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Dances With Caltrans–Here we go again

March 24, 2023 by Karen Pickett

RICHARDSON GROVE REDWOODS: Here we go again: Same ill-conceived project, same clueless agency, same beneficiaries (the trucking industry and big box stores) Richardson Grove State Park in southern Humboldt County, is one of the state’s oldest state parks and and is one of the last protected stands of old-growth redwood trees in the world. The park has essential habitat for protected species, and its creeks support runs of imperiled salmon and steelhead trout, in addition to being a revered and popular camping area, called “the gateway to the redwoods”. The state transportation agency Caltrans seeks to widen and straighten the …

Please sign the Jackson Forest Petition!

March 24, 2023November 11, 2022 by Karen Pickett

Sign the Petition to Save Jackson Forest and Support the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians Please sign this petition to declare your support of the objectives of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Pomo Land Back and the Coalition to Save Jackson State Forest. Specifically: Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) is the largest state forest in California at nearly 50,000 acres. It is located in the unceded ancestral Northern Pomo and Coast Yuki territory of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians. Since its inception in 1947, the State has primarily managed this forest to cut it for profit, not preserve it. This state-owned …

Alert: Tell CalFire No Logging Sacred Sites!

March 24, 2023October 25, 2022 by Karen Pickett

Action Alert: Tell CalFire NOT TO Resume Logging Jackson State Forest Take Action!CalFire announced on Monday, October 17th that timber operations would resume in the controversial Caspar 500 Timber Harvest Plan (THP) located in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). The plan has been at the center of over two years of protest in the state-owned timberland located in Mendocino County. As originally proposed, the plan would cut down large, second growth redwood trees, add new roads, harm a Native American sacred site, and impact a popular hiking trail. Such a plan would have been horrifying on a private industrial forest, let alone on …

Join Us for Jackson Forest Rally in Sacramento!

March 24, 2023September 19, 2022 by Karen Pickett

Please join the Coalition to Save Jackson at a “30×30” Kick Off Rally on September 28th, 2022! The rally begins at 11 am, outside the California Natural Resources Agency’s 30×30 Kick Off Event: Sacramento Rally for Pomo Land Back and Protection of Jackson Forest Wed Sep 28th 11am-4pm Natural Resources Agency: 715 P St The State of California has committed to protecting 30% of all land and water by 2030 — goals that are now commonly referred to as the 30×30 initiatives. These initiatives aim to protect the places that science confirms are critical to combat climate change. The Save Jackson Coalition …

Logging Will Restart in Jackson in Face of Tribal Negotiations

August 27, 2022 by Karen Pickett

CalFire announced today that logging would resume in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County, previously put on “pause” while negotiations with local Tribal nations were underway. CalFire made this announcement without informing the Tribes that they have been at the table with for six months. Shame CAL FIRE’s Deception & Stop Logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest In the fall of 2021, in response to protests, CALFIRE agreed to stop logging on Pomo homelands in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) in Mendocino County, while discussing Co-Management Agreements with local Tribes and rewriting its Management Plan. Please join us …

News from Jackson State Forest–Active Times!

August 27, 2022June 15, 2022 by Karen Pickett

We don’t usually forward material from other groups, but one of our colleague organizations in the Jackson State Forest campaign, the Mendocino Trail Stewards, recently put out a comprehensive newsletter bringing readers up to date on Jackson Demonstration State Forest, one of the hottest forest issues right now on California’s’ North Coast, so we share some exerpts with you. Read on! Let the Forest Heal The National Geographic’s latest special edition on Saving Forests has a “Solutions” article entitled, “A New Plan in Germany: Leave Forests Alone and Allow Nature to Heal Itself,” by Andrew Curry. This is the model …

May 24 is Judi Bari Day! Marking Milestones and Honoring Fallen Warriors

August 27, 2022May 18, 2022 by Karen Pickett

Join us at 11am at Park Blvd and E34 St in Oakland on Tuesday, May 24 to celebrate and honor Judi Bari and Dennis Cunningham. We’ll create a street mural and speak out as we renew our defense of civil liberties and biodiversity on earth! The 32nd anniversary of the politically-motivated and nearly deadly 1990 bomb attack on Earth First!ers Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney is May 24, 2022. We’ll gather at 11 am at the place where the bomb exploded and nearly killed the activists. Join us so together we can create revolutionary art in the street (wear clothes you can paint in) and hang banners and pictures! After creating street …

RALLY TO PROTECT POMO HOMELANDS

August 27, 2022March 11, 2022 by Karen Pickett

RALLY TO PROTECT POMO HOMELANDS State Capitol, Sacramento MARCH 25, 1 – 4 pm 3-25-22PomoSacRallyRegular readers of our Northcoast forest updates will recall that many Native people from the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians in Mendocino County have been very involved in the campaign to stop the over-logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF), from the beginning. The campaign is working toward a co-management agreement between the Tribes and the State of California–this is currently under discussion. On March 2, State Sen. McGuire announced that the Jackson Demonstration State Forest management plan would be rewritten. This presents an opportunity to revisit a …

Recent News From the Forests of the Northcoast

August 27, 2022February 10, 2022 by Karen Pickett

In most of past forest preservation campaigns, forest defenders were going nose to nose with big corporations like Sierra Pacific Industries, Green Diamond, Mendocino/Humboldt Redwood Co.,Pacific Lumber/Maxxam, etc. But in 2021 and 2022, the bad management practices decimating increasingly scarce forest habitat in Northern California have different players: CalFire and PG&E. They are not the only ones by any stretch, but two of the most active campaigns right now responding to reckless logging are unfolding in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) on the Mendocino Coast, and surprisingly, in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, the iconic park off Highway 101 with cathedrals …

Alert: Weekend logging in the redwoods in Jackson State Forest! Uphold the People’s Moratorium!

December 15, 2021 by Karen Pickett

Calls & emails needed to stop the “Red Tail” Massacre Last Thursday, logging crews re-entered the “Red Tail” timber harvest plan (THP) in Jackson Demonstration State Forest in Mendocino County, to cut large trees on public lands despite a pending review of the management plan. Forest Defenders met them in the woods, and returned again Friday to keep the big old trees at Red Tail from being cut. Crews came back on Saturday, dropping the big old redwood at the Camp 1 entrance in JDSF, pictured here. Activists in the woods say the fallers are targeting the largest Redwoods and …