Cut back clearcutting in California

Clearcutting and plantation forestry are damaging the forests of the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere in California. Help stop the ongoing destruction. Send a message to our state's three top elected officials: No More Clearcutting!

To read more, click here.

Send a message!

The Bush administration is still trying to open roadless forests to development– one state at a time. Send a letter to the U.S. Forest Service and tell them to keep wild forests intact and unroaded. Follow the link below to send your message:

http://www.roadless.org/action/Future/FF

Click here to read Wild at Heart, new report on Idaho's roadless forests

Fighting global warming begins at home!

The Forest Service has continued to log in Giant Sequoia National Monument, in spite of the fact that logging has been prohibited there. The monument would be managed by the National Park Service under the Act to Save America's Forests, which is soon to be re-introduced in Congress by Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Atherton).
Click here to learn more.

forest news

Redwood wars over; last tree-sitters come down
(9/24/08)

A package of bills that protects hundreds of thousands of pristine acres
(9/13/08)

Key senate panel approves Krebs wilderness
(9/11/08)

Berkeley tree-sitters finally down to earth
(9/10/08)

Groups challenge new Sierra logging rules
(9/10/08)

Cal prepares to end tree-sitters' protest
(9/9/08)

Tree supporters appeal ruling on UC stadium plan
(8/29/08)

Peter Raven's botanical roots come from S.F.
(8/20/08)

Stanford biologist sees money in preservation
(8/18/08)

Environmentalists sue Forest Service
(8/15/08)

Planned rules cut reviews under species act
(8/12/08)

2008 sets a record for wildfires
(8/1/08)

Court denies stay in Pacific Lumber case
(7/30/08)

Fresh delay stops UC from cutting trees
(7/26/08)

California joins big carbon-trade partnership
(7/24/08)

Cal wins big in battle over athletic center
(7/23/08)

Warming West is ground zero for wildfires
(7/21/08)

Endangered condors survive Big Sur fire
(7/18/08)

Wildfire's role in the life of a forest
(scroll to bottom)
(7/16/08)

Bird species plummet as habitat dwindles
(7/11/08)

Mt. Shasta glaciers expand in spite
of global warming
(7/9/08)

A move to halve greenhouse gases
(7/9/08)

Ex-EPA aide tells of White House censorship
(7/9/08)

White House gases
(7/7/08)

Getting it right on global warming
(6/27/08)

Board outlines plans to whip greenhouse gases
(6/27/08)

Grim look at state's plant life
(6/25/08)

Firefighters battling hundreds of blazes
(6/24/08)

Scientist hasn't cooled crusade against warming
(6/23/08)

Real risks, surreal humor in UC Berkeley trees
(6/23/08)

Forest Service to beef up firefighting ranks
(6/21/08)

Cal, tree-sitters both happy after judge rules
(6/19/08)

Protesters arrested at Cal stadium grove as crowd awaits court ruling
(6/18/08)

Sierra forests and wildlife will feel impact of climate change
(6/17/08)

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