Mendocino Redwood Company Archives • The Mendocino Voice

Two men stand on a forested hillside; one leans against a tree while the other gestures upward with one hand and holds a large folder or board in the other, surrounded by dense woods and fallen leaves.

Fuel break project strengthens wildfire protection for Ukiah and Mendocino Coast

by Sarah Reith November 14, 2025November 15, 2025

Mendocino County Fire Safe Council is partnering with Mendocino Redwood Company to thin trees and understory in western Ukiah. Now they’re asking landowners to do their part.

Environment & Natural Resources

Lawsuit challenges timber plan that allegedly includes thousands of old growth trees

by Dave Brooksher April 15, 2022June 10, 2025

MRC has a corporate policy prohibiting old-growth harvest, but plaintiffs argue “large old trees” will be cut; MRC acknowledges that they intend to use “hack and squirt” treatment on tanoak trees in violation of Measure V, but contend that state law supersedes county code.

Environment & Natural Resources

Governor passes $15B climate legislation with major focus on fire prevention

by Sonia Waraich September 28, 2021September 30, 2021

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a historic $15 billion package of climate legislation intended to address drought, wildfires and other environmental crises. Notably missing were a couple pieces of legislation prioritizing prescribed and cultural burns.

Environment & Natural Resources

We joined scientists on the Navarro River to see how data guides rehabilitation for coho, chinook, and steelhead

by Lana Cohen April 8, 2021April 9, 2021

The California Coastal Monitoring program tracks the health of coho, chinook, and steelhead across the entire state, collecting information needed to inform rehabilitation plans. On Tuesday, we went down to the Navarro to check out the work they are doing in our neck of the woods.