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Press

‘The biggest middle finger’: California homeowner cuts down four redwoods, enraging neighbors
Anna Bauman | SF Chronicle | April 30, 2026

TODAY IN SUPES: . . . Old-Growth Protections for Lower Redway Punted to a Future Agenda
Isabella Vanderheiden | Lost Coast Outpost | April 21, 2026

TODAY in SUPES: Board Gets an Earful on Felled Old Growth . . .
Ryan Burns | Lost Coast Outpost | March 3, 2026

Five Old-Growth Redwoods Were Cut Down in Lower Redway. How Could That Happen?
Isabella Vanderheiden | Lost Coast Outpost | January 29, 2026

Redway Residents Irate Over Logging Action
Bill Israel | Sacramento Bee | July 1978

Two Parables of the Timber Trade
Paul McHugh | SF Examiner | December 1978
(accessed via newspapers.com)

Documents

Humboldt County Planning Commission Ordinance 2112, June 16, 2026

Email from Warren Black to Sue Moloney, June 12, 2026

Email from Cliff Johnson to Sue Moloney, June 10, 2026

County of Humboldt, Special Permit, June 18, 2026

Email to Mr. Ingersoll, Mr. Black and Mr. McAnulty, May 19, 2026
Lower part of above email

Notice of Inspection, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. May 6, 2026

Letter from Ecology Law Center to Humboldt County Public Works, May 4, 2026

Agenda from the County of Humboldt meeting on April 21, 2026

Our letter to the Board of Supervisors, February 23, 2026
This letter lays out the issues at stake, as well as our position.

Wheeler Compaintant Letter, January 2026
The Professional Standard’s Program at the Department of Forestry & Fire Protection acknowledges a complaint about the exemption and states that the concern is under investigation.

Scarlett Exemption, December 2025

Ordinance No. 2112, 1996
This ordinance limits the felling of redwoods greater than 12″ in diameter.

MLS listing of 20 Oakridge Drive, Redway

Basic Tree Risk Assessment Form from the International Society of Arboriculture

Floorplan of residence, 20 Oakridge Drive, Redway

Edge Effect, by David Anderson, The Times Standard, 10-18-1999
Old redwoods don’t do well next to clear cuts . . .

Public Comments at Supervisors Meetings

March 24, 2026

Start 1:10 in.  Watch ’til 1:14.  After Sue speaks, Supervisor Bushnell comes over to tell her the item will be on the agenda 4/21

March 10, 2026

Start at 40 mins in.  Four of us spoke on the issue.

March 3, 2026

Start at 28 mins in.  Watch until 1:06  (Twelve of us spoke on the issue of saving trees in the Q-Zone.  Another fellow had other issues.)  Supervisors  Bushnell and Bohn attempt  to explain why the county chose not to enforce the Q-Zone.