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You Can Help Us Put the Brakes on Caltrans!

January 28, 2014December 10, 2013 by Karen Pickett

December 10, 2013 Dear Friend of the Forest, If a brave activist climbs high in a tree’s branches and sits there for two months, and trees fall around her, but no cameras are in the forest, does anyone hear? Tree-sits, crane-sits, hard-hitting stories on state wide TV and the LA Times, months of strategizing, scores of press releases, dozens of demonstrations and actions—it takes a community. We at Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) are proud to be part of the community working to find a better alternative to the boondoggle highway project under way in Willits in Mendocino County, …

Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters Alert: Richardson Grove Redwoods Need Your Help!

November 22, 2013October 14, 2013 by Karen Pickett

As we told you in a previous alert, Caltrans recently posted new documents in response to the April 2012 court order issued when EPIC and the Center for Biological Diversity prevailed in federal court and halted the Richardson Grove highway “realignment” project that we and our allies had been opposing, with their lawsuit in April 2012. The Federal Judge ruled that Caltrans had “arbitrarily and capriciously tried to justify the project with false data.” (their measurements of the trees and their mapping.)See our fact sheet on the Richardson Grove highway project at http://headwaterspreserve.org/2011/09/big-trucks-or-big-trees-what-do-you-wantCaltrans has defied the court order resulting from the …

Put the Brakes on Caltrans ! Tell Caltrans ~ No More Super Highways Where We Don’t Need Them !

October 22, 2013September 30, 2013 by Karen Pickett

Thanks to Caltrans intransigence, the threats to the old growth redwoods in Richardson Grove in Humboldt County are back on the horizon, along with more backward-thinking projects in redwoods and wild country in the Smith River area, on the far north coast. These renewed threats add to Caltrans’ poor performance in Mendocino County in Willits and the extreme damage heavy equipment has been wreacking on the wetlands and forests there. The new developments: 1) Richardson Grove: Caltrans has posted new documents in response to the April 2012 court order issued when EPIC and the Center for Biological Diversity prevailed in …

Forest Update for November 2012

December 6, 2012November 9, 2012 by headwaterspreserve_hr3di8

What’s happening in the redwoods and on the north coast? There are a number of updates on critical projects affecting our forests on California’s north coast that forest advocates will want to keep on their radar. Local Alert! Oakland Redwoods On Chopping Block Richardson Grove injunction delaying Caltrans holds but State Court Falls Down on the Job Caltrans project through wetlands and oak forest forging ahead Wild Smith River and pristine forest in far north threatened by (again) Caltrans highway project (Do we see a pattern here?) marbled murrelet critical habitat threatened: call to action! Redwood Logging in Oakland? BY …

Your Redwood State Park: Big Trees or Big Trucks?

December 6, 2012December 12, 2011 by Karen Pickett

Richardson Grove, Gateway to Redwood Country BIG TRUCKS or BIG TREES? What do YOU want? Traveling north on Highway 101, there is a place where the term “Gateway to the Redwood Country” resonates as the canopy suddenly shades the pavement, the Eel River rounds the bend and there is green as high up as you can see. As the roadway twists and turns, it meanders through Richardson Grove, which has been protected as a State Park since 1922. It is a California treasure and world-class park. Read on to see how you can help to keep it that way. Why …

BIG TRUCKS or BIG TREES? What do YOU want?

October 29, 2013September 20, 2011 by Karen Pickett

Your Redwood State Park: Richardson Grove, gateway to redwood country BIG TRUCKS or BIG TREES? What do YOU want? Traveling north on Highway 101, there is a place where the term “Gateway to the Redwood Country” resonates as the canopy suddenly shades the pavement, the Eel River rounds the bend and there is green as high up as you can see. As the roadway twists and turns, it meanders through Richardson Grove, which has been protected as a State Park since 1922. It is a California treasure and world-class park. Read on to see how you can help to keep …

STAND UP for Richardson Grove in Sacramento June 22

December 6, 2012May 24, 2011 by Karen Pickett

***SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, June 22*** We are planning to converge on Sacramento to STAND UP for the redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park on Wednesday, June 22. Plans are in the works and more details will emerge soon, but we will be joining with forest activists from Humboldt and Mendocino counties to: **RALLY at Caltrans and voice opposition to their highway “realignment” project through the redwoods **MEET with Agency and Legislative reps **DELIVER a large number of postcards and petitions to Governor Jerry Brown, who has the power to rescind this ecologically destructive, ill-advised and UNECESSARY project through a …

Stomp the Stumps and Support the Redwoods on Earth Day

September 12, 2013April 7, 2011 by headwaterspreserve_hr3di8

Special EARTH DAY celebration of and for the TREES 13th annual Stomp the Stumps benefit dance party April 22 8:30 pm (doors at 8) Ashkenaz Music and Dance Club 1317 San Pablo Avenue (at Gilman) in Berkeley with The Funky Nixons The Day Late Fool’s Band political folk rock jumpin’ R & B Curly eclectic quirky rock delivered with humor We will have maps and be talking about the campaign to save ancient redwoods in Humboldt County. We have field trips and get-togethers coming up–find out about the campaign to stop Caltrans from plowing through Richardson Grove State Park! $12 …

Redwood Forest Update

December 6, 2012March 1, 2011 by Karen Pickett

Caltrans’ plans to widen and “straighten” Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park, home of the Avenue of the Giants, has not been taken off the table, despite huge public opposition and a budget crisis facing California. The one piece of good news is that their bulldozers and other earth-moving and root-carving euquipment have been fairly quiet in that area, but local residents have not! There have been two rallies, two action camps, two lawsuits and lots of other noise directed at decision-makers recently, and there is action you can take. Please keep reading. Our previous update alerted you of …

Update on Richardson Grove redwoods

December 6, 2012February 1, 2011 by Karen Pickett

Highway Widening Project Moves Forward Slowly–In the Wrong Direction Caltrans’ plans to widen and “straighten” Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park, home of the Avenue of the Giants, has not been taken off the table, despite huge public opposition and a budget crisis facing California. There are two things you can do right now, described below, and we urge you to also stay tuned to alerts during what could be a critical time for this project that threatens the ancient redwoods of California’s north coast. One: We encourage you to write a letter to the new/old Governor Jerry Brown …