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Environment & Natural Resources

Letter to the Editor: Support tribal leaders in redefining Jackson Demonstration State Forest

by Jennifer Normoyle February 9, 2026March 11, 2026

If California is serious about climate resilience, the state must change the logging mandate at JDSF.

A wooden roadside sign marks the entrance to Jackson Demonstration State Forest, set against tall redwood trees. The sign reads “Entering Jackson Demonstration State Forest,” with the Cal Fire emblem and “Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, State of California,” mounted on a stone base amid grass and forest understory.

Environment & Natural Resources

Letter to the Editor: Remove the logging mandate at Jackson State Demonstration Forest

by Destiny Laird February 4, 2026February 12, 2026

We have to change the rules, not just the rhetoric, around forest health, climate and cultural lands.

Red-and-yellow locomotive numbered 65 sits on railroad tracks near a rural station, with dry grass, utility poles, and small buildings visible under an overcast sky.

Columns & Opinion

Letter to the editor: Mendocino Railway is raking in millions at taxpayers’ expense

by Peter McNamee January 30, 2026January 31, 2026

Make a public comment Monday to protest this wasteful fiction.

A blue tarp shelter set up along a city sidewalk is attached to a metal fence topped with barbed wire, with an American flag hanging across the front. Inside the opening, a person sits on a chair beneath the tarp, with personal belongings visible around them, including a water jug on the ground nearby.

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Citizens’ action group in Willits tackles homelessness

by Willits Shelter Action Group December 14, 2025December 14, 2025

Donations to the new nonprofit help with motel programs and more in a county with fewer than 300 shelter beds.

A person crosses a downtown Ukiah street lined with parked cars and trees bursting with autumn colors of red, orange, and gold, their leaves scattered across the pavement.

Environment & Natural Resources

Letter to the Editor: Those pistache trees are the best thing about Ukiah

by Kari Donatone November 19, 2025November 19, 2025

The city could do a lot of things better than taking down trees!

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