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MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS HAVE A DREAM MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS HAVE A DREAM AND A WAY FORWARD TO TRANSFORM PART OF AND A WAY FORWARD TO TRANSFORM PART OF

JACKSON DEMONSTRATION STATE FORESTJACKSON DEMONSTRATION STATE FORESTINTO A REDWOOD PRESERVEINTO A REDWOOD PRESERVE

MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS HAVE A DREAM MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS HAVE A DREAM AND A WAY FORWARD TO TRANSFORM PART OF AND A WAY FORWARD TO TRANSFORM PART OF

JACKSON DEMONSTRATION STATE FORESTJACKSON DEMONSTRATION STATE FORESTINTO A REDWOOD PRESERVEINTO A REDWOOD PRESERVE

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ON OUR COVER: Photo of a giant sequoia taken at Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California (not in Jackson State Forest) by Joslyn Lawrence and Brian Kuhlmann. See more of their work on page 17. Above: Wild Iris. Photo by Art Mielke.

STEWARDSHIP An ethic that embodies the responsible planning and management of resources. In an age of scarce funding in the public sphere, we who use the trails can't expect others to build and maintain them. By virtue of picking up tools and cutting the dirt, pulling invasive weeds, bagging and hauling off trash, soaking in the beauty of the seasons, we make these paths our own. In this modern world, where the vast majority of human beings live in urban areas, we are lucky to have this forest, to be entrusted with these trails. CONDENSATION, OR THE LACK OF IT

5:30 a.m., November 1, 2020: my tent was completely dry. My ultralight one-person shelter looked insignificant tucked in among the hulking and seemingly healthy second-growth trees of Camp 8, Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Reverberating through the groves, the carpenter's hammering of a pileated woodpecker on a hollow snag was the only sound. No wind, no chatter of descending water, no jets overhead. The staccato quiet held my attention. But it wasn't the woodpecker—the second larg-

est species in North America, the one Woody was modeled upon—that was jarring, it was the lack of dew beneath my fingertips, the profound aridity in the air. Redwood forests are really a type of cloud forest. They possess a perfect system for harvesting condensation and dropping it onto their root systems. But that morning—like so many in the last few summers—there was none. I had come to Camp 8 by bike with my fellow trail steward and photographer Art Mielke. On the Noyo River, Camp 8 is one of an extended series of campsites surround-ing Camp 1, up valley from Fort Bragg. We hadn't been sure where we were going to pitch our tents, but had gotten a late start from Gibney Lane. The ride up the Mitchell Creek drainage, along the ridges behind Caspar, then down to the Noyo river didn't take too long, but the afternoon shadows were deep by the time we reached the Egg Taking Station. Our original plan was for a harsh fourteen-hundred-foot climb up to a dry camp on Riley Ridge to watch the Halloween moon, but neither of us felt quite up to that. We had not been to Camp 8 before. Our bike-packing objective was just this: to get away, and to get to know Jackson better.

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ABOVE: To awaken in the forest and find no moisture around your ultralight tent is as shocking to the camper as it must be to the trees that depend on their perfectly designed ability to funnel fog to their roots for their very existence. Photo by Chad Swimmer. BELOW: Fern Saw Blades. Photo by Art Mielke.

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What is happening is that I've been putting in a lot of time with the Mendocino Coast Children's Fund and Covid Response Network, thinking about how to help people who are out of work and out of stimulus money and really need to get groceries for their families and pay the rent, and about trying to keep the virus cases as low on the coast as we can because that whole deal is very, very scary and confusing.

And you know what? It's not so bad. It's weird, but it's also incredibly bolstering to know how amazing our community is, how regular folks like you and me can just step up and volunteer, donate, and be so damn effective at intervening in a hard situation that it just brings you to tears. People are good. People who need help are good, and it takes guts to ask for it. There's a lot of love here. So the spirit of the holidays manages to get through, despite how weird everything is. Here's to spirit, and to them, and to us. Here's to a waaaay schmoozier 2021. Keep the love flowing, my friends. It's the one thing that will keep us un-weird in the true core of this life. Happy New Year. REALLY.


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WHY DEMONSTRATION?

Jackson Demonstration State Forest—the name is a mouthful. JDSF is quicker, but rather clunky and inelegant. Those of us who love this place mostly say “Jackson,” unaware of the history of Jacob Green Jackson, the Vermont transplant who bought a mill at the mouth of Caspar Creek in 1864 with some adjacent timberland thrown into the deal for good measure. He kept on buying, then incorporated his expanding holdings as the “Caspar Lumber Company,” in 1880, initiating a sixty-year period of wholesale industrial logging, at least as it was practiced at the time. An eons-old eco-system was nearly destroyed; only massive stumps and a few relic groves remaining. In the process, Jacob Green became a very rich man and one of the largest lumber dealers in the state. [i] By 1947 though, Jacob Green had passed away, the vast majority of the old growth was gone, and Caspar Lumber couldn't (or wouldn't) pay its tax bills. It sold the cut-over 48,652 acres to the State of California with the stipulation that they continue as timber lands in perpetuity. Logging continued, but not nearly at the same pace. For one, there weren't so many valuable trees left. But more importantly, Jackson was now a demonstration forest being managed by professional foresters for silviculture research and sustainable logging practices. Now, seventy-three years later, areas of the forest are in the early stages of recov-ery. True old growth status, with all its elusive biological diversity and cathedral-like grandeur, its carpet of topsoil in the canopy, its bat-flanges, and its many species that never descend to the ground, is many hundreds of years off. Still, areas that have had no harvest entry since the 1920s are achieving second growth characteristics, showing the little studied but astounding potential Sequoia sempervirens (the coast redwood) has for bouncing back. The wonderfully named Fritz Wonder Plot, on State Park land near Big River, has some of the tallest second growth in the world and is accumulating biomass at a rate few ever expected. [ii] Data gathered in Humboldt has shown that this phenomenal rate of growth translates to the most carbon sequestered by any species in the world, and that the bigger and older a redwood is, the more it sequesters. [iii]

IN A NAME

The name Jackson evokes an image in many of our minds of a magical place we love, full of memories and good times hidden among mossy trunks and ferny hillsides. It is the word “demonstration” that is more pertinent than the actual name. Managed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire), the state forest system has eight demonstration forests, of which Jackson is by far the largest. Cal Fire likes to remind us that these are “working forests,” which means that though we, the California public, have the right to enter and recreate, their primary mandate is timber harvest. Like most of the public patrimony in the US, Jackson has been and continues to be used as a commodity with insufficient input allowed from those who walk and maintain its trails, raise our kids here, and have lived next door for generations. As for the greater state forest system, it is almost entirely supported by funds raised by selling timber harvest rights here in JDSF. While this is argued as for the greater good of the people of California, it seems anachronistic that so wealthy a state could not support its forest system on other revenues. It most certainly is not in line with the wishes of a large portion of the Mendocino County population.

