"The Documents in the Case"

This is a compilation (by Redwoods Forever) of documents which may usefully be quoted in public comment or news articles on CDF practices. These documents highlight the inadequacies of the current Forest Practice Rules, as implemented, to adequately protect our forests and rivers, and the habitat of threatened salmon and other species. Many of these documents have been cited by noted environmental attorney, Paul V. Carroll, in expert commentary on various THP plans. Other documents were provided by fisheries biologist, Patrick Higgins.

Some of Paul Carroll's own comments are:

Documents cited by Paul Carroll

Little Hoover Commission, Timber Harvest Plans: A Flawed Effort to Balance Economic and Environmental Needs
LSA Associates, Final Report: Conclusions and Recommendations for Strengthening the Review and Evaluation of Timber Harvest Plans
Fed.Reg. 56138: Endangered and Threatened Species: Threatened Status for Central California Coast Coho Salmon
July 28, 1997, Memorandum from Division of Mines and Geology to CDF re THP 1-97-232HUM
August 21, 1997, Memorandum from Division of Mines and Geology to CDF re Bear Creek Drainage
1997 letter from Alexis Strauss, acting director of the Water Division of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the California Board of Forestry
October 17, 1997, Letter from National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to CDF
September 11, 1997, Article appearing in the Humboldt Beacon: CDF Says Logging Has Adverse Effect
October 14, 1997, Memorandum from Department of Fish and Game to CDF re fish habitat conditions in Bear Creek
November 25, 1997, article appearing in the San Jose Mercury News, Critics scorch forestry agency
January 22, 1998, Letter from NMFS to the Regional Water Quality Control Board
February 11, 1998, Letter from CDF to Pacific Lumber Co.
April 7, 1998, Letter from NMFS to CDF
November 20, 1998, Water Quality Control Board, Executive Officer Summary Report: Cumulative Watershed Effects Assessment on North Coast Timberlands
January 21, 1999, Letter from CDF to Pacific Lumber Co.
May 24, 1999, Letter from Dr. Leslie Reid to Assemblyman Fred Keeley, Forest Practice Rules and cumulative watershed impacts in California
May 26, 1999, Article appearing in the San Diego Union-Tribune: Logging regulation should be tightened, scientist says
Scientific Review Panel (June 1999): Report of the Scientific Review Panel on California Forest Practice Rules and Salmonid Habitat
Cumulative Impacts Analysis: A Report of CDF Director THP Task Force (July 1999)
December 2, 1999, Letter from NMFS to CDF
65 Fed.Reg. 36074: Endangered And Threatened Species: Threatened Status for One Steelhead Evolutionarily Significant Unit in California
The University of California Committee on Cumulative Watershed Effects (June 2001): A Scientific Basis for the Prediction of Cumulative Watershed Effects
August 2, 2001, Water Quality Control Board, Executive Officer Summary Report: Timber Harvest Division Regulatory Coordination
The California Senate Office of Research, Timber harvesting and Water Quality (December 2002)
EPA, California Nonpoint Source Program Findings And Conditions (June 1998)

The following documents provide technical information about the Gualala River Watershed and others, and were either written by or cited by wildlife biologist, Patrick Higgins

Final Report on Sediment Impairment and Effects on Beneficial Uses of the Elk River and Stitz, Bear, Jordan and Freshwater Creeks - Prepared August 12, 2003 by Humboldt Watershed Independent Scientific Review Panel
Report (Comments on Artessa) written by Patrick Higgins (Consulting Fisheries Biologist - May 20, 2003)
Impacts of Logging on Storm Peak Flows, Flow Volumes and Suspended Sediment Loads in Caspar Creek, California by Jack Lewis, Sylvia R. Mori, Elizabeth T. Keppeler, Robert R. Ziemer
Technical Support Document (TSD) for the Gualala River Watershed Water Quality Attainment Action Plan for Sediment (CWRCB, 2001)
GUALALA RIVER WATERSHED LITERATURE SEARCH AND ASSIMILATION, by Patrick Higgins
Report (Comments on Hansen/Whistler Conversion), by Patrick Higgins -- April 4, 2004

The following documents are on Fog Drip:

Dawson, Todd E; 1996. 'The Use Of Fog Precipitation By Plants In Coastal Redwood Forests'
.Comments on Fog Drip for Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association by Carl J. Wahl, Jr.

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