The Jess project on the Klamath National Forest was planned over a decade ago, however the commercial logging just wrapped up this season.

Last Wednesday EPIC took a tour of Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) and Miller Family Farm to learn about different management techniques in restoration forestry and how restoration forestry may count as “conserved” under the State’s policies to conserve 30% of California’s lands and waters by 2030.

For the past seven years, EPIC has been dedicated to hand-pulling invasive Scotch broom to protect one of Northern California’s rarest...