2011 A n n u A l r e po r t

2011 A n n u A l r e p o r t

I really think that’s the joy of PFT; they’re getting things done. And we can work together to make sure 100 years from now working forests are healthy and continue to be part of the climate change solution, protected from development, sequestering carbon and contributing to the economy.” —JoHn lAird, cAliforniA secretAry for nAturAl resources

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investing in a Forest-resource economyAt the end of 2011, the Pacific Forest Trust unveiled “The klamath-Cascade: California’s Watershed in the Balance.” The publication highlights this globally important, 10 million-acre region of California that receives 75% of the state’s annual precipi-tation. it provides the vast majority of California’s irrigated agricultural and drinking water. Our initiative builds a new resource economy based on sustainable conservation and stewardship. it outlines a new approach to forest management—harnessing public policies and private capital to build a 21st century forest economy—to reward landowners for sustaining the vital water, wood and climate benefits we all rely on.

The culmination of a decade of research and engagement with landowners, agencies and scientists, the report makes the case for conserving the state’s primary watershed as well-managed forest. it highlights the need for cooperative management across the vast span of public and privately owned land for the benefit of communities, forests and water users alike. Forests, water, biological diversity, climate change, and people are all contextualized within the klamath-Cascade’s broad economic and ecological landscape.

So much depends on this relatively unknown forest region. We can’t afford to take it for granted as the climate changes, a younger generation seeks employment, and a 19th century timber industry strains under 21st century economic forces.

The response has been positive and immediate. local, state and federal partners have embraced the report and its recommendations. They are engaged and collaboratively developing shared approaches for sustain-ing this irreplaceable region. Our Conservation director, Megan Wargo, now lives in the klamath-Cascade.

PFT’s klamath-Cascade initiative is a deepening of our mission. it implements a vision of landscape-level conser-vation, underpinned by markets for multiple forest values: wood, water, wildlife, climate and our well-being. Forest owners across the region are working with us to conserve

over 100,000 acres in the next few years — adding to the over 40,000 acres we have currently conserved as well-managed forest. Together, we’re creating an expansive “living laboratory” to demonstrate how public and private partners can secure key resources together and manage them coopera-tively. We couldn’t do it without partners like you, who share our passion for innovative solutions.

Thank you for investing in the future of our forests and communities. We’re creating a vibrant, 21st century resource-based economy that serves people everywhere.

Sincerely,

Charlie Swindells, Board Chair laurie A. Wayburn, President & Co-CEO Constance Best, Co-CEO

It is a great out-come when county

supervisors, a business, and conservationists can develop a project that’s good for jobs and helps protect our forests and species.”— cHucK BonHAM, director,

cAliforniA depArtMent of fisH And GAMe

Policy impact From Big Picture to Fine Print

The Pacific Forest Trust is known for thinking big when it comes to conserving and stewarding our forest landscapes. The majority of forests in the u.S. — nearly two-thirds — are privately owned, but wildfires, wildlife and watersheds don’t recognize those boundaries. Collaborative solutions are necessary to meet the challenges posed by our grow-ing population and changing climate.

in 2011, PFT saw its calls for an “all-lands” approach to managing lands reflected both in the Obama administration’s report on the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative, and in the u.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s revised Recovery Plan for one of our most emblematic endangered species, the northern Spotted Owl. This cooperative, partnership approach to solving problems is at the heart of PFT’s recommen-dations for stewarding our privately owned natural landscapes for the many public benefits they provide: wood, water, wildlife and a stable climate.

influencing big-picture thinking about forest manage-ment is central to our work. So, too, is education and applying our expertise to the “small print.” in 2011, PFT produced scholarly articles on conservation ease-ments, federal policy regarding ecosystem markets

and the economic feasibility of developing forest carbon projects in the South. We also advised policymakers in Calif., Ore. and Wash. on the technical aspects of regulating forest carbon projects, generating renewable energy from forests, and using existing regulatory tools to mitigate the emissions caused by forest conversion. PFT also worked hard to ensure robust project standards and proper carbon accounting for California’s pioneering climate program—and succeeded. The program already is serving as a model for other states and nations. its success — and our climate future — depends on the integrity of these standards.

