Jackson Forest Forum

August, 2009. The saga of the attempt to sell timber in the North Fork Spur area demonstrates vividly the urgent need to reform timber sale practices in Jackson Forest. This sale was offered twice. Both times there was only a single bidder. The rejection of the sole bid in the first sale created a political [...]

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On January 5, 2009, members of the Jackson Advisory Group visited Brandon Gulch to review a “trial mark.” The trial mark is an initial marking of trees to reflect the guidelines for a harvest intended to create late seral (old growth) characteristics in the Brandon Gulch stands. T he late seral harvest plan differs greatly [...]

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The Jackson Advisory Group (JAG) has now reviewed four near-term harvest plans proposed for Jackson State Forest. A problem with the harvest plans proposed in the management plan has now become apparent, a problem that has been exacerbated by the housing collapse and general economic downturn. Dunlap North, Jackson State Forest Many of the harvest [...]

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Jackson Advisory Group Recreation Committee Meeting Regarding the Proposed Hare Creek Area Harvest Plan December 6, 2008 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Site Visit: 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM Presenters: Vince Taylor, JAG Craig Pederson, JSDF/CDF Attendees: Approximately 30 members of the public (see Appendix); Vince Taylor, Peter Braudrick, and Forest Tilley, the Jackson Advisory [...]

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If you care about how logging in Jackson Forest will affect you as a neighbor or recreation user, don’t miss the meeting this Saturday, December 6, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Jackson Demonstration State Forest Headquarters, 802 North Main Street. For nearly nine years there has been no logging in Jackson Forest, and [...]

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In 2000, the Campaign to Restore Jackson State Redwood Forest filed suit to halt logging in Jackson State Forest. Over the next eight years, legal actions or the threat of legal actions compelled the Department of Forestry (formerly abbreviated as CDF, now Cal Fire) to refrain from any logging and to develop a new management [...]

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