Trail Stewards Policy Papers

The following papers were written by members of the Trail Stewards and our allies, addressing critical issues of public policy as it relates to Jackson Demonstration State Forest and public lands in general. Please share these widely, but as a link to this page, not as individual documents. We have much more information on our Research Links Page. Thank you.

Priscilla Hunter: Priscilla Hunter is an elder of the Coyote Valley Pomo Tribe, a longtime environmental activist, and the Chairwoman of the Sinkiyone Intertribal Wilderness Council. The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo are presently engaged in Government to Government consultations with the State of California as to the fate of JDSF, the ancestral homelands of the Northern Pomo and Coast Yuki Peoples.

Comments on Forest Stewardship re: THPs 1-20-00073 & 1-20-00093

Polly Girvin: Polly Girvin, JD, is a longtime practitioner of Indian Law and the Legal Representative of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo in all of their affairs. She is presently engaged in four different Government to Government consultations with the State of California.

Tribal Sovereignty and Government to Government Consultations

William Lemos: William Lemos, PhD, was born and raised on the Mendocino Coast, a longtime educator, instrumental in the transfer of over 7,000 acres of cutover forest lands in the Big River Watershed from industry ownership to the California State Park System, and is an active member of the Mendocino Trail Stewards Steering Committee.

The How Many Salmon Eggs per Board Foot Problem

John P O’Brien: John P O’Brien, PhD, was raised in Weaverville, California, is a climate scientist for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and an active member of the Mendocino Trail Stewards Steering Committee.

Timber Harvest vs Forest Protection in JDSF

Response to Helge Eng & Cal Fire

Chad Hanson: Chad Hanson, JD, PhD, is a noted and published wildfire ecologist, a Pacific Crest Trail through-hiker, and the director of the John Muir Project.

Response to Cal Fire re: JP O’Brien Comments

Brad Marston: Brad Marston, PhD, is a climate physicist and the Associate Director of the Brown University Theoretical Physics Center who regularly travels to Northern California to participate in trail work parties in the Yolla Bolly Mountains.

August Fire Restoration Proposal Comments to the US Forest Service

Protecting National Forests as a Climate Smart Strategy

Dorothy King Young Chapter of the California Native Plant Society (DKYCNPS), Renee Pasquinalle, Peter Baye, Teresa Sholars: The DKYCNPS is devoted to increasing awareness, understanding, and appreciation of California Native Plants. Renee Pasquinalle, Peter Baye, and Teresa Sholars are all published biologists and ecologists who have devoted innumerable hours to surveying and advocating for the protection of plant communities and the creatures that depend on them.

Conservation Spotlight on THPs

Matthew Simmons: Matthew Simmons, JD, is a legal fellow for the Environmental Protection Information Center in Arcata, California, specializing in Environmental and Public Interest Law, and a key ally in the Trail Stewards’ campaign to change the management of Jackson Demonstration State Forest.

EPIC’s Public Comments: Mitchell Creek THP

Vince Taylor: Vince Taylor, PhD, is a former Rand Corporation economist and the founder of the original Campaign to Restore Jackson State Forest, whose successful lawsuit closed logging in JDSF from the years 2001-2009. Vince Taylor has come out of retirement to become a crucial ally and advisor to the Mendocino Trail Stewards.

1998 Letter to CDF Director Richard A Wilson re: JDSF Inventory

2002 Comments on the JDSF Draft EIR

Library of Documents Related to the 2005 & 2007 Management Plans and EIR Drafts

Will Russell: Will Russell, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at San Jose State University, a well-known restoration ecologist, and part-time resident of the Mendocino Coast.

Restoration of Coast Redwood Forests Through Natural Recovery

Public Records Act Documents released by Cal Fire in response to the Mendocino Trail Stewards

Records Related to Armorous Security in Caspar 500

Cal Fire Legal Counsel to Conrad Forest Products, H & M Logging, and Two Brothers Logging