ENTER THE MENDOCINO TRAIL STEWARDS

On March 1, 2020, just as SARS-covid 2 was silently hopping from person to person, coun-try to country, the Mendocino Coast Cyclists (MCC) had its annual public meeting. Twenty or so mountain bikers sat at fold-up tables in the Caspar Community Center's South hall to discuss upcoming trail work and rides, the few-thousand-dollar budget that covers the club’s minimal expenses, and the future of the Caspar area's world class trail network. [iv] Photocopies of a map were passed around showing six timber harvest plans (THPs) be-ing planned for the Caspar watershed and for areas in the Big River watershed surrounding the Mendocino Woodlands. There was also the possibility of others nearby. Nearly 80% of the trails in Western Jackson looked likely to be affected, though it was not clear how severely or exactly when. Many of the cyclists at the meeting had lived on the coast long enough to remember the

ABOVE: Chad Swimmer pedaled and pon-dered his way through the woods and through this story, giving readers a peek into the wonder and awe of his favorite forest, which has inspired him and his equally dedicated cohort to help preserve it for the future. Photo by Art Mielke.

Real Estate Magazine December 18, 2020 JACKSON—Continued from Page 5


large clear cuts in the upper Caspar watershed—but that was thirty or more years ago. As the discussion continued, it became obvious that those thirty years had been some-thing of a fantasy interlude, a time when the forests outside our backdoor were ours with no threat of harvest, a time that started in 2001 when Vince Taylor's Campaign to Restore Jackson State Forest got an injunction that stopped logging entirely. Discontent filled the room. One person said, “My family and I moved here primar-ily because of these trails. We bought our house here. We brought money here.” A desperate question was on all our minds: “Why so much logging right here, in the area that gets the most use?” The meeting veered from complaining and lamenting to brainstorming. How could these harvests be prevented, or at least affected by the input of user groups such as the MCC? Within a week, six of us met separately and the Mendocino Trail Stewards was formed. By June, we were meeting regularly—outside and socially-distanced, of course. We teamed up with Cal-Fire and State Parks for two forest clean-up days, during which we removed approximately three humongous truckloads of heavy-duty trash ranging from fish guts to motor oil, plastic bottles to soiled diapers, pizza boxes to dumped grow lights. Our profile increased. As the actual picture emerged of how many acres were being targeted for harvest by Cal Fire, our scope of activism began to widen. We had too much connection to this forest, too many years here to not feel anger and sadness as we walked or rode by ribbons emblazoned with “timber harvest boundary” or trees ringed with blue spray paint. Our meetings produced a vision and a mission as we in-crementally hammered out what Mendocino Trail Stewards would stand for and what we would be taking on.

THE BALANCING ACT Returning to November 1, 2020—that dry morning: as Art and I stuffed our sleeping bags and attached our gear to our bikes, a juvenile black bear strolled up and peeked shyly at me over a thicket of salal. For a moment I could see her nostrils pulsing before she disappeared back into the brush. In the middle of the night a mountain lion down the valley had entertained itself screeching at something. A flock of geese had flown over at first light honking their news of the day. Though in some ways these woods are remote and perilous if you're not prepared, they are not wilderness. Camp 8, despite being unused for at least a year, had a well-constructed and unoxidized bathroom. A picnic table with a barbecue fire-stand sat conveniently waiting for us. Our surplus of tasty nuts, raisins, bars, and miso cups had been purchased mostly at Down

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Home Foods, less than ten air miles away. But there was no cell reception, no way of getting aid in a pinch, no likelihood that anybody would happen by anytime soon. Just up a steep hill, beyond a veneer of mossy second-growth redwoods, the forest character changed. An unnatural opening in the canopy revealed ample morning light. As Art munched, I scrambled up to look around, to see what kind of timber harvest had been “demonstrated.” Group selection, meaning areas up to two or more acres, had been cleared of marketable trees. These are primarily redwoods, but in some years, if the price is high enough, Douglas fir as well. The remaining wood, in this case a number of large madrones, hemlocks, and pithy sequoia had been cut and left on the ground to rot. The art of timber harvest in Jackson Demonstration State Forest is a balancing act. The Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs) employed by Cal Fire to write the THPs have a lot to consider. One of Jackson's goals is to research all the harvest methods employed by private timber holders, from single tree to group selection, cluster, vari-able retention, two-aged, and clear cutting (coyly dubbed “even-aged” management). There, the possible archaeological remains and artifacts, threatened or endangered species, erosion hazards, watercourse issues, road access, etc. Jackson is also man-dated to promote the development of maturing and biologically diverse second growth. Finally, the RPF must factor into the plan that there is enough valuable timber that a Licensed Timber Operator (LTO) will even bid on it, otherwise their many months of work are for naught. The choreography is intricate, but the real conductor is the California Board of For-estry, who considers “Jackson and three of the other Demonstration State Forests as commercial timberland areas managed by professional foresters.” (Emphasis is mine; Board Policy 0351.1) It is believed that the board mandates that a certain amount of revenue be generated every year, but how much is undisclosed internal policy. As we rode the steep, graveled, interminable grade of Road 363 up to Riley Ridge, we passed many older THPs. We swerved our bikes to avoid purple scat piles full of berries and paper wasps left by random creatures big and small but didn't see much alive or afoot. Once at the top, we headed east on Road 1,000—Riley Ridge. Mendocino County is large and sparsely populated, with thousands of miles of dirt byways, which most of its eighty-seven thousand odd residents and hundreds of thousands of visitors have never seen. This road mostly sticks to a high ridge, with views south into Jackson, north into a checkerboard of timberlands with a long history of name, and holding company, changes. These junk-bond-financed sales have left the terrain less valuable and more eroded, the increasing degradation a modern iteration of The Great Outdoors; out of sight and hidden from the masses. Cal Fire is not a perfect steward, but the contrast with these surrounding lands is no-table. From Road 1,000 back to my front door, Art and I would pass by acreage owned and managed by [Lyme Redwood Forest Company], Boys and Girls Club of San Fran-cisco, The Conservation Fund, and California State Parks at the Mendocino Woodlands, where the trees are still big and the shade deep. JDSF land is shadier than all the other timberland we saw—not nearly so cut over. Cal Fire claims to grow twice as many board feet as they cut every year, and to have an inventory of over fifty thousand board feet an acre, as compared to fifteen thousand board feet/acre everywhere else. But these figures may not be accurate. In 1990 the state demonstration forests changed their method of quantifying timber inventories. The Campaign to Restore Jackson State argued in their successful lawsuit that Cal Fire was overestimating inventory and un-

