About BACH
The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) collaborates with grassroots activists and organizations working on forest habitat and species issues.
BACH uses a diversity of tactics and strategies to advocate for ecologically sound solutions for the forest ecosystems of California’s North Coast.
Our campaign work has included forest and species defense in the redwood ecosystem, Headwaters Forest, the Mattole Watershed, work with Indigenous people on Land Back and sacred site protection, Jackson State Forest, and many other areas.
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Our alerts are short, infrequent and to the point. We include news from forest campaigns and events on the North Coast of California and related events in the Bay Area.
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Raise Your Voice! Jackson Forest meetings are now!
CalFire is holding 8 Public Meetings starting NOW: See below for schedule.Cal Fire is requesting “community insight” for the new Management Plan for Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Please attend and let Cal Fire know that they are in violation of California environmental review law and must wait until guidance on tribal co-management is provided by local Tribes and the California Natural Resources Agency. Information and registration for these meetings is provided below. Suggested Talking Points for the meetings can be found here. Strong participation is crucial, so mark your calendars and plan to attend as many of these meetings as possible! If you pre-register, you will be sent…
The Ghost Forest~Our Story
Join Greg King, as he presents on his deeply researched, amazing book “GHOST FOREST: Racists, Radicals and Real Estate in the California Redwoods.” Online Forest Protection Forum: March 18 at 4 pm Register HERE to join. How is it possible that humanity was ultimately able to protect only 80,000 acres, or 4 percent, or California’s original expanse of 2 million acres of coast redwood forest? The answer lies in a century-long determination by capitalists to not “preserve” but RESERVE as much ancient redwood as possible not for parks, but for industrial uses. The means to achieve such carte blanche in the woods have been cunning, usually illegal, and ongoing today. These…
Join us in Letting the Board of Forestry What Jackson Forest Needs
Members of the Coalition to Save Jackson State Forest made an agendized presentation to the CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection in Sacramento for over an hour on December 6, 2023, which was followed by extensive public comment in support of a new vision for JDSF. Hi everyone,Our presentation to the Board of Forestry in Sacramento went well, we shared our vision for JDSF and put a lot of truth in the public record of the Board that oversees CalFire and JDSF. You can read a portion of the presentation in this written statement and watch video recordings of the Dec. 6th meeting (and Dec….
News from the North Coast and the Bay Area
Dear friend of the forest, We believe in the power and in the basic common sense of coalition work and alliances. We believe that working with other organizations and individuals brings together deeper, more diverse perspectives, and expands knowledge and skills that one organization simply could not muster. Diversity is strength. We also believe strongly in standing in solidarity with our indigenous allies. When faced with agency misconduct around sacred sites and the issue of tribal co-management of ancestral homelands, following the tribal lead is the route to arriving at wise decisions.The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH)…
The History of Our Founding
Headwaters Forest Campaign History
Starting the 1980s, environmental activists used non-violent direct action to slow the logging of ancient redwoods on California’s North Coast. Read about this about this over two-decades-long campaign which resulted in the preservation of the Headwaters Forest Reserve.
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Headwaters Forest Reserve
The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) has taken a leadership role in the Headwaters Forest Reserve planning process through our Wilderness Forever! project.
BACH was successful in getting more protections on sensitive habitat, in response to concerns about impacts of human recreational use.
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