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This is truly revolu-tionary work... It’s the first time in any regulated greenhouse gas market that forest credits are recognized. And it’s due to the vision of the Pacific Forest Trust.” —GAry Gero, president, cliMAte Action reserve

The Climate Action Reserve awarded PFT its 2012 Climate Action Champion award, recognizing a decade of successful efforts to address climate change by harnessing the power of forests. The award follows the Calif. Air Resources Board’s historic vote in Oct. 2011 to approve an economy-wide cap and trade program.

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in 2011, the Pacific Forest Trust…• continued to make strides to secure the role of u.s. forests in climate and energy policies. in California, PFT worked extensively to assist the California Air Resources Board in the development of regulatory-compliance offsets in its landmark cap-and-trade program regulations. These standards were formally adopted Oct. 20, 2011. Creating the first compliance carbon market in the world to include offset projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions through improved forest management, these new rules promise significant benefits to the atmosphere, forests and land-owners across the u.S. PFT also worked with counties and municipalities in Southern California to promote strategies to reduce CO2 emissions through changes to land use, as part of the Southern California Area Governments (SCAG) program.

• collaborated with the u.s. fish and Wildlife service on new approaches to improve habitat for endan-gered species through the use of Working Forest Conservation Easements. PFT also provided feedback

on the Service’s revised Recovery Plan for endangered northern Spotted Owls and served as a key media contact on the plan, providing background and com-mentary for The new york Times, Oregonian, Environ-ment and Energy TV, and land letter among others.

• cultivated a broad base of support for an adjustment to yosemite national park’s (ynp) western boundary among county, state and federal officials, local stakeholders and partner nGOs to help fulfill John Muir’s original vision for ynP. With the leadership of Congressman Jim Costa, this bill is now being introduced in Congress.

• promoted an amendment to the forest legacy program that would strengthen the program and state partnerships with land trusts. Championed by state foresters in Calif. and Wash., the amendment is being carried by Ore. Senator Jeff Merkley, with broad support from landowners and conservation groups across the u.S.

• developed a coalition to work with both the state leg-islature and the public utilities commission to support and demonstrate a sustainable forest energy program within California’s Public Goods Charge funding, work that continues to make significant progress in 2012.

• Worked closely with Washington’s department of ecology to draft guidance for Washington’s environ-mental policy Act (sepA) on accounting for green-house gas emissions from forest conversion.

We should be pro-moting emerging markets for carbon and sustainable bio-energy and establishing other incentives to pro-viding rural landown-ers with new income opportunities. … PFT has been incredibly effective at forging these types of incentives and partnerships with far-reaching results.” — toM vilsAcK, u.s. secretAry

of AGriculture

Opposite page: (left-right) CAR President Gary Gero, ARB Chair Mary nichols, PFT Board Secretary Andrea Tuttle, PFT President laurie Wayburn, PFT Board Member linda Adams, Fmr. CA State Senator Byron Sher and CAR director Emerita diane Wittenberg celebrate PFT’s “knock-out” work for forests and the climate! This page: Ackerson Ranch, near yosemite national Park (Paul Mason/PFT).

The [Bear Creek Work-ing Forest] Project successfully balances ecological and economic concerns with a holistic, landscape- level approach to conservation in a key watershed region.” —JoHn p. donnelly, executive

director, cAliforniA Wildlife

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Conservation Progress LandscaPe-LeveL, Long view

last year, the Pacific Forest Trust published a report setting an ambitious goal for achieving “big impact” conservation: Ensure 85 percent of California’s primary watershed remains well-managed forest. “The klamath-Cascade: California’s Water-shed in the Balance” focuses attention on almost 10 million acres of the state’s northern forests, reaching from the headwaters of the Feather River to Mt. lassen and north of Mt. Shasta to the Oregon border, down the klamath, Trinity and Marble Mountains. The klamath-Cascade Region provides drinking water for millions of Californians, and the vast majority of its irrigated agricul-tural water. yet, few realize how much they depend on the fate of a region located many hundreds of miles away.

Today, the klamath-Cascade landscape is relatively intact — but its private forests and their life-sustaining resources are threatened by an array of forces, including the economic crisis, globalization and the decline of the forest products industry, climate change, and demographic shifts as youth seek work elsewhere. These factors often drive unsustainable management and increasing conversion of forests to sprawl.