derestimating cut. To quote Vince Taylor, “In 1998, I presented to CDF substantial evidence that their recent estimates of forest inven-tory and growth were very much greater than the true values.”[v] This was never refuted, and it is entirely possible that the situation continues.[vi] In any case, the comparison of JDSF to the surrounding timber-land checkerboard is not entirely fair. These are managed by hedge funds and larger holding com-panies with obligations to their shareholders to maximize prof-its. Even when they are certified “sustainable” by groups such as the Forest Stewardship Council—as they practically all are these days—things such as clear cuts of up to sixty acres are allowed.

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Meanwhile, Jackson is managed to generate revenue, which supports the state forest system (which isn't nearly as gluttonous as private shareholders) and to generate data which the timber industry and its companion academic institutions need. This is sup-posedly under the guidance of the not publicly available four-hundred-forty-page JDSF Management Plan, the California Forest Practice Act of 1973, and the Environmental Quality Act of 1970. Herein lies the tension and the source of much of the conflict surrounding Jackson from the 1990s to the present. The state needs Jackson's revenue, but the state wants to appear as Jackson's careful steward to the increasingly environmentally conscious California public. Unfortunately, when faced with this contradiction, the state's need for revenue continues to trump lofty ideals and objective, science-based considerations. To reduce this statement to one paragraph, consider that the plan and its adjuncts contain recommendations for quite sound forest management practices such as: efforts will be made to limit the extent of harvest in areas that have had little or no harvest entry since 1925 (or that currently have at least ten trees/acre greater than thirty inches in diameter) (JDSF Management Plan, 2016, page 3). Note that the phrase “efforts will be made” is neither legally binding nor enforceable. Unfortunately, areas that have less than ten trees/acre greater than thirty inches are not actually that profitable to harvest, so this recommendation—which practically heads the management plan—must be set aside as meaningless rhetoric. All six of the impending timber harvest plans in Big River, Caspar, Hare Creek, Jug Handle, and Mitchell Creek (over three thousand acres total—by comparison: twice the land area of Fort Bragg itself) are out of line with this crucial recommendation. These plans are mostly in recovering second growth, with substantial numbers of trees over thirty inches per acre, certainly more than ten. These are the very trees that provide enough value to the plans for a Licensed Timber Operator to consider bidding on them. BACK TO BALANCE The balance that Mendocino Trail Stewards has had to negotiate has also been tricky.We quickly gained a lot of traction, but we stepped on some toes. In the years since The Campaign's successful lawsuit, the county's economy had changed drastically. People with money were leaving the cities en masse, buying properties, siphoning tech funds and retirement nest eggs north—something which has only increased since the pandemic began. The mills had closed and the county—indeed the whole northwest end of the state—was left with a dearth of valuable timber. Fisheries were drying up. The marijuana industry was crashing. Like so many rural areas facing such enormous dislocation, tourism—already a pillar of the economy—became the only obvious solu-tion remaining. Our county’s newest residents have no memory of—nor connection to—the old Mendoc ino world of tree fallers, truck drivers, and mill workers. These are people who want a different kind of healthy, outdoor lifestyle on clean beaches and in intact forests. These are most certainly not people who want logging in their backyard. Others, even some of the stewards, had been involved in the timber industry, had grown up here, but had soured on the failing old extraction model. Our job would be to usher this working forest into the future, demonstrating conservation, carbon sequestration, and recreation for the good of the climate, our children, and the burgeoning eco-tourism economy. SMOKE AND FLAMES

Meanwhile, Art and I continued our big loop, climbing 20 percent grades up Road 1,000's orange clay surface to Three Chop Ridge. For so late in the fall, there was a lot of smoke in the air. The ridges were hazy enough that we even worried whether another


ABOVE: A young Mendocino Trail Steward working on the Mendocino Coast Cyclists' September 2020 trail day. Photo by Chad Swimmer.

