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.

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Tell the Mendocino Board of Supervisors to send a letter of support in favor of AB 2494 to the State Legislature!

The California State Water Board has opened a comment period for the draft General Waste Discharge Requirements for Commercial Lily Bulb Operations in the Smith River Plain and the draft Environmental Impact Report. These permits will regulate the ongoing pollution from commercial lily bulb operations in the Smith River Estuary. Ongoing pesticide pollution of the Smith River Estuary puts at risk the air and water quality for the community of Smith River, the health of residen

The federal government has just taken a step that could open the door to new offshore oil drilling off California’s coast. On February 26, 2026, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for proposed offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Northern, Central, and Southern California planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.

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