In the past few months, Green Diamond Resource Company has proposed nearly 800 cumulative acres of clearcuts and over seven miles of new or reconstructed roads across four timber harvest plans (THPs) in the Lower Klamath Watershed. This is one of the most ecologically sensitive areas on the North Coast—home to northern spotted owl and Humboldt marten, and a lifeline for salmon and other aquatic species. After decades of intensive logging, it’s time to tell Green Diamond: stop

The Smith River estuary specifically supports many threatened species, such as Chinook and Coho Salmon, Tidewater Goby, and smelt.

The Forest Service quietly announced that it is going to reopen its process to amend the Northwest Forest Plan. What does this mean? It’s unclear. But we are worried.  As a reminder, the Northwest Forest Plan was the single most important intervention in the protection of mature and old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Passed by the Clinton Administration in 1994, the Plan created a system of “late-successional reserves” and “riparian reserves” where timber harvesting