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fire had started. All of us Californians are traumatized. Such low humidity, such dry understory, brush, and grass, no precipitation in the forecast—the combination was dangerous. But we couldn't see any plumes, so we were left to continue forward—fast—down Road 200 an exhilarating four miles, our 2.3-inch tires gripping the newly-spread gravel. We passed a little rocky gorge with some pools that would have been inviting for a quick dip in the heat of summer, then exited the woods onto Highway 20 at Chamberlain Creek. We could only assume that the particulate matter making our eyes water was from the massive August Complex fire, still smoldering away not so far to the northeast. Cal Fire—short for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection—is charged with both managing forests and fighting fires. But fighting fires is expensive—more so every year—and as the fire protection side of things becomes increasingly important, the forestry side is given short shrift. When it comes to trees that aren't actively burning, there are two basic mandates: overseeing the state forest system and reviewing timber harvest plans on any forestland in California not owned by the federal government. As a fire-fighting force, Cal Fire ranks with the best in the world. As a manager of for-ests, though, its record is dubious. For more on this, we go to a recent article published online in the Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal, “Why It Is Time for a Cal Fire ‘Divorce’: The Case for Establishing an Independent Forest and Resource Man-agement Agency to Secure Healthy Forests in California” by Richard A. Wilson, director of Cal Fire from 1991 to 1999, and Sharon E. Duggan, renowned environmental lawyer:

California’s Forest Practice Act [of 1973] was created and is intended to ensure healthy forests with protection of their environmental, economic, and community resources...That has not happened. Instead, today many of California’s forests are in “an unhealthy condition,” with increased forest density containing more small trees, fewer large trees, and more dead trees, creating intensified and devastating wildfire conditions.CalFire carries an increasingly immense responsibility as a premier fire-fighting agency, top-ranked in the world. Every year, the demand to contain and stop dev-astating fires throughout our state increases. Fire prevention efforts have driven the agency’s financial budget, whereas forest resource management has been captive to politics largely driven by industrial timberland owners.It is time to remove governance of California’s core sustainable forest management

mandate from CalFire to allow it to focus on its overwhelming fire agency obliga-tions...CalFire is not satisfying California’s forest resource management goals and objectives...An independent agency dedicated to governing forest resource man-agement and land conservation is more critical than ever as California faces and attempts to respond to the irrefutable climate crisis. Our forests must be increas-ingly available to provide enhanced carbon sequestration for the survival of this and future generations. [vii]

These portentous words were written just before four million acres of California—not to mention large swaths of Oregon, Washington, and Colorado—burned. Nearly the en-tire staff of JDSF had to leave the coast for a month or more this past summer to head north to fight fires on private and federal lands, adding to the backlog of work which has accumulated on the local office's understaffed shoulders.

PEDALING AND PONDERING

From Chamberlain Creek, we rode west on Highway 20, then down Two Log Road on Conservation Fund Land (release of liability forms available at the office in Caspar), just to the east of McGuire Pond. Art decided to hang out and poke around shooting photos of the subdued but still lovely fall colors in the Big River watershed. I continued on to the Mendocino Woodlands, past a hefty and pristine clump of Pleurotus ostreatus—oyster mushrooms. I wound up Road 700 through heavy second-growth shadows, then along the ridge above Caspar Creek on Road 408 with its numerous cluster openings harvested three years ago. At a six-way dirt intersection, I headed down Road 500 as it wound through the dense, choked, and fire-prone stands of spindly redwoods which had emerged from the clear cuts of the 1990s. I cranked up Road 508, scheduled to become a logging road/fuel break next summer in the Mitchell Creek THP, zipped down Road 511, which will be closed to all the people who use it now for one to three years, down Mitchell Creek, Gibney Lane, and right to my front door—over thirty miles of pedaling and pondering. Mendocino Trail Stewards started off with the seemingly far-fetched concept that the western five thousand acres of Jackson could become a recreation-priority zone, for the benefit of locals and the budding eco-tourism economy. We wished and washed around until—as California burned and choked, as Death Valley reached one hundred thirty degrees, as yet another timber harvest plan was put on the table right in my backyard, as tens of thousands of desperate city-dwellers flooded the trails, and as


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2020 was a strange year for all of us. When our daily lives were turned upside down last March, it quickly became evident that real estate was one of the wheels that would not stop turning. We as Realtors were asked to modify every aspect of our jobs in order to protect our clients, our families, and ourselves. The use of tech has been increasing in our industry for several years, but we fast tracked new methods of showing and marketing properties in order to adapt to the new safety guidelines. New safety protocols were overdue, and I am hopeful that some of the changes we’ve implemented are here to stay.

My favorite transaction this year would have been fun in normal circumstances, but was made extra thrilling because it came at a time when we were all desperate for diversions, positivity, and victory. I was raised in a family of fierce competitors, professional athletes, and quick wits. A “diamond in the rough” came on the market that was the stuff dreams are made of. Arguably the best view in the town of Mendocino, this home was mostly untouched for decades as its owners were lucky enough to grow old there. Their love still infused the place. Because it was a delicate estate situation coupled with COVID concerns, Pam Hudson knew that it would likely invite dangerous levels of traffic. All offers were expected to be submitted sight unseen. I received multiple calls the day that it went live. I know several other agents did as well. One of these calls was a recently retired, enthusiastic, brilliant woman. She was as giddy at the prospect of competing as I was. There ended up being five strong offers presented to the sellers, and ours won. I gained a friend, and our community gained a wonderful new member. Everything about this transaction was positive in a time that was profoundly trying.

I am grateful to all of my clients for hanging onto this bucking horse of a year. It’s been wild.

It’s mind boggling to think I’ve been selling real estate for over six years. 2020 started off just as any other year prior has, and I was in the tail end of two challenging yet very significant escrows. I’m fortunate at this point of my career, where I have many referrals and repeat business from clients. The sellers of these two properties are dear friends of mine and as it turns out one of the sellers ended up buying the other seller’s house. Both escrows had to be timed with exceptional focus, attention to detail and creativity so all matters would fall into place for their satisfactory closings. With the trust of my clients and the skills I have acquired, I can go above and beyond the normal expectations of a Realtor. This trained me for what I had no idea was coming as Covid unfolded. Many of us have faced unfathomable challenges, and the real estate world has as well.

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2020 has been a challenging year for our community. I have so much gratitude to be able to continue to work with the limitations that have affected so many. In an effort to be a positive member I try to bring politeness and kindness to every transaction, whether it be professional or public, under the guidelines set forth by our trade organization. I understand that a small kind word can make such a huge difference. Recommending and supporting our local contractors and shop owners is essential during these times. We need more than ever to put community first.

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“From start to finish, David Harr, and the team at Pam Hudson Real Estate did a great job listening to our goals and interests, identifying and visiting properties that met our criteria, negotiating and diligence (to) the property we chose, and assisting with all the details required to move into our new place.” David and Shelly D.

