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Sylvia Troost

Sylvia Troost

Sylvia Troost is a senior manager with Pew Charitable Trust’s conserving marine life in the U.S. project. Her portfolio includes advancing coastal blue carbon management strategies in state climate mitigation and adaptation efforts and helping states leverage the federal Coastal Zone Management Act in support of conservation and resilience goals.

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Oregon elevates natural and working lands to help slow climate change

By: , and - August 15, 2023

In a forward-looking move, leaders in Oregon have committed funding to utilize farms, forests and wetlands in the effort to blunt the effects of climate change. On July 27, Gov. Tina Kotek signed the Climate Resilience Package, House Bill 3409, into law, helping to ensure that the state’s natural and working lands can continue to […]