFT has achieved.
Its created a comortable pathway or more land trusts to enae in
the political process, Stein said.
There are our million members o land trusts in America with
sinicant political orce. And I think that Connie, Laurie, the sta
at the Pacic Forest Trust, and the partners theyve developed have
really created a model or usin their members and their voices to
achieve better public policies at the local, state, and national level.
abov: The Lyme Timber Companys Peter Stein accepts the 2010
Forest Champion award rom PFT Co-Founders and Co-CEOs
Connie Best (let) and Laurie Wayburn. Photo by Toni gauthier
Oppost pg: A view over the Sierra Nevada rom Campstool
Ranch in Calaveras County, Cali. Photo by Chris Harrison
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FOuNdaTiONSBetsy & Jesse Fink Fund
The Bullitt Foundation
Elizabeth Mauhan Charitable Foundation
The Fred gellert Family Foundation
Konsaard-goldman Foundation
Laird Norton Family Foundation
Linden Trust or Conservation
Mararet A. Carill Foundation
Marisla Foundation
Mary A. Crocker Trust
Merck Family Fund
The Moore Charitable FoundationPisces Foundation
Richard & Rhoda goldman Fund
S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation
The Tebbe Family Foundation
BuSiNeSSeSAutodesk, Inc.
The Campbell group
The Collins Companies
Columbia Forest Products
Deutsche Bank
Drew Maran Construction
The Forestland group
green Diamond Resource Company
Hancock Forest Manaement
Humboldt Redwood Company
John Bernstein/Northern Sierra Partnership
Mendocino Redwood Company
Pacic gas and Electric Company
Rosebur Forest Products
Timothy & Billie Taylor/Ecohaus
W.M. Beaty & Associates
iNdiViduaLSAnonymous Donors
Anonymous in honor o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Michael & Jeanne Adams
Henry Alden
Mark Andre
Leslie Balliner in honor o Charlie Swindells
Stephen & Terry Beck
Ralph Benson
Randall Beren
Peter & Janice Berquist in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Eric Thomas Black & Chris HarrisonMarion Bos III & Clara Thomas Bos
Peter Boyer & Terry gamble
Allan & Marilyn Brown in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Carter Brown
Maalen O. Bryant
Helena Brykarz
Leslie Walker Burlock
Donald M. Campbell
Pey C. Campbell
Norm & Portia Christensen in memory oDr. Edar Wayburn
Terry & Barbara CollinsAmanda Cundi
Christy & Paul Curtis
Henry & Verilia Dakin
John DavisSandy & Cathy Dean in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Phil Detrich
Kate Ditzler & Stuart gasner
Peter & Happy Esty
Howell Feruson
James P. Finerty in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
John & Laura Fisher
Thomas Francis
Tim Frank
Steve Frisch
Daniel & Linda geballe
Dr. Keith gilless
David Frenznick Bettina glennin
Michael gallaher & Ruth Shapiro
Lorraine gallard
Naomi geller in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Martin grin
Tom Harrison
John & Mary Ellen Harte
Art Harwood
Ann Hatch
Perry Heelner in memory o Jamie grodsky
Russell K. HenlyMaurice & Janice Holloway
John & Mary Hooper in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Ken Jennins
Henrik Jones & Barbera Brooks
Marianna Kauman in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn; LewisWayburn; Marian Kauman; and Dr. Richard Wayburn.
Stean Schinziner & Sally Kellman
Richard Kuno & Robert Williams in memory oDr. Edar Wayburn
William Lana
Chris Larson
Susan Lashley in memory o Derek van EckKonrad J. Lieel
Samuel Livermore
Perry & Tricia Lloyd
Dixon Lon
Christopher Mann
Felicia Marcus
Bill & Mary Marre
Amy Meyer in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Wende Williams Micco
Peter Miller
Martha Nelson
Nancy NordhoAlex Pae
Juliet Pae
Kate Panawek
gabe Petlin
Tiany Potter
Erik Rinelber
Marit & Richard Roos-Collins
James Rinehart & Carol Finkelstein
Tim Robards
Je Romm
Martin Rosen in memory o Dr. Edar Wayburn
Leo Roy
Joan Rubenson
Hal Salwasser
Lex & Christine Sant
Marlene Sarnat in memory o Dr. Edar WayburnSusannah Schroll
Nicole Schuetz
Walter & Jeanne Sedwick
Brian Shillinlaw
William & Wendy Snyder
Kristen Steck
William & Claudia Stelle
Peter Stein & Lisa Cashdan in honor oDr. Edar Wayburn
Dee Swanhuyser
geore A. Thompson
Karie & David Thomson
Mike Tolleson
Nancy Tompkins
Frank & Francis Tsai
Harry A. Turner
Andrea Tuttle
Nita Vail
Steve Van Landinham & Matt Ogrady
Brooks Walker III
Brooks Walker, Jr.
