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CDF Report on
Public Comments
On August 6, CDF reported to the
Board of Forestry on the public comments received and the status of
responses to these comments. In a word, the response was
overwhelming!
CDF received 4800 comments, 350 of
which contained distinct individual comments requiring detailed
responses.
See
details of the CDF report to the Board of Forestry.
Selected Expert EIR
Comments
Below are links to the complete text
of comments from a sampling of experts. Many of these comments are
in "pdf" format, which require an Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you download
pdf files and unable to read them, you can download a
free
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Comments by:
 Kathy
Bailey, recently retired Chair of the Sierra Club Forest
Conservation Committee.
Paul Carroll,
legal counsel to the Campaign.
Jim
Harrington, concerned citizen (PDF file, requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader).
Patrick
Higgins, consulting fisheries biologist (PDF file, requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader).
Lori Hubbart,
Chapter President, Dorothy King Young Chapter, California Native Plant
Society
Greg
Jirak, Forestry Program Coordinator, California Native Plant Society
(PDF file, requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader).
Jim
Strittholt, Ph. D., Director, Landscape Ecologist, Conservation
Biology Institute
Vince
Taylor, Ph. D., Executive Director, Campaign to Restore Jackson
State Redwood Forest (PDF file, requires
Adobe
Acrobat Reader). Provides evidence that the the
Draft Management Plan seriously over-estimates forest inventory and
growth, that the new inventory system is not trusted within CDF, and that
law and policy on maximum sustainable yield have not been followed.
General EIR
Comments
Comments
by Tanya Smart and Brent Wright, Jackson Forest neighbors who
recently experienced the effects of major logging in Hare Creek.
Comments by
Leona Walden, Mendocino resident and long-time recreation user of
Jackson Forest.
Mary Bull,
Coordinator, Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap Campaign
Preliminary
Comments and Analysis of the Management Plan
Analysis of the Management Plan with
Suggested EIR Comments, by Kathy Bailey, recently retired Chair of
the Sierra Club Forest Conservation Committee.
Preliminary Analysis of the Management Plan, Jim Strittholt, Ph.
D., Director, Landscape Ecologist, Conservation Biology Institute |