Explore Sightline’s articles on climate-smart farming, where we delve into sustainable agricultural practices that support Cascadia’s resilience to climate change.
Uncontainable Wildfires Are Inevitable. Community Destruction Is Not.
Five policy shifts could help communities harden their homes against fire danger.
Northwest Carbon Markets Can’t Support Longer Timber Harvest Rotations
That would take a New Zealand-style, all-forests cap-and-trade system.
Why Do We Choose Short Rotation Forestry Over Carbon Storage, Timber Supply, and Forest Health?
The discount rate, vanishing large-log mills, and fear of the spotted owl.
Yes, Long Rotations Can Yield Real Climate Gains for Cascadia
Harvesting trees at 80 years, instead of 40, stores more carbon and yields more timber.