Kirby Walker
Lindsey WalkerSandy Walker
Mean Waro & Dan Olstein
Julie Weisman
Darcy Wheeles
Searle Whitney
Dou Wickizer
Bill Wilkinson
Elizabeth Wroblicka
Allene Zaner
Mitchell Zeemont
Delphine Zeuli
iN-KiNdAnchor Brewin Company
Ansel Adams gallery
Caliornia Snow
Cowirl Creamery
Eiht Arms Cellars
Harney & Sons Fine Teas
Husch Vineyards
John Bentleys Restaurant
Kimpton Hotels
Madrona Vineyards
Method Products
Navarro Vineyards
Pataonia
Phillips Bros. Mill
Ravenswood Winery
Saintsbury Winery
San Francisco Hat Company
San Francisco Symphony
SOAR Infatables
Soluri Meserve, A Law Corporation
Sorensens Resort
Sports BasementSteve Van Landinham & Matt Ogrady
Tom Lupo & Laura Harvey
Ulrike Pirrun
thank you. We GrateFully acknoWledGe the FolloWInG donors
Whose FInancIal GIFts and PledGes From January 1, 2010 to
october 7, 2010 have helPed make our Work PossIble.
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Pt daa PassIon For natural
landscaPes leads to
leGacy For conservatIon
Investor Peter Davis knows at least two thins or sure. The British-
born climber, backpacker and avid outdoorsman is dedicated toconservin the natural landscapes he loves.
And Im not immortal, he quips. So it was clear to me that
once my childrens and randchildrens needs are met, I want to
support oranizations that are doin ood thins or the world,
FOReST FeTe, Continued rom pae 3
Nnc Sknnr Noro, the 2009 Association o Fundraisin
Proessionals Outstandin Philanthropist o the Year, came to
issue a challene at Fete. Donate now, said PFT Board Chair
Charlie Swindells, announcin her it, and Nancy will enerously
match your it two to one, up to $15,000.
Nordho, a native o Seattle, has been a enerous PFT supporter
since 2004. She comes rom a amily with a lon history o enerous
philanthropy and is particularly interested in historic and environ-
mental preservation, sustainable development and support o the
rural economy.
Were so rateul to Nancy or this enerous it and to our other
supporters who answered her call, said PFT President Laurie
Wayburn (pictured riht, speakin to Nordho). Its clear this is
the time to intensiy our eorts. We can meet the challenes
ahead with support rom Nancy and others who join her call or
matchin its.
both today and ater Im one. As part o this philanthropic vision,
Davis recently made provisions in his estate plannin to leave a
substantial bequest to the Pacic Forest Trust.
My passions have always been to conserve mountains, orests,
oceans, beaches our natural landscapes. So when I contribute
to charitable oranizations, thats the eld theyre in. The Pacic
Forest Trust ts very rmly into that, he said. PFT is marketin
an incentive-based stratey that is ood or the earth, ood or the
public, ood or the environment and ood or landowners. I know
and I like the mission o PFT, as well as its people and their approach
to their work. Theyre doin a reat job.
Now a resident o Tiburon, Caliornia, the investor has been very
savvy about makin planned its that reduce his tax burden while
supportin causes he believes in. In act, he has delivered several
talks about the various ways successul people can structure
planned charitable its such as appreciated stock, land or cash
either as outriht its, bequests, or in trusts that yield annuity
payments to a donor or their partner throuhout their lietime.
Such planned ivin allows donors to leave money or assets to
a nonprot as part o their leacy. It can also provide a way to invest
money so that the donor receives benets durin his/her lie andthen bequeaths the remainin unds to the nonprot. Various
nancial instruments can be adapted to each donors needs. To
learn more about how you can support PFT throuh planned ivin,
contact our Development Oce at 415-561-0700 ext. 37.
Forest Fete 2010was presented with the enerous support o
Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, and
many other businesses and individuals acknowleded on pae 8.
See all our Fetesupporters listed at:www.pcfcorst.org/orstt/orstt10.tl.