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Our Forests Need Our VoicesLocal environmental groups have joined a growing number of neighbors to express con-

cern over a series of six or more Timber Harvest Plans (THPs) slated to begin in Spring of 2021 and cover at least three thousand acres—over four-and-a-half square miles. With the three recently completed THPs, this encompasses nearly the entire western side of Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). The neighborhoods impacted include the en-tire Mitchell Creek watershed, the Mendocino Woodlands, the North Fork Big River, Caspar, Jug Handle, Railroad Gulch, and Thomson/Berry Gulches.

How JDSF operates reminds me of the famous Braxton Bragg story (true or not) included in Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs, about Bragg as a company commander at a frontier post where he also served as quartermaster. He submitted a requisition for supplies for his company, then as quartermaster declined to fill it. As company commander, he resubmit-ted the requisition, giving additional reasons for his requirements, but as the quartermaster, he again denied the request. Realizing that he was at a personal impasse, he referred the matter to the post commandant, who exclaimed, "My God, Mr. Bragg, you have quarreled with every officer in the army, and now you are quarreling with yourself!"

Why am I reminded of that story? Cal Fire creates the THPs, then Cal Fire approves the THPs it has created.

JDSF has been enigmatic about these THPs, only notifying residents within three hun-dred feet of a cut and allowing a small window of time for public comment. However, if you live on the east side of Highway 1, you will be impacted. If you live on the west side of Highway 1 or in the town of Fort Bragg and enjoy horseback riding, hiking, biking, mush-rooming, birding, or just “forest bathing” (shinrin-yoku, Japanese for taking in the forest through our senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch) these THPs affect you and your family, tourism, not to mention the displaced wildlife and the threat to salmon and endangered plants.

Arguments against the THPs cite risks of increased siltation of our rivers and creeks, possible herbicide contamination of the ground water and our wells, and an increased fire danger. Common fire theory teaches that thinning of the forest reduces the risk of fire, yet the planned THPs may increase the risk. Logging dries the forest. A walk in any of the zones logged in Caspar and Hare Creek as long ago as ten to thirty years, reveals choked stands of small trees, volatile Scotch broom, a generally unhealthy forest and combustible understory.

A team of scientists just surveyed last summer’s devastating August Fire. Most of the old growth trees survived. What burned were the young, smaller trees without dense, protec-tive bark. A large percentage of the (valuable) old trees in each of the harvests are marked for removal, leaving the young trees, and the resulting slash to dry out and become fuel for the next fire season. These THPs put us all at risk, especially those of us living in the neigh-borhoods adjacent to the cuts—those of us with only one way out in the event of a fire.

It is telling that the first sentence under the CWE (Cumulative Watershed Effects) GHG (Greenhouse Gas) effects for the Mitchell THP states: “Global climate change is subject to intensive debate.” The second sentence begins with, "For now, the climate is warming...and goes on to say, paraphrased: "the atmosphere is warming, although exactly how and to what extent human activity plays a role in global climate change appears to be unknown." In most scientific communities, these are hotly disputed ideas and are less than convincing in this context.

The public comment period is now open. If you have an opinion on this harvest—pro or con—you are encouraged to submit a comment. Send your email to: [email protected]. For your comment to be put into the record, the following MUST be in the subject line: Mitchell Creek THP 1-20-00193-MEN

The first scheduled Mitchell Creek cut will start in August 2021. Go to mendocinotrail-stewards.org to find more information about what you can do to get involved.

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PROPOSITION 19 MAKES WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE PARENT-CHILD EXCLUSION

Proposition 19, enacted by California voters on November 3, 2020, changes the rules relative to transfers of property between parents and children. This affects reassess-ment of property values and the effect on property taxes.

The Current Law – Proposition 58Under the current law, parents can transfer real property to their children without

triggering a property to reassessment, in two scenarios:Under the current law, parents can transfer real property to their children without

triggering a property to reassessment, in two scenarios:• A parent may transfer the assessed value of their principal residence to their chil-

dren by gift or at death, without limitation;• Each parent may transfer other real property (including vacation homes or com-

mercial property) of up to $1,000,000 of assessed property value without causing reassessment.

Proposition 19 (effective February 16, 2021) changes thisProposition 19 repeals the existing exemption for transfers between parents and

children and substitutes a much more limited exemption.• Under Proposition 19, the parent-child exemption is limited to transfers of the

parent’s principal residence and only if the transferee child occupies the property as their principal residence;

• Transfers of the property tax assessment is subject to a cap of $1,000,000. If the increase in value at the time of transfer is less than or equal to $1,000,000, there is no adjustment. If the value of the property at transfer is more than $1,000,000, the increase in value after the first $1,000,000 is added to the taxable value.

Planning for Parent-Child Transfers Before February 16, 2021Major property tax savings can be realized by gifting or sales of real property to chil-

dren outright, or into trusts or entities to take advantage of the current Proposition 58 rules before it is gone. The current Federal Estate and Gift Tax scheme ($11,580,000 exclusion in 2020) allows property owners to make substantial gifts of properties to children without incurring federal gift tax. However, gifting is, in many ways, a two-edged sword. Real property transferred by gift takes a carry-over basis. Carry-over basis means the recipient of the property assumes the donor’s basis. Basis is an important concept in tax law. It is the donor’s purchase cost plus certain improve-ment expenses. For example, a parent’s residential home purchased thirty years ago for $100,000 with $50,000 of improvements would have a basis of $150,000. If the parents gift their home to a child, the child assumes a carry-over basis of $150,000. If the child, in turn, sells the home, the child is subject to capital gain based on the dif-ference between the sales price and their carry-over basis. That future gain could be substantial. Consider if the property increased in value to $750,000. Then the taxable capital gain would be $600,000.

On the other hand, real property inherited at death receives a step-up in basis which can reduce the capital gain in a future sale. In the previous example, if the child instead inherits the property upon the parent’s death, the basis on the property will be “stepped-up” to its fair market value at date of parent’s death. Continuing the example: if property has a fair market value of $750,000 and is sold for $750,000, the capital gain is “0.”

