Mendocino Country Independent Newspaper

Redwood Nation Earth First! Mama Tree Network For immediate release June 11, 2021... Protestors Stop Logging for Second Day in Jackson State Forest On Contested Caspar 500 Plan Caspar CA Protestors held off logging in the Caspar 500 timber harvest plan in Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF) again today, for the second time in three days. Using metal boxes to lock themselves down in the middle of the roadway, activists blocked both entrances to the hotly contested logging plan. Loggers arriving in several pickup trucks at 5:45 a.m. to cut down the large second growth redwoods on the 500 acre plan were turned away. A single CalFire vehicle and one private security guard were the only officials present in the vicinity of Roads 500 and 600 until CHP arrived at 9:00 a.m. and gadvised the protestors they would be arrested and held in the Ukiah jail until next Monday if they stayed. As protestors began to disperse, chainsaws were reported to be heard inside the logging plan causing some activists to go back into the woods. The previous day, loggers were able to gain access and cut down some seventy trees before being stopped by protestors who confronted them peacefully and engaged in dialogue. Cal Fire was immediately notified of public’s presence in forest, including an active tree sit in the well-known Old Growth redwood Mama Tree, but did not halt active tree falling, apparently instructing fallers to stop work only if protestors were visible. CalFire has unmarked the Mama Tree and several other large old trees nearby, but activists are asking for a total revision of the JDSF Management Plan that allowed such old and irreplaceable trees to be marked for cut in the first place. The Coalition to Save Jackson Demonstration Forest is calling for a moratorium on logging in the State-owned forest, citing JDSF’s outdated Management Plan. Although reviewed in 2016, the Plan relies on a 2007 EIR and does not adequately address climate change, drought conditions or science based fire management. The Coalition’s many members and supporters believe these trees are worth more standing, for cultural heritage, environmental benefits such as carbon sequestration and recreation. ****

Cannabis cultivation bust - Potter Valley DATE: "June 11, 2021" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:... Incident Number: 2021-13492 Crime/Incident: 11358(C) - Unlawful Marijuana/Cannabis Cultivation Location: 9000 block of West Side Road in Potter Valley, CA Date of Incident: 06-02-2021 Time: 1:00 PM Victim(s): N/A Suspect(s): Adult Female (62 year-old from Potter Valley, CA) Written By: Sergeant Clint Wyant #2483 Synopsis: On 06-02-2021, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Enforcement Team began conducting an investigation into an unlawful marijuana/cannabis cultivation operation in the 9000 block of West Side Road in Potter Valley, California. It should be noted, this was the same location where the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant in August 2020, for an unlawful marijuana/cannabis operation where several thousand marijuana/cannabis plants were illegally cultivated and ultimately eradicated. During the course of the most recent investigation, law enforcement officials observed several plastic style hoop houses on the property that contained growing marijuana/cannabis. The investigation revealed this property was not legally licensed/permitted to cultivate marijuana/cannabis to this scale. Based on the aforementioned information, an affidavit in support of a search warrant was authored for the property. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Enforcement Team with the assistance of the Mendocino Major Crimes Task Force served the search warrant on the property on 06-02-2021. Upon service of the search warrant, four Hispanic males fled the property on foot and were not captured. Three Hispanic females were located within a marijuana/cannabis "trimming room". One of the females was later determined to be a sixteen year-old minor who was later released to Child Protective Services. A total of 3,741 marijuana/cannabis plants were eradicated and destroyed. In addition to the marijuana/cannabis plants, a total of 115 pounds of hanging bud marijuana/cannabis was also located and destroyed. A criminal investigative report was forwarded to the Mendocino County District Attorney's Office for review of criminal charging and potential prosecution.

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