Building awareness of the klamath-Cascade’s vital natural values and human communities — as well as

what threatens them — was a driving motivation for producing the klamath-Cascade Report. PFT also convened an on-going regional advisory council of local stakeholders who are helping us advance shared goals to build a green economy and conserve the Region’s green infrastructure. Working together, we can ensure the Region continues to benefit all Californians who need clean water, sustainably harvested wood products, opportunities for recreation, and inspiration in the wild-lands that also are home to so many fish and wildlife.

(Right, Page 6) From left: John davis, Rich Potter, dennis Cain, Tim McBride, Connie Best, dean Stuck, Jim Wolter, Bill Marre, and Megan Wargo in the klamath-Cascade Region.

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A mutual, symbiotic relationship exists between the environ- mental infrastructure and the human infra-structure. Roseburg, PFT and Siskiyou County realize that this is essen-tial to sustainability. The Bear Creek Working Forest Project squarely targets that goal.” —ric costAles, nAturAl resources

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We already have a good start. We’ve created a conserva-tion corridor of almost 5,000 acres in the Sierra Valley, located just north of lake Tahoe. in 2011, we worked with landowners to conserve lemon Canyon Ranch and Calpine Meadow Ranch — 1,400 and 237 acres respectively. PFT leveraged key funding from the Sierra nevada Conservancy (SnC) and California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) along with generous landowner donations to make this happen.

later in the year, we celebrated a major success when the WCB also approved a $7.8 million grant to fund the Bear Creek Working Forest Project. Owned by Roseburg Resources, this 8,230-acre project conserves key working forests, watersheds and other significant natural resources in Siskiyou and Shasta counties. Roseburg Resources, the second largest employer in the area, continues to manage its Bear Creek lands in accordance with the easements terms, and now has additional financial resources to sustainably maintain its operations. The project demonstrates how investing in conserving our natural resources can immediately help a community, while ensuring invaluable dividends for future generations.

in 2011, the Pacific Forest Trust…• launched the Klamath-cascade initiative with the re-lease of the klamath-Cascade report outlining the need for landscape-scale conservation in the state’s primary watershed. We also built a Klamath-cascade Advisory council, a diverse group of regional stakeholders, to address the complex economic and ecological threats facing the Region.

• successfully completed three working forest conservation easements in the Klamath-cascade: Two in PFT’s Sierra Valley Focal Area and a third major project in the Mt. Shasta headwaters. PFT has over 100,000 additional acres queued up for conservation re-gionally. One of these projects ranked first in California and 20th nationally for federal Forest legacy funding.

• Made significant progress on conserving the lane family’s historic and beautifully managed 2,100-acre campstool ranch in calaveras county. With support from the SnC and WCB, we expect to complete the project in 2012.

• partnered with the california department of fish and Game to develop a conceptual Area protection plan (CAPP) for the 3.1 million-acre Mt. Shasta headwaters Area. The CAPP provides the strategic foundation for investment decisions in conservation regionally.

• Added 1,000 acres to the cascade-siskiyou national Monument while also working to protect an additional 480 acres. PFT has acquired over 5,500 acres from willing sellers to add to the nation’s first monument designated for its globally outstanding biodiversity.

(left, Page 7) Big Bear Flat, part of the Bear Creek Working Forest Project.