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sa vaeamnt
AppconservatIon corrIdor WIll
Protect natIonally sIGnIFIcant
Watershed reGIon In calIF.
The Pacic Forest Trust (PFT) is makin sinicant proress toward
creatin a unique conservation corridor in the wildlie-rich Sierra
Valley, the larest alpine valley in North America.
This summer two key state aencies the Caliornia Wildlie Con-
servation Board and Sierra Nevada Conservancy approved und-
in or two o the conservation easement projects we are developin
in Sierra Valley. The valley is located north o Lake Tahoe where the
headwaters o the Feather River orm the most extensive wetlands
ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada.
The projects are strateically located where upland oreststransition to meadowland on the valley foor, ensurin unbroken
continuity amon these diverse habitats needed by many species
and protectin the fow o clean water or millions o Caliornians.
Once these easement projects are completed, PFT will have
conserved 4,470 acres in partnership with ve ranchers in the
Sierra Valley, which is located at the southern tip o our broader
Klamath-Cascade ocal area. Our conservation sta also is workin
to establish conservation easements on an additional 2,683 acres o
neihborin land in the area.
Were creatin a lare conservation corridor o well-manaed
orest and ranchlands in an ecoloically sinicant area, says
Mean Waro, Klamath Cascade Proram Director. Closin on
these easements will represent real proress in our eorts to
conserve this southwestern section o Sierra Valley and its
water resources, which support a rich array o plants and wildlie,complement downstream conservation and restoration projects,
and help sustain local ranchers and the community as a whole.
Our work in Sierra Valley is establishin a much-needed brake on
encroachin development in the reion, a stones throw rom Reno,
Nev., and a popular spot or second homes and ranchettes. It also
assures wildlie an unbroken habitat corridor rom the valley foor
up to the orested ridetop.
Acquirin the unds to close these easements represents sinicant
momentum in our work to assure a sustainable, natural resource-
based uture or this beautiul and productive valley and the larer
Klamath Cascade reion, said PFT Co-CEO Connie Best.
lnkn Ft, lan uan spa t cmat can
PFt leveraGes envIronmental
QualIty laWs to saFeGuard
Forests clImate beneFIts
Deorestation here and abroad is responsible or a staerin 40percent o the excess man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
today. The orests that remain now serve as a critical climate
deense, saely absorbin and storin reenhouse ases that uel
climate chane by trappin heat in the atmosphere.
Which is yet another key reason why the Pacic Forest Trust and
so many others are urently workin to reduce or mitiate or the
neative impacts o orest development and conversion now.
In addition to our eorts at the ederal level, PFT is workin in
several states to mitiate emissions rom orest loss by leverain
existin state environmental reulations. In states where such
environmental quality laws dont exist or where reulators need
additional leal directives to act, were also supportin leislation
that reconizes and mitiates the environmental and climate
impacts o development and associated orest loss in particular.
Read more about where were workin and the stratey or our
state mitiation work on our blo: ttp://bt.l/hg9ar.
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The accreditation process enabled us to both assess the robustness oour policies and practices and improve urther with eedback rom our
peers, said PFT Board Chair Charlie Swindells. Accreditation shows
we can walk the talk and uphold the hihest standards throuhout
our oranization.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, based in Saratoa Sprins,
N.Y., awards the accreditation seal to community institutions that meet
national quality standards or protectin important natural places and
workin lands orever. More inormation on the accreditation proram isavailable on the Commissions website, www.lntrstccrtton.org.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent proram
o the Land Trust Alliance, announced this summer that the Pacifc
Forest Trust has been awarded accredited status.
Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards or protectin
important natural places and workin lands orever, said Commis-
sion Executive Director Tammara Van Ryn. The accreditation seal
lets the public know that the accredited land trust has underone an
extensive, external review o the overnance and manaement o its
oranization and the systems and policies it uses to protect land.
The Pacifc Forest Trust was one o 12 land trusts rom across the
country to be awarded accreditation in Auust. These oranizations
join 93 other land trusts out o more than 1,750 such conserva-tion roups in the United States awarded accreditation since the
frst oranizations were desinated in the all o 2008.
The award particularly distinuishes PFT by virtue o its breadth,
coverin all areas in which PFT works. It specifcally reconizes
three perormance areas: the development, acquisition and man-
aement o conservation easements; transactions conservin lands
or transer into public ownership; and stewardship o lands PFT
owns and manaes.
ON The COVeR: Second Lake rom Maalloway Tower, by Brendan Moore
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