Institute for Sustainable Forestry

As the July sun warms the soil that sustains our gardens, the gardener?s challenge is to keep young plants watered even as new seeds go into prepared ground. As Institute for Sustainable Forestry (ISF) staff completes a series of community-based workshops and walks in the woods, the image of watering comes to mind: returning to water our community?s interest and commitment to sustainable forestry. At the same time, the ISF/SmartWood? team extends its reach throughout our region and the state, sowing new seed, while continuing to check the vigor of recent sprouts. (read more)

Return To Luna

Julia Butterfly Embracing the Ancient Giant Luna

I recently experienced the bittersweet joy of returning to Luna to embrace her wide trunk rather than her outstretched limbs. My colleagues from Circle of Life Foundation and Sanctuary Forest and I celebrated the victory of protecting this ancient being and the surrounding three acres. Yet there are still so many groves that are falling prey to the lumberjack?s axe within the greater Headwaters area and the rest of Maxxam/Pacific Lumber?s forest land. (read more)

Diggin' In: The Gienger Report

The last ?Diggin? In? column for Branching Out included a summary of the March 2000 Board of Forestry meeting in Sacramento: the demonstrations by both the timber industry and Earth First!, the inadequate ?Interim Rules? package approved by the Board, and the Board?s failure to act for old-growth protection (in general or through CDF?s exemption process). I also summarized what had become evident: the Board, CDF, and the timber industry would try to push through rules by October 2000 to deal in some manner with ?cumulative impacts? and ?watershed analysis? (issues that had been ?stonewalled? for more than two decades). This would give the industry the ability to get around standard, or ?improved,? rule prescriptions by way of landowner-determined site-specific measures. (read more)

Kids Help Plant Millionth Fish

	Bill Eastwood pouring chinook salmon into Redwood Creek Photo: Eel River Salmon Restoration Project

The Eel River Salmon Restoration Project (ERSRP) again gained the assistance of local school children to help hatch, rear, and plant chinook salmon in Redwood Creek. This year we planted our millionth fish during school salmon planting activities. The new chiller units and 20-gallon tanks facilitated the success of this year?s ?salmon in the classroom? program. (read more)

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