$100,000 And up Margaret A. Cargill Foundation

$50,000–$99,999Bella Vista Foundation

$25,000–$49,999The Bullitt Foundation

Mary A. Crocker Trust

Carbon Canopy/dogwood Alliance

Brian & kathleen dossey

The Energy Foundation

lisa and douglas Goldman Fund

The libra Foundation

Marisla Foundation

James and Rebecca Morgan Family Foundation

laird norton Family Foundation

Sequoia Foundation

William laney & Pasha Thornton/Flora l. Thornton Foundation

$10,000–$24,999Allan & Marilyn Brown

Ayrshire Foundation

harney & Sons Fine Teas

Charlie & darci Swindells

Gregory & daphne Tebbe

The Weeden Foundation

$5,000-$9,999Cherida Collins Smith & Glenn Smith

Maribeth W. Collins

Truman Collins

Peter J. davis

larry linden/linden Trust for Conservation

kirk Marckwald & Chris desser

national Park Trust

nancy nordhoff

Susannah Schroll

karie & david Thomson

Andrea & don Tuttle

Brooks Walker & The Walker Family

$1,000–$4,999Constance Best

The Campbell Group

lisa Cashdan & Peter Stein

Rosemary Carroll

The Collins Companies

Columbia Forest Products

Convergent Wealth Advisors

Christy Curtis

John & laura Fisher

The Forestland Group, llC

John Graham & katherine Munro

Green diamond Resource Company

hancock Forest Management

Maurice & Janice holloway

humboldt Redwood Company, llC

William & lynda hutton

Robert & Edie kirkwood

nancy kittle

O.h. Perry & Tricia lloyd

lyme Timber Company

Mendocino Redwood Company

Mark Miller

The Moore Charitable Foundation

Stephen & Amanda Morris

Colin Mosely/The Prairie Foundation

nancy nordhoff

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Bob & Randi Fisher/Pisces Foundation

Timothy & ulrike Pirrung

Port Blakely Tree Farms lP

Roseburg Forest Products

lex Sant

Community Foundation Sonoma County’s Schulz donor Advised Fund

Walter Sedgwick

Shasta Forest Timberlands, llC

Timothy & Billie Taylor

nancy Tompkins

Trout Mountain Forestry

James & Carmen Ward

laurie A. Wayburn

Searle Whitney

W.M. Beaty & Associates, inc.

thank You. we grateFuLLY acknowLedge the FoLLowing donors whose FinanciaL giFts and PLedges in 2011 heLPed make our work PossiBLe.

$500–$999iain Boltin

Terry & Barbara Collins

Vergilia dakin

Robert Flint Jr.

Conservation Partners —

The law Office of Ellen A. Fred

Alison Geballe

dr. Robert hrubes, Ph.d.

Christopher & Martina Mann

dan Martin

Edward O’Brien &

Patricia hickey O’Brien

Russ Shay

George & Anita Thompson

$250–$499Joseph Bunker

Charles & Paola Casey

Anthony Fouracre &

Martha Okie-Fouracre

Michael Gallagher & Ruth Shapiro

laurie R. Gneiding & Michael Brady

Ruskin k. hartley

George helmholz

don koch

drew Maran & Sandra Slater

Osha Meserve

northland Forest Products, inc

George Peyton, Jr.

Paula Phillips

Tom & nona Russell

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Janet Mclennan

nicholas Millar

Michelle Passero

Jon Roush & Cynthia Chinn

Brian Shillinglaw

Rebecca Tatum

in KindAbsinthe Brasserie and Bar

Michael and Jeanne Adams

Alexander Valley Vineyards

Anchor Brewing

Anderson Valley Brewing Company

California Pizza kitchen in Corte Madera

California Snow/Bob Roberts

Château Julien

Chez Panisse

Anton Chiono

Marshal Compton

Eight Arms Cellars

EO Products

Fleet Feet San Francisco

Geographic Expeditions

Global yoga

harney & Sons Fine Teas

hotel durant

Mike hupp (dawn Patrol images)

husch Vineyards

knight’s Catering

lagunitas Brewing Co.

Tom lupo

$100–$249Eldon Beck

lew & Shauna Butler

Paul & Anne Ehrlich

James Finerty

david hartwell

Amy Meyer

Jim & lisa nicol

Jonathan nimer

Mark hobart Reed

leo Roy

linda Sanford

Timothy Schallich

Ethan Schram

Tania & Michael Stepanian

Gladys Thacher

Faye Weisler

Paula Westdahl

donald Wilson

kirke Wolfe

Mary & Mark Zoback

$1–$99Greg Blomstrom

Jill Butler

david & kirsten Carpentier

Theodore & Patricia Eliot

hawk Greenway

John & Mary Ellen harte

Gus kaufman Jr.

konrad J. liegel

dan luoma

kirk Marckwald & Chris desser

Soluri Meserve, A law Corporation

Patagonia

Paxton Gate

Phillips Bros. Mill

ulrike l. Pirrung

Presidio Fitness

Quail lodge Golf Club

Ravenswood Winery

REi Corte Madera

Robert Biale Vineyards

Rogers Coffee and Tea

Rogue klamath River Adventures

Russian River Adventures

Saintsbury Vineyard

San Francisco hat Company

San Francisco Symphony

Sea Ranch lodge

Shag hair Salon

Silpada

Sorensen’s Resort

Sports Basement

Peter Stent

SusieCakes Bakery

The Pad Studios

Vindebut

We Olive

WorldWise

if your name has been inadvertently omitted or misrepresented please email communications@pacificforest.org.

