Limited timber operations continue in Jackson Demonstration State Forest, advisory group meeting next week

MENDOCINO Co., 11/9/21 ⁠— The rain is here and that means the ground is too soft for Cal Fire’s contractors to continue logging in parts of Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) with approved timber harvest plans (THP). Activists say they’re still maintaining a presence in the forest until there is a moratorium on logging in the forest and Cal Fire listens to the community’s input about how the forest should be managed.

“It’s been seven months since direct action started in Jackson Demonstration State Forest,” said Michelle McMillan, a spokesperson for the direct action group Mama Tree Mendo. “And in those seven months, there’s been very little movement as far as recognition of community concern. There’s been some lip service and the halt, but the halt was not in direct response to community concern. It was not a halt for conversation.”