Cal Fire wants to begin timber harvesting in Jackson, a coalition of activists has other ideas — tree sit continues in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, with major protest Monday morning

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JACKSON STATE FOREST, 4/13/21 — Early Monday morning a group of about 50 protesters gathered on a logging road that leads into Jackson Demonstration State Forest near Caspar, planning to barricade the road in the hopes of keeping loggers working on a Cal Fire timber harvest plan from entering the forest and potentially closing the road themselves. This pre-dawn protest joins the already active tree-sit happening in Jackson, as the latest move against Cal Fire’s timber harvests in the forest, which is owned and operated by the department.