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STOP IT!!!!!

Battle Creek Clear Cuts


Editorial: Governor needs to keep pledge at Battle Creek

Sacramento Bee, Tuesday, June 21, 2011   

CSNC comments on the Proposed Rule for National Forest Land Management Planning

The Proposed Rule falls far short of what is needed.....we urge the Forest Service to adopt scientifically valid standards.

Game Changer: Big Timber DOES have to pay attention to Clean Water!!!!

Court Order

Victory!

October 23, 2009 The Eldorado National Forest responds to an Appeal by the Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation and the Center for Biological Diversity: Withdraws approval of a five-year special event permit for dirt bike “enduro” races in the Rock Creek Recreational Trails Area!!!

Press Release

Oak Woodlands Management Plan Lawsuit Update: Hearing scheduled for Nov 19

More....

September 9, 2009

Destructive Sierra Nevada Off-road Vehicle Plan Challenged

Press Release

Legal Complaint filed against USFS Decision (pdf)

April 24, 2009

Water Quality Board hits both El Dorado County and Eldorado National Forest with Order: "Clean-up the Rubicon Trail!"

CVRWQCB order cites "mismanagement resulting in water quality impacts which include sediment discharges to surface waters, human sanitation problems and soil and water contamination"

Requires vehicle use reduction and cessation of discharge of sediment and waste

Press Release

Related Links

What A Mess!

2008 Photo essays documents how SPI timber harvesting practices devastate forest ecosystems, and leave behind eroded, poisoned, and fire-prone landscapes.

SPI plantations along Wentworth Springs Road, El Dorado County (980 kb pdf)

Mount Lassen area SPI impacts (480 kb pdf)

Eldorado National Forest Travel Management Decision:

It's Here, and It's Bad

THE APPEAL

Citizens File Suit to Stop Illegal Clearcutting in Northern California

OHV Route Designation

CSNC Position Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shirley's Picks: news items and commentaries
Congress holds hearings on ORV abuses of land and people. Jack Gregory, recently retired Special Agent in Charge, Southern Region, U.S. Forest Service, On Behalf of Rangers for Responsible Recreation condemns ORV damage; urges stiff penalties. Read full testimony.
"There's a lot riding on what happens in California..." Read how CSNC forced the Forest Service to set an example for the rest of the nation by requiring environmental review of OHV routes.
"In the Money and Out of Control"

(quick link to pdf)

 

The Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation is a Grassroots Environmental Organization dedicated to the Protection of Ecosystem Values and the long-Term Sustainability of Our Natural Resources for Future Generations.