On September 17 at 10 a.m., the Far Northern Regional group of the Power in Nature coalition will be hosting a webinar featuring California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Deputy Secretary for Biodiversity and Habitat Meghan Hertel and Policy Fellow Jessica Bolivar.

The Board of Forestry is pushing forward a controversial proposed rule-making under the guise of wildfire risk reduction, which would allow logging and use of heavy equipment—including tractors and dozers—in Watercourse and Lake Protection Zones (WLPZ). This rule-making is a dangerous attempt at deregulation that isn’t backed up by science. 

Today, the Forest Service has taken the next step in rescinding the Roadless Rule, potentially making 4.4 million acres of old growth forests, rivers, and wildlife in California vulnerable to industrial logging and road development.

Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF), located between the cities of Fort Bragg and Ukiah in Mendocino, is a place to recreate and...

As you may have read in our blog or in the news, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Senate Bill 131 (SB 131) — a sweeping CEQA rollback that threatens community health, biodiversity, and our shared climate and conservation goals

In 2023, EPIC and the Save Jackson Coalition, among other organizations, filed protests to water rights applications filed by Cal Fire in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF).

The California Natural Resources Agency, the state agency tasked with carrying out our state goal of protecting 30% of land and coastal waters by 2030 released their annual progress report on July 7th. In it, they reported that we have safeguarded 26.1% of lands and 21.9% of coastal waters thus far.