Just before Christmas, EPIC and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) submitted comments on the proposed Critical Habitat designation for the Humboldt marten. Read them here. Green Diamond has received special treatment from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. While the Service has recognized elsewhere that the company’s lands near the Klamath River are important to the conservation of the marten—they connect the remnant California population, isolated in Six Rivers Natio

The struggle to save Jackson Demonstration State Forest from greedy industrial logging started off the new year with a bang. First, on January 10th, CAL FIRE issued its first arrests against protestors in the forest. The arrests were particularly notable because the protestors were first placed under a “citizens arrest” by loggers at the direction of Lear Asset Management’s Paul Trouette. Trouette has supposedly been hired by logging companies to act as a safety manager when

On December 15, 2021 California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) released a draft of Pathways to 30x30. This document will guide California as it seeks to conserve 30% of our land and waters by the year 2030. The 30x30 initiative is an ambitious goal and one that EPIC applauds. And that’s why it’s so important that we get it right as a State. The document contains important information like the State’s definition of “conserved land”, policies regarding working together with Na

Fire is a natural and integral part of California’s ecosystems. But when we build our homes deep into wildfire prone areas, we run the risk of losing lives and property. That’s why it’s essential that we limit development in fire prone areas and protect the places that are already developed. California created its State Minimum Fire Safe Regulations in 1991 in response to a series of deadly wildfires. They were designed to ensure that new development had safe evacuation route

Editors note: This piece is written by Vince Taylor, a friend and ally in the struggle to Save the Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Vince has been at the frontlines of this campaign for over two decades and his previous litigation helped to force a multi-year moratorium on logging. Thanks to Vince for allowing us to share this here. Vince can be found at https://www.jacksonforest.com/ Given the climate crisis and the value of keeping carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air, Ja

Redistricting is complete. For more than six months, EPIC has asked for your help in testifying before the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, our non-partisan and citizen-led commission charged with redrawing political maps for Congress as well as the state Assembly and Senate. We wanted to keep legislative districts that melded together the North Coast to help ensure that environmental voters in our region had a strong voice. We also worked to help uplift the inte