Giving Thanks for The People’s TreeThe Pacific Forest Trust was proud to partner with the Stanislaus national Forest in providing and delivering the 2011 u.S. Capitol Christmas Tree to Washington, d.C. last december. The u.S. Forest Service relies on a non-profit partner to help orchestrate the tree’s outreach and transportation efforts each year. PFT helped raise awareness of the Tree, coordinated donations, contracted with service providers, and worked with the Van Eck Forest Foundation to make the effort carbon neutral.

“We want to thank everyone who partnered with us to help get ‘The People’s Tree’ to d.C. last year,” said PFT president laurie Wayburn. “Many Americans only think of trees around the holidays. This evergreen gift from California’s forests was an inspiring reminder of the many benefits forests provide all year all across the country: climate stabilization, clean water, wood and rural jobs.”

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New Board MembersThe Pacific Forest Trust is delighted to announce five exceptional leaders from the public service, legal, and conservation fields who have joined our Board of directors.

linda s. Adams is chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of directors, and the former CA Secretary for Environ-mental Protection. don Koch is a wildlife biologist and recently retired director of the CA department of Fish and Game. steve Quarles is an attorney, partner, and former chair with the Washington, d.C. law firm Crowell & Moring, llP. russell shay is director of Public Policy for the land Trust Alliance. Julie Weisman is a veteran environmental lawyer who has worked with the u.S. department of Justice and multiple public agencies.

We also offer profound thanks for the service and insights of outgoing board members Hal salwasser and Greg tebbe.

Media spotlight ‘new Paradigm’ Forest managementFour years ago, the Pacific Forest Trust’s Van Eck Forest Project made headlines coast to coast as the first “early action” carbon emissions reduction project registered under California’s rigorous AB 32 accounting standards. The project amply demonstrated that reductions from forest stewardship projects were “real, verified and permanent.” This effectively created a new forest product, complementary to sustainable timber, and capable of generating substantial new revenues for private landowners.

now, the demonstration forest is getting national attention on another front as we demonstrate how management for climate benefits also promotes habitat for threatened and endangered species. The Van Eck was hailed as a “Model for a new Management Paradigm” in a land letter story that also appeared on the new york times website. Soon after, American forests magazine profiled the forest in the feature, “Endangered Forest Species: What can landowners do to protect the threatened and endangered species that make their homes on private land?”

Both stories noted the innovative Safe harbor Agreement PFT acquired for the forest by building on the working forest conservation easement, which protects and guides forest management on the property. PFT currently is working to develop a template for this type of permit from the u.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This will be a new tool to reward owners of working forests for both conserving and improving habitat for threatened and endangered species on their land.

American Forest FoundationAmerican RiversAppalachian Mountain ClubBureau of land ManagementCalifornia Wildlife

Conservation BoardThe Campbell Group, llCCarbon Canopydogwood Allianceduke university School

of lawFred M. van Eck Forest

Foundation, llChancock Timber Resource

GroupJ. Timothy lane and

Campstool RanchThe lyme Timber CompanyPondosa Forest, llCRoseburg Resources Co.Save the Redwoods leagueSierra Cascade land

Trust CouncilSierra nevada ConservancySustainable Forestry

RoundtableThe Joseph W. Jones Eco-

logical Research CenteruSdA Forest ServiceWorld Resources instituteyale School of Forestry &

Environmental Studies

Klamath-cascade Advisory council Members:larry Alexander, northern

CA Resource CenterCurt Babcock, CA dept. of

Fish and Game

Steve Bachmann, Shasta-Trinity national Forest

don Beaty, W.M. Beaty &Associates

Mike de lasaux, university of California Cooperative Extension

Phil detrich, u.S .Fish andWildlife Service (Ret.)

