[CRNMC] Comptche & Beyond: Voice your Concerns to MRC March 5, 5-7pm @ the Comptche Community Hall

Sun Mar 1 11:00:45 PST 2015

Robin,   Thanks for the information on herbicides and your work making the
occupy forum happen.

    I am a Mendocino Environmental Center Board member and currently serve
as President.    What you heard about the MEC feelings about the group is
NOT accurate and simply gossip.

We absolutely support our new anti Pesticide/Herbicide coalition of fellow
brothers and sisters .    We are happy to be a part of this dedicated and
energetic people of Mendocino County.

Down with ruling class               People will rule.      Solidarity
Peter Good

On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:01 AM, <bodhirobin at pacific.net> wrote:

> Annemarie says below, "Mendocino Redwood Company's only justification for
> their practices is how much money it would cost them to do otherwise."
>
> Occupy Ukiah sponsored a forum on herbicide use on March 10, 2013.  2
> representatives from MRC were on the panel, along with 2 organic farmers,
> Chuck Morse, the Ag Commissioner who approves all the herbicides, and the
> member of OU that had studied MRC's 50-year plan, Peter Good.  At that
> time, the 50-yr plan was up for public comment, and that was the cause of
> convening this forum.  In spite of advertizing, posters, a convienient
> weekend time, and lots of delicious snacks, barely anyone from the public
> showed up.
>
> Here is a link to the Herbicide forum.  http://youtu.be/nhyEPQrJFb0
>
> The reps from MRC explained that the forest had been mismanaged and clear
> cut by the previous owner.  Since that time, it has grown back with a lot
> of tan oaks.  They can't use tan oaks and need to remove them in order to
> grow a monoculture of the trees they plan to harvest in 50 years.  This is
> an investment that they will not reap the profits for several decades.
>
> We asked why not just cut down the trees they don't want on their
> privately held land instead of hack and squirt?  Their reply never even
> mentioned money.  They explained that most of these trees can only be
> reached by foot.  If they were cut down or removed by the roots, they would
> need to pave roads all over the forest for their heavy equipment, and that
> would damage the forest worse.  They said that they constantly monitor the
> water in the streams and find NO RESIDUE from their herbicide.
>
> Once resident of Comptche at the forum said his orchard was destroyed by
> their spraying.  The rep from MRC replied that they are very sorry for
> that.  It was clearly a mistake.  They have revised their policies to never
> spray that close to the edge of their property anymore.
>
> Chuck Morse, the Ag. Commissioner (not an elected post), himself an
> organic farmer, stated that he approved their use of Garlon.  He stated
> that it was not his job to compare the herbicides with the Prop 65 list of
> carcinogenic chemicals.
>
> I thought we did a fabulous job on that forum.  Too bad only about 6
> people came from the public.  Now, 2 years later, the issue has come to the
> forefront.  But MRC's 50-yr plan was approved almost 2 years ago.  I think
> it would be more effective to complain to Chuck Morse's boss rather than to
> MRC.  Chuck Morse, the government representative who approves the use of
> Roundup and Garlon is the one you should be targeting more than MRC, which
> already locked in their 50-yr plan.
>
> I personally find that Tan Oaks provide some of the biggest and sweetest
> acorns.  Considering the abundance of oak trees in Mendocino County, the
> popularity of gluten-free food, and the nutritional value of the acorn, I
> think the tan oaks are a rich resource for the acorn flour industry.  I see
> acorn flour and wool as the 2 biggest sustainable employment opportunities
> that we have to develop in the County, but so far, no one has taken up the
> project.  I imagine crowds of youths collecting acorns in the many forests
> and bringing them back to local processing facilities where they are
> peeled, ground, and leeched of tannin, then ground into flour, packaged and
> distributed for sale.  I dream of visiting an acorn flour factory in South
> Korea where they provide acorn flour for the world commercial markets.  Why
> just South Korea?  Why not Mendocino County also. Therefore, it breaks my
> heart to see them killing the tan oaks.
>
> Please understand that I am not justifying the use of herbicide.  I just
> want to share the information of those who have worked on this issue before
> you.
>
> I also heard a report from the Mendocino Environmental Center who had
> joined your last meeting about this issue that they had done a great deal
> of work on this issue already, and felt unheard and unwelcome at the
> meeting.  They went to collaborate, but the locals at the meeting seemed to
> ignore what has come before.
>
> In Peace, Robin
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:44:38 -0800
> From: Carrie Durkee <cdurkee at mcn.org>
> > Subject: [CRNMC] Community Members, Comptche & Beyond: Voice your
> > Concerns to MRC March 5, 5-7pm @ the Comptche Community Hall
> >
> > Hello everyone:
> > I think it would be important represent the wording of the law of Measure
> > S at this meeting. I plan to be there for part of the meeting.
> > Carrie
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >>
> From: Annemarie <aweibel at mcn.org>
> >> Subject: Community Members, Comptche & Beyond: Voice your Concerns to
> >> MRC March 5, 5-7pm @ the Comptche Community Hall
> >> Date: February 27, 2015 9:47:36 PM PST
> >> To: Jim Tarbell <rtp at mcn.org>, Carrie Durkee <cdurkee at mcn.org>
> >>
> >> FYI, Annemarie
> >>
> >>
> >> *Please come to the Comptche Community Hall*
> >>
> >> *Thursday, March 5, 2015, from 5-7pm*
> >>
> >> *to listen, learn, ask questions, and tell Mendocino Redwood Company*
> >>
> >> *what you think about their forest practices in your community.*
> >>
> >> For years, we've watched miles of dead trees appear all over our
> >> county, the result of a poisoning process called hack and squirt.
> >> Along with fears of extreme fire behavior that endangers our homes,
> >> many are concerned about how MRC's use of chemicals affects our water
> >> and the health of the forest. The effects of their actions do not stop
> >> at their property lines.
> >>
> >> Mendocino Redwood Company's only justification for their practices is
> >> how much money it would cost them to do otherwise.
> >> Representatives from MRC will be present from 6-7pm to listen to your
> >> concerns. We are hoping that representatives from Calfire, local fire
> >> departments, and the Board of Supervisors will also attend; any
> >> assistance making that happen would be greatly appreciated./
> >>
> >> The Comptche Community Hall is located on Comptche-Ukiah/Orr Springs
> >> Rd., east of the Comptche Store & P.O.
> >>
> >> Email jesthompson at yahoo.com <mailto:jesthompson at yahoo.com> with
> >> questions.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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