The Mendocino Trail Stewards

& The Coalition to Save Jackson,

with our thousands of supporters and active followers, demand legislation that

will change the mandate of Jackson Demonstration State Forest,

removing commercial timber harvest from the charter so that,

Cultural & Tribal Sovereignty
Climate Change Mitigation
Unified Ecosystem Restoration
Environmentally Sustainable Economies
It is time to let this gem of a forest recover

Prepared expressly for the California State Legislature by Marie Jones, Executive Director, Jughandle Creek Nature Center

Priscilla Hunter: Priscilla Hunter is an elder of the Coyote Valley Pomo Tribe, a longtime environmental activist, and the Chairwoman of the Sinkiyone Intertribal Wilderness Council. The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo are presently engaged in Government to Government consultations with the State of California as to the fate of JDSF, the ancestral homelands of the Northern Pomo and Coast Yuki Peoples.
Comments o n Forest S tewardship
John P O’Brien, PhD: John P O’Brien, PhD, was raised in Weaverville, California, is a climate scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Timber Harvest vs Forest Protection in Jackson
William Lemos, PhD: William Lemos, PhD, was born and raised on the Mendocino Coast, a longtime educator, instrumental in the transfer of over 7,000 acres of cutover forest lands in the Big River Watershed from industry ownership to the California State Park System, and is an active member of the Mendocino Trail Stewards Steering Committee.
The How Many Salmon Eggs per Board Foot Problem