Jay Francis, Collins PineCompany

nick Goulette, Watershed Research &Training Center

Melinda Graves, natural Resources Conservation Service

Gary hendrix, Phillips Bros. Mill

Mike hupp, ConsultingForester

Bob kingman, Sierra nevada Conservancy

Rich klug, RoseburgResources Co.

Curtis knight,California Trout

don koch, CA dept. of Fishand Game (Ret.)

Jonathan kusel, Sierra institute for Com-munity and Environment

Phil nemir, Consulting Forester

Bill nunes, Supervisor,Sierra County

Colleen O’Sullivan, TrinityCounty RCd

laurie Tippin, uSdA ForestService – Region 5

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PFT 2012 Priorities• ramping up our partnerships to knit together the 10 million-acre landscape of the klamath-Cascade. landowners, ranching families, national Forest managers and local communities are collaborating with PFT to overcome owner-ship boundaries, political barriers and economic hurdles to better protect the Region’s bounty and build a model 21st century forest economy.

• partnering to ensure the effective rollout of AB 32 and advocating for effective investment in conserving forests to secure their immense carbon stores. As Calif. implements its economy-wide cap-and-trade system to fight global warming, ensuring the quality of its linked cap-and-trade program is essential. Forests are a key to reducing CO2 emissions quan-tifiably, permanently and verifiably — a requirement for the use of revenues from the auction of allowances.

Plus, to learn more about key initiatives such as strengthening the Forest legacy Program and incentives for the Endangered Species Act, visit www.pacificforest.org.

2011 Financial review

The Pacific Forest Trust ‘is rewriting the rules of forest economics by proving that [habitat for threatened species] can remain ecologically valuable while also generating significant income for their owners.’ ” — lAnd letter/tHe neW yorK tiMes, in “cAliforniA forest HAiled

As Model for neW MAnAGeMent pArAdiGM,” (septeMBer 29, 2011)

income: $2,130,727

expenses: $2,525,835

fundraising: $288,646General and Administrative: $315,239

programs: $1,921,950

other income: $38,617

investment & related income: $204,852

individual and Business donations: $280,437

foundation Grants: $574,806

fees for services & Government Grants: $1,032,015

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2011 A n n u A l r e p o r t

BoArd of directors (2011–2012)

charlie swindells, Chair

timothy n. taylor, Vice Chair

timothy B. pirrung, Treasurer

Andrea e. tuttle, Secretary

laurie A. Wayburn, Co-founder, Co-CEO &President

constance Best, Co-founder & Co-CEO

linda s. Adams

Ken Jennings

don Koch

o.H. perry lloyd

Kirk Marckwald

Gregory tebbe

privAte forests. puBlic treAsures.

The Presidio 1001-A O’Reilly Avenue San Francisco, CA 94129 www.pacificforest.org 415.561.0700

PRinTEd On RECyClEd PAPER

Hal salwasser

russell shay

steven p. Quarles

Julie Weisman

stAff (2011–2012)

laurie A. Wayburn, President & Co-CEO

constance Best, Co-CEO

paul Mason, Vice President, Policy and incentives

rosemary carroll, director of development

Matt fehrenbacher, director of Stewardship

christine Harrison, Communications director

peter Kodzis, director of Finance & Administration

Jon remucal, Carbon Project Specialist

paula swedeen, director of EcosystemService Programs

Megan Wargo, Conservation director

linda coffee, development Manager

ivy Kostick, Stewardship Manager

Jessica neff, Stewardship Manager

Jade Battle, Executive Assistant

sean o’sullivan, Office/iT Manager

Anton chiono, Policy Analyst

Meghan o’Hare, Senior development Associate

cari Wynkoop, Senior Communications Associate

Jolanta Zakrzewski, Senior Accountant

The Pacific Forest Trust’s mission is to sustain America’s

forests for all their public benefits of wood, water, wildlife

and people’s well being, in cooperation with private land-

owners and communities.

© 2012 The Pacific Forest Trust. All rights reserved. Reproduction permitted with attribution.

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