If a child is likely to sell the property after the parent’s gift, the property tax savings of gifting may pale compared to the income tax benefits realized from inheriting the property at parent’s death.

Other Elements of Proposition 19Proposition 19 makes other changes that will benefit homeowners. Prop 19 ex-

pands the class of people who qualify for a transfer of the taxable value of their home to other property. Under current law, only homeowners over age fifty-five and certain disabled persons could make use of this benefit. Transfer is permitted only to re-placement property of less or equal value. After April 21, 2021, the class of home-owners who can avail themselves of this benefit is extended to victims of wildfires or other natural disasters, regardless of age or disability. Before Proposition 19, the replacement home had to be in the same county. Now the replacement home can be anywhere in California. Further, under the new law, the replacement home can be worth more than their old home, provided that the increase in value is added to the transferred value of the old home.

— Brandt R. Stickel, Esq. of Hogan & Stickel, Inc.

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Our community is blessed and resilient. Local resources are being extended to serve our community during this unfortunate time while the state and nation figure out policy and funding and while the vaccine is distributed. Help during this COVID-19 pandemic can be found online and in the essential businesses within our community. Grate-ful to live in a rural town with a myriad of creative craftspeople and farmers! California counties with approved attestations and variance moved into Stage 3 of reopening, including Mendocino starting June 19, 2020. On July 25, Mendocino County was placed on the state COVID-19 watch list, found at this link: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CountyMonitoringDataStep2.aspxCovid-19 continues to surge in California. The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, 2020, adds restrictions in regions with less than 15 percent ICU bed capacity. It prohibits gatherings of any size, closes operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100 percent masking and physical distanc-ing. It goes in effect at 11:59 p.m. the day after a region has been announced to have less than 15 percent ICU availability. Once triggered, these order remain in effect for at least three weeks. After that period, they are lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15 percent. This will be assessed on a weekly basis after the initial three-week period.Health Officer Dr. Andy Coren issued a revised Shelter-In-Place Health Order, November 17, 2020, that is effective until rescinded. Find the health order online at https://www.mendocinocounty.org/home/showdocument?id=37424The order is enforceable by imprisonment and/or fine thus we urge all residents and businesses to closely read the order and follow it.Stay Home Except for Essential Needs and Identified Outdoor ActivitiesThis is a mandatory order. Download the Order to Shelter-in-Place from the county website which carefully out-lines the designated exceptions to staying in your home.On March 17, 2020, Mendocino County’s Public Health Officer announced a Public Health Order that states resi-dents shall stay home except for essential needs. The SIP has since been revised multiple times in response to the changing status of our county in this pandemic.The state is re-starting the time clocks for all counties, requiring that Mendocino County spend at least twenty-one days in the Purple Tier 1, and meet Red Tier 2 requirements for two consecutive weeks before advancing to the next less restrictive tier. To help continue the progressive re-opening process, the public is urged to wear a mask, practice social distancing and frequent handwashing, stay home when sick, and avoid gatherings. The public must follow isolation and quarantine requirements. “This virus is deadly, and can spread quietly through asymptomatic carriers,” notes Coren.Governor Newsom’s resilience roadmap and four-staged plan to reopen the state is found at https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/. At mendocinocounty.org, Local Resources link, is a Summary of the Health Order link, which further outlines the definitions of the Shelter-In-Place Orders. This site has the most complete information regarding the county order and virus information as it pertains to our county including links to federal, state, and local resources, besides pertinent news releases about cases in our county and the policies being made. Extensions and/or shortenings of the SIP order will continue to be updated on the county website. An update regarding the new cases will be provided tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. during the Health Officer’s Friday Update which will be streamed live on the Mendocino County YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/MendocinoCountyVideo) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mendocinocounty/).Daily updates on cases may be found at the County of Mendocino Facebook page. For the latest Public Health COVID-19 updates for Mendocino County go to:www.mendocinocounty.orgCall Center: (707) 234-6052 or email [email protected] call center is open Monday – Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.The Mendocino County Coronavirus Page has the most current information regarding our county and includes the county health orders. As of December 15, 2,051 cases (670 community spread) are recorded in Mendocino County, 1,744 released from isolation, and 270 in isolation, 11 hospitalized, 2 ICU, 24 deaths; 38,692 total tests (34,862 negative, 2,051 positive, 1,779 pending).Information and Updates from Recognized Health OrganizationsWhile social media might provide information, articles, memes, etc., the county, state and national health or-ganizations are publishing updates, often daily, to inform the public and give guidance during this global public health crisis.California Department of Public HealthGo to cdph.ca.gov for the daily COVID-19 UPDATE.As of December 15, 2020, 27,845,066 tests have been conducted. There are a total of 1,617,370 positive cases and 21,188 deaths.Further description of the cases and testing may be found at this website.Contact: Office of Public Affairs • (916) 440-7259 • Email: [email protected] hotline: 1-833-422-4255, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Centers for Disease Control and PreventionGo to cdc.gov for the summary of COVID-19 cases in the United States as well as a global map.As of December 15, 16,317,892 cases are recorded; 300,032 deaths.CDC Coronavirus Interactive is a website that presents data using visual dashboards that include interactive maps, graphs and other visuals. All 50 states have reported cases of COVID-19 to CDC.Call CDC at 800-232-4636 or go to the CDC-INFO link at the website to submit a webform question. The CDC website also has an expansive FAQ page with information on the basics of the disease on down through protec-tion measures and testing and CDC response. Automated email updates are available through the CDC website.World Health OrganizationGo to who.int for the latest global updates and daily press briefings.As of December 16, WHO reports 71,919,725 confirmed cases, 1,623,064 deaths, and 220 countries, areas or territories with cases. There is a global map showing the areas with cases and a bar graph depicting the cases by date of report, which gives a strong visual of the peaks of occurrence and/or test reporting. Additionally, the website provides a Situation dashboard with the latest numbers by country of COVID-19 cases on a daily basis, plus access/link to the WHO Health Alert which brings COVID-19 facts to billions via WhatsApp.GermTrackerGo to nCoV2019.live for the updated numbers on the pandemic. Seventeen-year-old Avi Schiffmann, a high school junior from Mercer Island outside Seattle started the site in late December when coronavirus had not yet been detected outside China. It tracks, every minute or so, deaths, numbers of cases locally and globally, and provides an interactive map, information on the disease, and a Twitter feed. Mendocino County Mental Health Plan—a 24/7 Toll Free Crisis Line exists, if you are experiencing a mental health crisis and need help right away, call 1-855-838-0404Redwood Coast Seniors—Updated September 8, Hot Meals are available for pickup at the front door of the

