Read this first: Pomo Tribal Elder Priscilla Hunter Speaks on Protecting Her Forest Family & Recovering Her Homeland
Latest: You can read a portion of the Coalition presentation (which included many members speaking, not all is written down) to the Board of Forestry on December 6, 2023 in this written statement and watch video recordings of the meeting (and Dec. 5th Management Committee Meeting).
With our presentation we submitted this file of supporting documents to the Board that includes letters CalFire has never responded to, letters of support from many organizations, and important JAG and CalFire policies that relate to our presentation.
See this document for a timeline of our correspondence with the Board of Forestry, as they have continued to engage with us since December 2023.
Printable Info Sheets and Handouts
One Page on The Campaign to Preserve Jackson Forest
One Page Handout about Save Jackson and Pomo Land Back
Half sheet handout about how to support Pomo Land Back
Resolutions of Support
Resolution of Support From California Democratic Party
Resolution of Support From California Environmental Justice Coalition
Webinars, Podcasts, and Radio:
What is a cultural landscape? Radio interview with Polly Girvin and anthropologist Dr. Victoria Patterson
Green and Red Podcast: Defending Mendocino’s Sacred Sites October 2022
Priscilla Hunter and Polly Girvin on KMUD Radio Nov. 21, 2022
Pomo Land Back webinar done with SURJ National for more info on the campaign March 2022
Radio coverage by KMUD in Garberville (not an exhaustive list of all coverage)
Save Jackson in the News:
Los Angeles Times Feb. 19, 2022
Free version of New York Times article Jan. 26, 2022 regarding Intertribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council
Cal Matters Nov. 29, 2021
- State Forest A Cultural Landscape
By Sara Reith -KZYX - How a California State Forest Became a Battleground for Logging Redwoods on Public Land
By Ashley Harrell – SF Gate - Activists Stand Guard Over California Redwoods Amid Logging Threat
By Austin Price – Earth Island Journal - Cal Fire, timber industry must face an inconvenient truth
By Evan Mills and John P. O’Brien – San Francisco Examiner - Senator McGuire’s Statement on JDSF
JDSF Management and Timber Harvest Plans:
Letters, Booklets, and Resolutions:
- Time To Change The Mission: Jackson Demonstration State Forest- Moving From Industrial Logging to Forest Restoration and Carbon Sequestration
- Coalition Response to Red Tail Site Visit May 15, 2022
- Letter from the Coalition to Save Jackson Demonstration State Forest to Governor Gavin Newsom
- Letter from the Coalition to Save Jackson Demonstration State forest to Senator Mike McGuire
- Red Tail Timber Harvest Plan Violates JDSF Management Plan
- Resolution of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors Requesting Scientific Review of Jackson Demonstration State Forest
- Mendocino County Office of Education Board Resolution in Support of Scientific Review of Jackson Demonstration State Forest
- Response to Big Timber
- 1998 Vince Taylor Letter
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