The U.S. Forest Service is proposing roughly 1,200 acres of commercial logging along 40 miles of the South Fork Mountain ridge under the banner of "fire safety," while also constructing 141 new log-landing clearings and opening nearly 15 miles of “temporary” roads across some of the most landslide-prone slopes in California. This ridge is the only continuous overland wildlife corridor linking the Yolla Bolly–Middle Eel and the Trinity Alps Wilderness. The rivers, forests, and

The Trinity Divide/Lakehead Fuel Break Project proposes to remove up to 60–70% of the forest canopy from nearly 2,000 acres within a 2,538-acre project area in Northern California without a full environmental review. This area is a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot and a primary wildlife corridor surrounded by heavily logged private timberlands.