senior center Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for all seniors age 60+. There is no charge for the meal however a suggested donation is $5. Please call 964-0443. RCS bus runs Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for medical appointments and supply/grocery shopping limited to three passengers at a time for social distancing. Fort Bragg Food Bank/Mendocino Food and Nutrition Program, Inc. Kids boxes, Wednesdays from noon to 3:00 p.m.; Fort Bragg Food Bank, 964-9404. Emergency food service (Emergency Covid Hours: Open 5 days a week; Pre-made bags Monday – Friday, Daily 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Seniors; Daily 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., General; Wednesday Evening 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Curbside Pickup Available, 707-964-9404); Mendocino County has food pantries in many locations: Anderson Valley, 895-2609; Round Valley, 983-6262; Gualala, 884-4330; Laytonville, 984-6825; Leggett, 925-6343; Point Arena, 882-2137; Ukiah, 463-2409; Willits, 459-3333.Free Meals for All ChildrenUSDA fixed the meal waivers; food bags are available to all children. Each child will receive five days worth of meals and snacks. Food bags can be picked up Wednesdays between 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Redwood Elementary (324 S. Lincoln Street) or Dana Gray Elementary (1197 Chestnut Street); any child eighteen years or younger, regardless of which school they attend or whether or not they are enrolled in school at all. This meal service extends through December 2020 or until funds run out; meals are for children only. Call or email Pilar, [email protected] or 961-3521. No distribution December 23 and December 30.Community Curbside PickupsFor the updated list of Grocery Store Delivery and Curbside Pickup, go to mendocinocounty.org, click the link to the COVID-19 Information sheet, and then click the Local Resources icon and then the link to the Grocery Store Delivery and Curbside Pickup.

REAL EVENTSOngoingThe Long IntermissionTake a seat! Mendocino Theatre Company presents this celebration of the company’s past, present and future, with special artists: Gloriana Musical Theatre, Mendocino Dance Project, Flynn Creek Circus, Hit and Run Theatre, and Bill Irwin; along with longtime friends and company members.Go to Mendocino Theatre Company’s YouTube channel and click the link.

Ongoing–Thurs. 12/31Redwood Burl ArtGreg Burdick, featured artist: tables, bowls, wall hanging art. • Free admissionGallery hours: Friday through Monday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.356 North Main Street, Fort Braggedgewater-gallery.com

Ongoing–Mon. 12/28Holiday ShowFeaturing member artists, the gallery is filled with offer-ings and unique gifts: jewelry, photography, ceramics, paintings, garden art, drawings, textiles, assemblage, encaustic, wood working and more.Fridays–Mondays, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Northcoast Artists Gallery, 362 North Main Street, Fort Bragg • 964-8266

Ongoing–Thurs. 12/31Christmas Gift ShowFeaturing less expensive, original art: handmade arts and crafts appropriate for Christmas gifts; cards and ornaments; meet the artists, a different artist everyday.Artists’ Collective in Elk 6031 South Highway 1, Elk11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. •877-1128

December, 2020December, 2020Thurs. 12/17The 82nd Band and Chorus Holiday Concert Online BroadcastHearty performance to close out the year with some needed cheer, invoking positivity during the holidays.7:00 p.m. • Online with Facebook Live

Sat. 12/19Mushroom ID for BeginnersVirtual lecture and field ID walk with naturalist and mycologist Mario Abreu. Learn the basic taxonomic identifying features. The guided walk is optional; explore on your own time with a list of species commonly found at the Gardens and an MCBG Mushroom Map. • Limited class size: $40 per participant, includes walk; $30 for MCBG members and master gardeners. • 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens964-4352 ext. 19 or [email protected]

Sun. 12/20–Mon. 12/28Mendocino Ballet Virtual Holiday Performance“Clara’s Dream,” excerpts from “Giselle” and “Paquita” along with some holiday dances; ballets that could be performed with limited contact between dancers. $35 virtual admission per familymendocinoballet.org or call 463-2290

Wed. 12/23Drive-Through Live NativityDramatized audio and lives scenes from biblical Bethlehem by Calvary Baptist Church.6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.1144 Chestnut Street, Fort Bragg

Thurs. 12/24–Thurs. 01/01/21The NutcrackerPremieres December 24 at 7:00 p.m. EST, avail-able to watch anytime after its premier on the Bar-davon YouTube channel. Presented by Bardavon Presents, Hudson Valley Philharmonic and New Paltz Ballet Theatre, featuring dancers from the New York City Ballet.4:00 p.m. December 24–9:00 p.m. January 1.Click to view day of show - https://www.youtube.com/c/BardavonPresents/videos

Thurs. 12/31Get Social with the Mendocino Lodge Masons By Mendocino Masonic Lodge No. 1797:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81836742933...Meeting ID: 818 3674 2933Passcode: 481902

January, 2021January, 2021Sat. 01/09A Winter Walk in the WoodsKids and their families are welcome to attend this free, family-friendly event with story-telling, circle games, and a puppet play! Sponsored by Ukiah Valley Friends of the Library and River Oak Charter School. • 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.Zoom ID: 647 574 1580 Password: winter

TOTAL RAINFALL*

for the MENDOCINO COAST

Total Rainfall 2017–2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.00” Total Rainfall 2018–2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.42” Total Rainfall 2019–2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.91”

Total Rainfall 2020–2021

To Date 3.87”Total Rainfall

November 18, 2020 to December 15, 2020

1.97”This rainfall data was gathered at

Mendocino City Community Services District

*Total rainfall is measured from July 1 of the preceding year to June 30 of the current year.



