Forest & River News
Growing Trees Foundation
In an effort to better serve our community and our partner groups, Trees Foundation has grown. We have new Staff, new Board Members, and a bustling new Forest Health and Fire Resources Program. After serving nearly four years as our Organizational Development and Partner Outreach Director, Kerry Reynolds is moving into a new position as…
Read MoreTimber Sale Round Up: EPIC Leads the Charge to Oppose Post-Fire Opportunistic Logging Projects
Environmental Protection Information Center Having trouble keeping track of all the gigantic logging projects currently proposed by the U.S. Forest Service on our public lands? EPIC is here to help break them down and explain the projects and their implications. The Region 5 Post-Disturbance Hazardous Tree Management Project, which was proposed in 2022, is poised…
Read MoreElk River Estuary Enhancement Project: Making Things Right
Friends of Elk River By Jerry Martien The difference between water and land has been especially muddy this winter, but for the Elk River Estuary Enhancement Project, that was part of the plan. Two City of Eureka parcels near the mouth of the river, more than 120 acres of “reclaimed” pasture and degraded salt marsh,…
Read MoreThoughts on Resilience in Winter
Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance By Will Emerson Winter Lessons As I write this, we approach Spring Equinox, but you would not know it looking out my window. The four-plus feet of snow are slowly melting, pushed by the four-plus inches of rain in the last two days. The surface of the snow is littered…
Read MoreKlamath National Forest Targets Old-Growth Reserve for “Salvage” Logging
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center By George Sexton, Conservation Director, KS Wild Headwaters of the Salmon River Threatened Nestled in the headwaters of California’s renowned Salmon River are scenic trailheads accessing epic hikes in the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area. The surrounding forests and tributaries are crucial refugia for spotted owls, Pacific fisher, salmon, and steelhead. For…
Read More40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference
April 25-28, 2023 at the Fortuna River Lodge Salmonid Restoration Federation (SRF) is excited to host the 40th Annual Salmonid Restoration Conference in Fortuna, CA, where participants will have the opportunity to explore innovative restoration projects and participate in technical workshops. The conference will highlight various estuary projects, dam removal, process-based strategies, and a wide…
Read MoreBuilding a Local Workforce for the Restoration Economy
By Cheyenne Clarke and Will Emerson, Northern Mendocino Ecosystem Recovery Alliance Extraction-based economies boom and bust. Resources run out. Industries collapse. Therefore, extraction is not a viable form of economic growth for the future. So, what is? Restoration, regeneration, and renewal. The restoration economy can fill the void left behind by extractive industries. To quote…
Read More2022 Cereus Reports
In 1998, a generous individual contacted Trees Foundation with the desire to support local grassroots environmental activism. Shortly thereafter, the Cereus Fund of Trees Foundation was created. Her desire was to give annually, not only to Trees Foundation, but also to our many Partner groups. For 23 years, with direct input of the Cereus Funder,…
Read MoreState Awards $5 Million Grant for Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience in Southern Humboldt
By Southern Humboldt Forest Health Collaborative CAL FIRE has entered into a nearly $5 million grant agreement with the Humboldt County Resource Conservation District (HCRCD) to implement the Mattole and Salmon Creek Forest Health and Wildfire Resilience Project across 1,022 acres of forest and grasslands near the southern Humboldt communities of Petrolia and Salmon Creek…
Read MoreMusings on Forest Health
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, Healthy Comebacks PG&E’s Line-Clearing, Why We Need More than Memes, and Some Key Definitions of Healthy and Forest By Jeff Hedin, Institute for Sustainable Forestry, Commissioner, Piercy Volunteer Fire Department This article has been edited for length. For the whole “poetic song” and its long email response thread, visit instituteforsustainableforestry.com/articles/forest-health. In…
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