The 2002 INFO PACKET

Contains the latest info on the SSF! drive to expand the Whittemore State Redwood Park. An 8Mb PDF file is also available for reproduction. Please contact SSF!

A hillside on the South Fork of the Eel River in Lower Redway cut loose and slid into the river there Sunday
afternoon, threatening to turn the low lying area into a lake as the slide plugged up the waterway; causing the evacuation of the small community's populace.

Residents of Southern Humboldt are rejoicing because Humboldt Superior Court issued a favorable decision in the case of Redway Forest Defense and Richard Gienger v. California Department of Forestry and Pacific Lumber Co.

Some issues for North Coast residents never seem to go away. One of these, in general, is the problem of unstable slopes and the often catastrophic impacts on people, water, and resources when landsliding, debris flows, and debris torrents occur.

Redway: A debate over Pacific Lumber Company's access to a timber harvest plan near Redway will postpone logging scheduled to have begun next week, Pacific Lumber representatives stated last week.