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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

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.

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.