deforestation

Newsom declares wildfire emergency, waives environmental rules to expedite projects

Newsom off to a bad start:  “Most of the 35 projects are in Northern and Central California and would be completed over the course of the next year. Cal Fire worked with its local fire units to determine which projects to prioritize, assessing risk and socioeconomic factors, such as age of the nearby populations, poverty …

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Sierra Club: Stop Flushing Forests Down the Toilet

We all can make a difference….. “The average American flushes away 384 trees‘ worth of toilet paper in a lifetime, and though we account for just over 4 percent of the global population, we consume 20 percent of the world’s toilet paper. This “tree to toilet” pipeline is not only destroying woodlands and exacerbating the climate …

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Fighting wildfire from the inside out

Great Article posted by Forest Unlimited. “Cutting roads through our natural treasures so the timber industry can take more trees won’t significantly reduce the danger to Paradise or other towns like it. And the industry wants large, old-growth trees more than the younger ones even though old trees are more fire resistant.” Fighting wildfire from …

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Eureka Springs & Dr. Luis Contreras: Take a Stand for the Forests

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out? Dr. Seuss asked a great question. Stand your ground, don’t look the other way. Please visit a new climate and environmental justice platform, “Stand for the forests,” www.stand4forests, bringing together top environmental and Nature lovers. Dr. Luis Contreras” Readers, if you have an article you …

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Cal Fire has approved the Revised Dogwood Timber Harvest Plan

https://winewaterwatch.org/2016/05/gualala-logging-plan-monday-may-16th-last-day-for-comments/Petition Update on Dogwood (Gualala Redwoods) Rick and Jeanne Jackson Gualala, CA Apr 1, 2018 — While not a surprise, we were disturbed to learn Cal-Fire approved the revised Dogwood THP. The decision came out this Friday. Guess what? Logging season starts Monday. Doesn’t give us much time to try to get a court order to …

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