MENDOCINO Co, 9/8/22 — Feeling blindsided after Cal Fire resumed work on timber harvest plans (THP) in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) in the midst of negotiations for tribal co-management, activists protested logging in the forest several times over the past week. Several people blocked an access road to the Red Tail THP near the Camp One campground on Wednesday morning, according to a news release from Redwood Nation Earth First!.
Cal Fire’s Deputy Director of Strategic Communications Tony Andersen told The Mendocino Voice that timber operators “chose to de-escalate the situation by turning around” when activists blocked the gate Wednesday, reaching the THP using another access point.
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