The Forest Service quietly announced that it is going to reopen its process to amend the Northwest Forest Plan. What does this mean? It’s unclear. But we are worried.  As a reminder, the Northwest Forest Plan was the single most important intervention in the protection of mature and old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest. Passed by the Clinton Administration in 1994, the Plan created a system of “late-successional reserves” and “riparian reserves” where timber harvesting

Our voting period for the Board of Directors ended last month, and we are thrilled about our newest additions. Please join us in welcoming Abbie Strickland, Abigail Lowell, and Peter Lehman to the EPIC Board! Abbie Strickland Abbie is a Transportation Planner with the California Coastal Commission and previously worked as a Land Use Planner for the County of Humboldt. She also serves as a member of the City of Arcata Planning Commission. Abbie earned her A.S. in Natural Scien

Thank you for urging Governor Newsom to sign this bill into law. With the signing of this bill, California is the first state to put in place a proactive approach to protect imperiled biodiversity in the face of federal rollbacks.