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Raise Your Voice for Wildlands Plans

March 22, 2017February 17, 2017 by Karen Pickett

Speak Up to Keep Your Voice in Wildlands Planning People often think of grazing and resource extraction when they think of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the west. We are lucky enough in Northern California to have wild lands and critical wildlife habitat under BLM management, along with a local (Arcata) BLM staff with an appreciation of wild forests and rivers and a drive to work with environmentalists to craft protective management plans. However, that collaborative spirit could change—those changes coming from Washington DC. The Senate is considering a resolution—S.J. Res 15—to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s …

Headwaters Reserve, Redwoods in the South Bay, and more

March 30, 2017November 21, 2016 by Karen Pickett

Comments Invited on Headwaters Forest Reserve For those of you who have been rolling with us a long time, you will remember when the campaign to save the giants in Headwaters Forest culminated in purchase by the government of 7,500 acres of redwood forest, corporate raider Charles Hurwitz driving Pacific Lumber into bankruptcy, and finally that villain of the forest leaving California for his lair in Houston, Texas. We, as Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, participated actively in the development of a management plan for that forestland purchase, which became the Headwaters Reserve, with the largest grove (3,000 acres) of ancient …

News from the North Coast: Gualala, Mendocino Forest Walk, Smith River

September 26, 2016 by Karen Pickett

Good News for Gualala Redwoods On Sept. 14, Sonoma County Superior Court issued a Preliminary Injunction to halt logging of the controversial Gualala River “Dogwood” logging plan area until a trial decision. Friends of Gualala River and Forest Unlimited had brought the lawsuit following comments and petitions opposing the proposed floodplain redwood logging along more than five miles of the coastal river, with more than 300 acres of mature redwood stands containing trees 90 to 100 years old. In issuing the injunction, the court found that harm to ecologically sensitive species and the wetlands themselves was shown by the plaintiffs, …

HRC and MRC–It all comes down to the Fi$her Family. also~Gualala Redwoods, Klamath NF

August 26, 2016 by Karen Pickett

Is it Timber Wars all over again or a kinder, gentler forestry? It depends whether you are prone to believe greenwash or science and ground-truthing. Humboldt Redwood Co. (HRC) and Mendocino Redwood Co. (MRC) came to their position as major forest owners in Northern California (400,000+ acres) via different trajectories: MRC owns 227,000 acres in Mendocino County purchased from the multi-national Louisiana-Pacific when they left Calif. after reaping millions, and HRC got what was Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s ravished land in Humboldt County, minus small but precious protected groves of old growth redwoods surrounded by a sea of clearcuts. But the buck stops for both companies at the Fisher family, or rather the …

July 19 Protest Against Mendocino Redwood Co. for Herbicide Use

July 19, 2016 by Karen Pickett

Hack’n’Squirt Alert! Nonviolent Protest at Mendocino Redwoods Company Mill in Ukiah Residents of Mendocino County will rally in front of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors’ Chambers on Low Gap Rd. in Ukiah at 9 am on Tuesday, July 19, prior to an (approximately) 11 am demonstration at the Ukiah mill operation of Mendocino Redwood Co. (MRC). They are protesting the continued use of herbicide in the forests, through the practice of “Hack ’n’ Squirt,” which is the direct application of toxic substances to trees, and then leaving the dead trees standing, creating a significant fire danger besides the …

Rally in the Redwoods Saturday July 16

July 15, 2016 by Karen Pickett

Agency Green-Lights Logging Plan in the Redwoods Protest Rally July 16 on Gualala River On July 1, state regulators approved the 402-acre “Dogwood” timber harvest plan (THP) to log in the sensitive redwood forest floodplain along the lower Wild and Scenic Gualala River, to the river’s mouth. The redwood trees there, many a century old, are in recovery, regenerating after historical heavy industrial logging. The plan was filed by Gualala Redwood Timber (GRT), responsible for clearcut logging in the watershed on its over 30,000 acres of timberland. California’s Forest Practice Rules were changed to expand protection of stream areas (known as Watercourse …

Protected Headwaters Threatened by Green Diamond

September 11, 2013January 4, 2013 by Karen Pickett

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope this is a good year for wild places everywhere and all of our fellow species! Take action to make it so. With Maxxam gone, other timber companies threaten integrity of Headwaters Forest Reserve Thirteen years after the historic transfer of the largest groves of ancient redwoods left on Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s ravaged land to public hands and protection as Headwaters Forest Reserve, other companies in the mold of Maxxam/PL are nipping at the edges of that precious forest. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has done a stand up job over the last decade to protect and …

Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy, Bohemian Grove Redwoods and Berkeley Oaks

September 12, 2013April 5, 2008 by Karen Pickett

>< FOREST UPDATES & EVENTS from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters April 4, 2008 >< 1. Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case heating up: changes on near horizon 2. Bohemian Grove redwoods threatened again: public meeting 3. Oaks tree-sitters persevere: 500th day celebration ****Everyone is getting into the Act: Lots of hands grabbing at California's redwood forests: Some with good solutions, some not...**** In the latest chapter of the end game of Charles Hurwitz's hold on Humboldt County's redwood forests, the playing field has gotten crowded. In our last update on March 6, we explained who the contenders submitting reorganization proposals ...

Jackson State Forest

September 12, 2013June 25, 2007 by Karen Pickett

>< >< Forest ALERT from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters June 25, 2007 >< >< Please take a moment to send a letter on the new plan for Jackson State Redwood Forest. Resolution is close! After eight years of demonstrations, lawsuits and negotiation, the state has finally released a new management proposal for Jackson State Forest that is very close to what the Jackson Forest Campaign has been advocating for, with ONE FATAL EXCEPTION: The proposal sanctions CLEARCUTTING on one quarter of the forest! It is essential that the Board of Forestry hear from the public. The Jackson State ...