PG&E Illegally Clear-Cut Grove of Redwoods Near Redwood Acres, County Says
Photos of the scene provided by reader Mike Seeber. A stop work order still stapled to a freshly cut redwood stump across from Eureka’s Redwood Acres spells out the details of a contentious tree clearing completed by PG&E at the end of March. According to Humboldt County Chief Building Official Keith Ingersoll, PG&E cut down several redwood trees at its substation property on the 3200 block of Harris Street without filing for the proper county permits. A county building inspector was called to the scene after receiving a complaint about the clearing on April 8. However, the illegal timber ...