[Occupymendocino] FW: Take Action to Protect Mendocino Pygmy Cypress

[Ann Rennacker]

This is vitally important, to save our pygmy forests before any more bad developments take place on this rare ecosystem.  There are only a few thousand acres of pygmy forest in the world, mostly here in Ft Bragg and Mendocino, and Waste Management has convinced some officials that we must log it and develop the area into a huge Waste Transfer Station on Hwy 20!  Please sign the petition and pass it on to everyone you know.  Ann
 
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:00:28 -0400
From: epic at wildcalifornia.org
To: annxpress at live.com
Subject: Take Action to Protect Mendocino Pygmy Cypress


Dear Ann,
We need your help to save rare pygmy forests in Mendocino County!
Action Alert: Speak Up for Rare Mendocino County Pygmy Forest


Take action now. The Mendocino Solid Waste Management Authority is proposing a solid waste transfer station for the City of Fort Bragg on a 17-acre parcel of undeveloped Mendocino Pygmy Cypress Woodland and Northern Bishop Pine Forest—another rare forest type—along state highway 20. The 17-acre parcel is currently owned by the state, and is being managed as part of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, but the proposal involves a land-swap that would transfer it out of state ownership for the purposes of the proposed development. Click here to learn more about the project and take action. 


 
One Plan to Rule Them All


Over the next few weeks and months, EPIC is going to focus in depth on the Northwest Forest Plan revisions for the U.S. Forest Service. Each week we will bring you a new topic. Species like the northern spotted owls don’t respect political boundaries. For that reason, the original Northwest Forest Plan was a regional forest management plan. The Plan amended the forest plans for 26 separate forests, managed by the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service, across 24 million acres of the American West. Click here to learn more about the Northwest Forest Plan process.  


Moonalice at the Mateel Community Center, March 27th


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