November 1 dawned completely dry like so many other mornings recently—Gavin New-som unveiled his grand 30/30 Declaration. It was an amazing and inspiring statement: 30 percent of public lands in California were to be managed with the primary mandate of climate change mitigation by the year 2030. I had just before spoken with registered professional forester and Santa Rosa Junior College adjunct natural resources instructor Fred Euphrat as he was on his way to assess the damage to thousands of recently scorched acres near Healdsburg. His assertion was that these mega-fires had forced nearly every timber manager in California to reassess nearly everything they had been taught. His advice to us was that if we wanted to make a change to Jackson, we should be pushing for a forest with a mandate to demonstrate fire and climate resiliency. I took this to heart. As a father of a six-year-old, as a man who feels that the greatest heirloom I received from my own father and the greatest gift I can give to my son is a love of nature, I could see two paths forward. I could despair. The situation on this weary planet is desperate and there is no denying it. And I do despair—for at least a moment every day. Or I could work to change things in this little corner of this large and eccentric county where we live. I could take inspiration from the redwoods themselves, the most resilient of trees. I could push for something much larger than protecting trails from THPs. I could be fighting to protect the trees themselves, as they could be one of the most important warriors in the fight against climate change. As the miles passed under my tires, the concept solidified: the Caspar Redwood Forest Preserve; fifteen thousand acres where timber harvest would only be conducted when absolutely necessary; a place where a new set of objectives including conservation and carbon sequestration research, unified ecosystem restoration, and non-motorized recre-ation would be primary mandates; a place where I could take my son in twenty years and still sit next to the same trees that I do now. In my head, I examined pitfalls and challenges of this dream from all sides and decided that to consider it a mere dream would be to doom it to failure. Instead, as I rode into my yard, sat down in my living room and told my wife and son about my camping trip, I couldn't help but feel that the idea of a forest preserve was al-ready becoming a reality; that it actually had a chance of materializing, and a good one. The more people I have told about this vision, the more I have come to feel that this is the moment, that now is the time. 2020 has been a horrible year in so many ways. But, like the moment after the fire when the new seeds sprout, this could be the moment of a grand rebirth.

Our gratitude to you,our amazing community, for joining hands with our all-volunteer Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund to make sure that together we can show up for each other. From ridge to ridge and bridge to bridge, our communities are strung together like precious pearls by trust and compassion. From Westport to Gualala and across the county, we will face the challenges of the pandemic. Together.

Please join us in Mendocino County in making sure we all stay safe. For twenty-nine years, we have been the community’s safety net. To date, we have distributed over seventy-five thousand masks and face coverings through our trusted network of volunteers.

MCCF has over seventy-five partner agencies, including all school districts, fire departments, public safety agencies, hospitals, medical providers, the Fort Bragg Food Bank, pharmacies, local non-prof-its, businesses, family foundations, service clubs, churches, commu-nity centers, neighborhood groups, the Chamber of Commerce, Mendocino Coast Board of Realtors, city of Fort Bragg, county

of Mendocino, Healthy Mendocino, North Coast Opportunities, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, Mendocino Coast Healthcare Foundation, and private donors like you.In good times or bad, MCCF responds to family and community disasters, whether a family challenged by a newborn baby in the NICU or a global pandemic. 100 percent of your kindness goes to our commitment to create a community where children can thrive.

Our best wishes for better times ahead. Please visit our web page for resources and an easy way to help.

Donations can be made at www.mccf.info or by mail.

We have a Gold Rating on Guidestar and are honored to serve our community.

MENDOCINO COAST CHILDREN’S FUNDPost Office Box 1616 Mendocino, California 95460

707.937.6111 mccf.info [email protected] exempt id 68-0367383

EPILOGUE: A NEW YEARS' WISH FOR 2021

The trail stewards’ dream needs you in order to become a reality. Many hurdles—known and unknown—stand in the way, but we are confident and energized. In this year of trauma, we all need hope for something. If you want to help us to create the largest new forest preserve in California—or perhaps the whole United States—go to our website: www.mendocinotrailstewards.org. Click on the Caspar Redwood Forest Preserve page. Your journey starts there.


OUR VISION• The acknowledgment by Cal Fire of the immediate

and catastrophic urgency of climate change and the role of healthy, intact forests in its mitigation.

• The creation of a 15,000-acre redwood forest preserve, with science demonstrating methods of carbon sequestration, wildfire risk reduction,

and ecosystem restoration, where the public can come to experience and recreate.

• The recognition of the importance of the tens of thousands of people who use the trails of Jackson Demonstration State Forest.

• The creation of special use corridors for as many of these trails as possible—throughout the entire 48,652 acres—where timber harvest

activity is restricted or tailored for minimum impact to recreation, both in scope and duration.

• The development of broad-based community partnerships for the betterment of forest health, recreational opportunity, and for support of

the users of JDSF.


Real Estate Magazine December 18, 2020 Page 17JACKSON—Continued from Page 16

In Wildness is the Preservation of the World. — Henry David Thoreau

We are interested in archiving disappearing landscapes and preserving them through the traditional portraiture aspect of our photography, focusing most re-cently on the forests of California and the West Coast. Each work offers a poem to the land as it changes form, and as a body of work it’s an ode to the temporal nature of all things, juxtaposing personal relationship to place with observation and documentation.

As much as the work started out to be about us and our longing for a re-con-nection to nature, what has emerged is a visual narrative of the landscape that reflects our investigations and findings as humans walking the earth.

Aligned with the revelations of Naturalists like Thoreau and John Muir, Song of Absolution refers both to the lyrical aesthetic of the work and to the redemptive quality that has become a part of the process in creating it.

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The images from this series are printed with archival ink on virgin craft paper and hand varnished to ensure longevity—with a wish that each species of the trees themselves far outlast the archives.

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