On October 11th, the California Natural Resources Agency released its draft Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy for public comment. In some ways, this document is a win for environmentalists. We have been saying for years that, if stewarded…
Caspar, CA- Early Thursday morning chainsaws were heard near the Caspar 500 Timber Harvest Plan (THP), an area in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) where logging has been on hold since mid June in response to community concern over what…
Willits CA— At 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12, in a show of nonviolent resistance to the threats and intimidation tactics used by CalFire and its subcontractors last week under the guise of “safety”, dozens of activists blocked two logging entrances…
Author’s note: we in no way mean to disrespect first responders who put their lives on the line to protect us, but the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF)—known as CAL FIRE since 2007—has two conflicting mandates—forestry and…
On Tuesday, Oct 5, Coyote Valley Tribal Chairman Michael Hunter was on the Soda Gulch site to investigate the veracity of statements made by California Secretary for Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot, to Hunter and some thirty members of the Association…
Cal Fire Playing Dangerous Game- Pitting Loggers vs. Protestors June 16th, 2021 – Tensions escalated today as logging continued despite close proximity of protestors to falling trees in the Caspar 500 THP- a beloved section of forest that has become…
On the morning of Saturday, May 15 a tree sitter going by the name of “Querc” woke up to an unidentified man climbing up Mama Tree, the two hundred year old redwood that has become the center of a debate…
At dawn this morning a small platform with a tree sitter perched atop it could be spotted 65 feet up in the tall redwood tree affectionately known to locals as the Mamma Tree. Located in the heart of Jackson Demonstration…
