Conservation Letters, Books, Projects & More by Lost Coast League Members
Rainbow Ridge & LCL Support Letter, by David Simpson
"The company's plans for Rainbow Ridge include logging right up to the borders of Humboldt Redwood State Park, with no provisions for buffers around this national treasure. Logging these ridgelines would could further devastate the wildlife communities..."
Rainbow Ridge: Concerns of Excessive Timber Harvest In The Mattole
... After several years of inaction in their Mattole holdings, HRC has now submitted
three timber harvest plans for Rainbow Ridge... and in most estimates include the last, biggest and best stands of timber that Maxxam left standing on the Mattole holdings.
Mattole Forests: Certification of Humboldt Redwood Company
... the Mattole Exception. The Mattole portion of HRC’s forests are unique... Any certification criteria for practices in the redwood region do not necessarily apply here. For one, there is no redwood. That is, the forest differs greatly. But more importantly, the underlying geology is more unstable, the slopes steeper, the soils unconsolidated. The potential for mass wasting is extreme.