A (Very) Brief Overview of EPIC's 2021 Accomplishments and Actions Northern Spotted Owls In March, EPIC and allies filed a legal challenge to reinstate federal protections on more than 3.4 million acres of federal old-growth forests, which are essential for the survival of the threatened northern spotted owl. This proved successful, when in November, a final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fish and Wildlife) returned almost all of the eliminated land to fed

The proposed Richardson Grove Project, a proposal by Caltrans to realign Highway 101 through the old-growth redwoods of Richardson Grove State Park, hit another bump in the road as new research confirms what environmental advocates have long argued: cutting and paving over redwood roots is likely to cause significant impairment to the remaining forest. The research was attached to comments submitted by Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) and Californians for Al

First, on September 22nd at a meeting of the Board of Forestry, former CAL FIRE Chief Thom Porter called for a review of the JDSF Management Plan. Porter stated that the Newsom’s Administration’s policies, like the Statement of Administration Policy Native American Ancestral Lands, required CAL FIRE to consider co-management opportunities with local Tribes. This request by Porter comes after months of ongoing government to government consultation between the Tribe and Califor

Green Diamond Resource Company has done it again: the logging company has negotiated another sweetheart deal with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Green Diamond has had their lands excluded from a recent draft designation of Critical Habitat for the Humboldt marten. This is the latest in a long series of special treatment by the federal Fish and and Wildlife Service and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. First, what is Critical Habitat? It is a special lands design