[Thespiritexpress] Fwd: Speak Out on Jackson Logging Plan

Thu Jun 19 12:20:38 PDT 2025

Thank you Roz... yes, very important.
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On Thu, Jun 19, 2025, 8:12 AM Roz via Thespiritexpress <
thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> This is very important!  Please share.
> Thanks
> With love, Roz
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> *From:* Mendocino Trail Stewards <
> mendocinotrailstewards.gmail.com at qgylep.sqspmail.com>
> *Date:* June 18, 2025 at 9:04:36 PM PDT
> *To:* roz at mcn.org
> *Subject:* *Speak Out on Jackson Logging Plan*
> *Reply-To:* mendocinotrailstewards at gmail.com
>
> 
>
> Tell the JAG: Vote No on Camp 8 South THP ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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> ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
> [image: MTS Newsletter for Jackson Forest Users]
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> *Tell the JAG: Vote No on Camp 8 South THP*
>
> Hello Friends.
>
> In the midst of all the chaos, we hope you’ve been able to get out and
> enjoy Jackson Demonstration State Forest, or your public lands wherever you
> reside.
>
>
> At Jackson, timber harvest plans are back in full swing.  The AMEX Timber
> Harvest Plan (THP) is in its final stages of approval. We’ll share tips for
> you to comment in an upcoming email, but for now, we have a more urgent
> matter. *The Camp 8 South THP is being presented to the Jackson Advisory
> Group (JAG) next Tuesday, and the JAG needs to hear from you by Friday,
> June 20th. *
>
> The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) describes the Camp
> 8 South project like this:
>
> *The proposed Camp 8 South Timber Harvest Plan (THP)
> <https://engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=685325e0fa522a4a8a841007&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdefault.salsalabs.org%2FT77f214a0-a719-44c0-841d-92d0f35dad26%2F99bf09e6-05d5-4952-ba66-d9576d4760e6&w=5e739e0cb71d3a5b7955b0b9&c=b_6853189199a33a232891cb46&l=en-US&s=eIHrPnE_IekWfUtdBT4KYyPbaXo%3D>
> threatens some of the steepest, most fragile terrain in Jackson
> Demonstration State Forest. Located above the North Fork of the South Fork
> Noyo River, this portion of the forest includes critical wildlife habitat
> and some of the oldest undisturbed second-growth redwood stands in the
> region.*
>
>
> And here’s how Chad Swimmer, co-founder of The Mendocino Trail Stewards,
> describes the project area in his letter
> <https://engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=685325e0fa522a4a8a841007&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F14vw2kruJQyA82UFsXqB73tvp7r_eXUw1m4hJYijBaM4%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&w=5e739e0cb71d3a5b7955b0b9&c=b_6853189199a33a232891cb46&l=en-US&s=0DnMzeOpkBCX526rvrIaNAIDZgI%3D>
> to the JAG:
>
> *I have spent many hours traversing these hillsides, picking black trumpet
> mushrooms, admiring giant old growth redwoods in the Standing Bear (aka
> Pentagon) Grove, sitting at the base of little waterfalls, but mostly
> trying not to damage the extremely friable and nearly vertical forest floor
> with my boots, trying not to injure myself on these treacherous slopes in
> such a remote and inaccessible location.  I have spent the night at Camp 8,
> with a mountain lion screeching in the night and a bear padding through the
> dawn, heard Pileated Woodpeckers pounding hollow snags, and even had an
> encounter with a Northern Spotted Owl in 2021.  This is an exceptional
> spot, rightly designated Late Seral Development, and truly inappropriate
> for mechanized human intrusion.*
>
>
> If you feel the same, you can easily comment by going to EPIC’s Action
> Alert page
> <https://engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=685325e0fa522a4a8a841007&u=https%3A%2F%2Fepic.salsalabs.org%2Fjsdf-camp-8%2Findex.html%3FeType%3DEmailBlastContent%26eId%3D9eefe512-1f18-44e6-a018-d85645fbb2a3&w=5e739e0cb71d3a5b7955b0b9&c=b_6853189199a33a232891cb46&l=en-US&s=ieL3Dp4nTyV2Ktn19kvrbkKcaSc%3D>.
> As always, it helps to personalize your message. The JAG consists of mostly
> local community members, and their votes are the first step in the approval
> process.
>
>
> Thanks for standing up!
>
> Lidar images showing approximate area of the Camp 8 South THP. Above:
> Project area circled in purple. Note the lighter the green, the taller the
> trees. Below: A zoomed in image with topo lines at 100-foot contours
> demonstrates the steepness of the slopes in the project area.
>
>
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