Calif State Forest Is Ground Zero In A Redwood Logging War

Calif State Forest Is Ground Zero In A Redwood Logging War How a california state forest became a battleground for logging redwoods on public land by ashley harrell , california parks contributing editor updated oct 20, 2021 3:34 p.m. Although it’s little known outside the coastal northern california county of mendocino, jackson has become ground zero in an escalating war over the management of redwoods on public land, with catastrophic wildfires and global climate change necessitating urgency and raising the stakes.

Calif State Forest Is Ground Zero In A Redwood Logging War A series of lawsuits halted logging in the forest from 2001 to 2009. judi bari, a legendary environmental activist, led earth first! campaigns against logging in the region in the 1980s and 1990s. The jackson demonstration state forest in mendocino county is a working "demonstration forest," where the california department of forestry and fire protection hones logging techniques with the. In july 2023, crag filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven conservation organizations challenging a u.s. forest service logging project to remove hundreds of thousands of trees in northern california that will cause significant environmental harm to public lands, wildlife, and wild and scenic rivers. the plan, known as the region 5 post disturbance hazardous tree management plan, would allow the. Carried out by redwood national and state parks and save the redwoods league, a nonprofit, crews are using chain saws and logging equipment and planning prescribed fires, to mimic the traits of a.

Calif State Forest Is Ground Zero In A Redwood Logging War In july 2023, crag filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven conservation organizations challenging a u.s. forest service logging project to remove hundreds of thousands of trees in northern california that will cause significant environmental harm to public lands, wildlife, and wild and scenic rivers. the plan, known as the region 5 post disturbance hazardous tree management plan, would allow the. Carried out by redwood national and state parks and save the redwoods league, a nonprofit, crews are using chain saws and logging equipment and planning prescribed fires, to mimic the traits of a. To tackle the problem of huge wildfires, the federal government, which owns nearly 60% of california’s 51,560 square miles (134,00 square kilometers) of forest, agreed with the state in 2020 to. Austin price. september 16, 2021. greasy pete says the nights were peaceful in the canopy of jackson demonstration state forest, near fort bragg, california. for nine days last april, he lived on a platform the size of a king size bed, 65 feet up in a 200 year old redwood. he got used to the darkness, silence, and solitude — and the.