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On October 28, sponsored by the Institute for Conservation, Advocacy, Research, and Education (ICARE), the public was invited to attend an environmental science presentation at Preston Hall in Mendocino, followed by a field tour to Dry Dock Gulch on Big River.

Cal Fire has approved a controversial logging plan between Guerneville and Monte Rio. It allows for the selective logging of redwood and Douglas fir trees on

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) announced today the addition of a new demonstration state forest and more than 1,200 acres.

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.

Center for Biological Diversity: MENDOCINO, Calif.― Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to stop the Mendocino Redwood Company from logging nearly 1,000 acres of redwood forest in a California watershed that provides habitat for threatened northern spotted owls and fish.