Along the northern coast,
Just back from the rock-bound shore, and the caves,
In the saline air from the sea, in the Mendocino country,
With the surge for bass and accompaniment low and hoarse,
With crackling blows of axes, sounding musically, driven by strong arms,
Riven deep by the sharp tongues of the axes—there in the Redwood forest dense,
I heard the mighty tree its death-chant chanting.
—Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
The destruction of California’s once vast and magnificent redwood forests is entwined with American expansion westward, violent dispossession, and the ravenous commodification of nature. The remaining redwoods demand our protection.
Urgent: An Appeal To the Governor
Read: Forests, Logging, Climate
Coyote Valley Pomo
“Our view of a sustainable forest is a forest that sustains our culture, values and way of life, not one that is managed in order to be cut for profit. As such, we placed a wilderness easement on our Intertribal park lands in order to prohibit in perpetuity any commercial logging there . . .” Read more
Public Comment on Timber Harvest Plans
Priscilla Hunter, Tribal Elder, Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Voices: Jackson State Forest
Here Professor Susanna Hecht, Institute of Environment adds her voice to the discussion concerning the Future of Jackson Demonstration State Forest. The interview was produced for KZYX, Mendocino County Community Listener Supported Radio by Loreto Rojas and Cal Winslow.
Listen: Susanna Hecht on Forests and Forestry
COMMENTS, ARTICLES AND ARGUMENTS
Close to Home: Saving ‘our Amazon,’ the Lungs of the World
Cal Winslow | The Press Democrat | August 2023
Our Amazon: The Coast Temperate Rain Forest
Cal Winslow | LA Progressive | June 2023
Close to Home: Use Coast Redwoods to Store Carbon
Cal Winslow | The Press Democrat | February 2022
The Redwood Coast: Dispatches From a Forest in Distress
Cal Winslow | Counterpunch | December 2021
Stopping the Logging of Redwoods on California’s North Coast: Mendocino County’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest
Cal Winslow | Counterpunch | June 2021
Save the Redwoods
Cal Winslow | Jacobin Magazine | April 2021
Defend California’s Redwoods
Cal Winslow | Jacobin Magazine | August, 2020
WILLIAM LEMOS 1949 -2022
An avid outdoorsman and capable craftsman, Bill was a true renaissance person; a commercial and sport fisher, carpenter, plumber, electrician, author, poet, musician. Bill was in awe of his good fortune and magical life. Those who knew Bill were enriched by his friendship, easy smile, gentle ways and kindness.
—Marilyn
The How Many Salmon Eggs per Board Foot Problem: Roads, Trails, and Resource Protection in Jackson Demonstration State Forest
William Lemos | Daylight Ducks Publishing | Spring 2021
SAVING THE REDWOODS: MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS
