Private and corporate interests from outside the county are targeting
our forestlands for destruction.
Many applications have been filed to clear cut Sonoma County coastal
forest and plant wine grapes. The projects would permanently deforest
large areas of wooded ridge tops. Once these redwood forests are removed,
they will be lost forever.
California has laws ensuring that such projects do not cause
environmental damage, but the Department of Forestry is failing
to enforce them. They are approving projects without the analysis
of environmental impacts required by law. To protect our forests,
the Sierra Club and their allies are asking a judge to require
the Department of Forestry to enforce the law.
The Sierra Club also continues to focus on adoption of forestland
protection amendments to Sonoma County's General Plan. These much
needed amendments would serve as models for general plan updates
in the surrounding counties.
