Forest Practice Act News Today

By PHILIP HOPKINS THE ‘precautionary principle’ is not included in the Tasmanian Forest Practices Code, where a more pragmatic approach […]

Public misconceptions, based on outdated land management ideology, are the single biggest hurdle to forest conservation in California.

<p>It wasn't shocking that a Houston-based energy company would seek to liquidate newly acquired holdings of ancient redwood trees and defy California law to do it. It was shocking that state agencies seemed determined to help them do it. </p>

SB 369 would have deleted landowner recourse to seek damages for trees cut down by utility companies. It was defeated shortly before the holiday weekend.

PG&E bought trees that were cleared under a right-of-way exemption, rather than a timber harvest plan, then sold them to Mendocino and Humboldt Redwood Company.

Environmental groups are suing CalFire for approving a timber harvest plan they say violates the nuisance ordinance.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In a published opinion filed December 29, 2020, the First District Court of Appeal affirmed a judgment denying a petition for writ of mandate filed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (District) challenging waste discharge requirements (WDRs) belatedly imposed by a responsible agency, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Board), on lead agency District’s flood control project.  Santa Clara Valley Water ...