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Winter 2011 Newsletter

Redwood Forest Foundation Newsletter: Winter 2011
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Photograph by Frances Freyberg

RFFI Takes Stock


Biomass

Biochar and Torrefaction


PG&E ClimateSmart Program

PG&E ClimateSmart Program


RFFI Needs Your Help

RFFI Needs Your Help



Fall 2011 News

Redwood Forest
Annual Appeal
Please Support RFFI's Effort to Conserve Our Community Forest

Chimney rock
USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement Transaction Closes

October 27, 2011


Fall 2011 Newsletter

Redwood Forest Foundation Newsletter: Fall 2011
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Kathy Moxon
Welcome!

Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors

Usal Redwood Forest Usal Redwood Forest
Conservation Easement Approved

Closing expected September 30
by Tom Tuchmann,
President, US Forest Capital
Bud Harwood North Coast Loses Three Forest Champions
Matt Coleman, Jere Melo and Bud Harwood
We sorely miss these three friends and honor
their legacies of dedicated community involvement.
Biomass The Biochar Demonstration Project:
A Manifestation of Community Forestry

by Judy Harwood, Project Coordinator,
Mendocino County Woody Biomass Working Group
Redwoods, by Judy Hope
RFFI Connects:

Taste of Mendocino,
Paint the Forest,
Plant a Redwood.

Kayak on the Eel River. With the slower pace of cutting, the River has cleared of sediment and salmon are beginning to return. Photo credit: Barrett Walker
Thank you to the Alex C. Walker Foundation!

The Foundation granted $20,000 to support
RFFI's innovative model of community forestry.


Summer 2011 News


Paint The Forest National winners of RFFI's "Paint The Forest"
Juried Art Contest on exhibit at Gualala Arts Center

on exhibit September 9 - October 2, 2011
Reception: September 23

Clark Fork Restoration
Results of restoration after two years
  - video
Results of restoration of the Clark Fork tributary,
two years after removal of an old "stringer bridge."

Chimney rock
Wildlife Conservation Board APPROVES funding for
USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement

July 26, 2011

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USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Wildlife Conservation Board Sets Hearing Date

July, 2011

Kayak on the Eel River. With the slower pace of cutting, the River has cleared of sediment and salmon are beginning to return. Photo credit: Barrett Walker
The Walker Foundation Awards $20,000 to Support
RFFI's Innovative Model of Community Forestry

June, 2011


Spring 2011 News

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USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Important Update

May, 2011


Winter 2011 News

Community Forestry Webinar
Community Forestry Webinar

featuring our Executive Director, Art Harwood,
who will be presenting on Usal Redwood Forest.
April 20, 2011 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Recovering redwood forest, North Fork Standley Creek Headwaters; photo credit: Richard Gienger President's "America's Great Outdoors" Report
Vindicates RFFI's Grassroots Approach to Conserving Our Lands

February, 2011

Chimney rock
USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Wildlife Conservation Board Delays Decision

February, 2011


Fall 2010 News

Dr. Dean Edell "Get a redwood tree planted
in the name of someone you love"

"If you care about the environment...
it really makes a wonderful gift"

December 2010, Dr. Dean Edell on KGO Radio

Kathy Moxon

How you can help

2010 Appeal From Kathy Moxon
RFFI Board President

Spotted Owl Babies
Give a Green Gift for the Holidays
Plant a Redwood Now

Celebrate with us - Keep these magnificent trees growing

Steve Sillett
Scientists look to redwoods for answers on warming

San Francisco Chronicle
November 26, 2010

Birch, by Edward Duarde Paint the Forests 2010, National Tour
Edgewater Gallery

Fort Bragg, CA
December 3 - 31, 2010

RFFI Board member Pete Mattson
RFFI Supporters Met the Challenge

Donors Gave More than $10,000
to Meet the Mattson Team Challenge
Thank You! Your generosity helped us meet the challenge!


Redwood Forest Foundation Newsletter: Fall 2010
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Fall 2010 Newsletter

Kathy Moxon
Welcome!

Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors

Art Harwood
Community Outreach

Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI

Usal Redwood Forest
Easement Update

for the Usal Redwood Forest

Waiting for Trilliums, by Caesar Citraro RFFI Announces Winners and First Gallery Exhibit of the "Paint the Forest" National Art and Photography Contest

Usal Redwood Forest
Thanks for Your Support

A special thank you to four foundations that have provided us with significant and ongoing support

Usal Redwood Forest
Stewardship Plan

by John Rogers, RFFI Board Member and
Executive Dir. of the Inst. for Sustainable Forestry

Plant a Redwood
Help support RFFI's mission!

Some timely ways you can get involved


Summer 2010 News

Waiting for Trilliums, by Caesar Citraro
Paint the Forests 2010
Winners Announced


RFFI Board member Pete Mattson
Mattson Team $10,000 Challenge Grant

Double Your Money!
Leverage $20,000 for RFFI

Board of Directors (partial) at 2010 RFFI annual meeting RFFI Annual Meeting & Barbeque
Saturday July 24, 2010
Branscomb, CA
Summary & Photos


Spring 2010 News

Planetary Stewardship, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, April 2010 Sustainable Community-based Redwood Forests:
the RFFI Model
by John Rogers, in "Planetary Stewardship," by Mary E. Power and F. Stuart Chapin;
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America,
April 2010 0.4 MB pdf printer friendly pdf format

Planetary Stewardship, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, April 2010 Forests, sediments, flows, foodwebs, and river-ocean linkages: enhancing basin resiliency through community-based forestry by Mary Power of UC Berkeley's School of Integrative Biology; presented at the Ecological Society of America's Millennium Conference on Water, Athens, Georgia, November 2009. Poster 11 MB pdf printer friendly pdf format

RFFI Annual Meeting & Barbeque RFFI Annual Meeting & Barbeque
Saturday July 24, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Branscomb, CA
RSVP here

Ride for Redwoods
Lost Coast Ride for the Redwoods

Benefit Mountain Bike Ride
for the Redwood Forest Foundation


Redwood Forest Foundation Newsletter: Spring 2010
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Spring 2010 Newsletter

Kathy Moxon
Welcome!

Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors

Art Harwood
Community Outreach

Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI

Hiking the Lost Coast Trail
RFFI Reaching Out for Recreation Through Prop 84

by Lin Barrett, Development Director
& Don Kemp, Vice President

Richard Gienger
Restoration and Stewardship News

by Richard Gienger, Board Member

Redwood Futures
Redwood Futures: A Call to Action

by Art Harwood, Executive Director

Ride for Redwoods
Join Us and Have Fun!

Some uniquely enjoyable activities
that also help support RFFI's mission.


Winter 2010 News

Lindsey Holm and Mike Fay, Photo by Robert Ballard
Meet Mike Fay & Lindsey Holm

Saturday, March 13, 2010
at the Redway School

Michael & Isabelle Straka picking up baby redwood trees, photo by Edward Duarde
Thousands of Baby Redwoods Find New Homes in Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties

February 2010, Lake County Record-Bee

Usal Redwood Forest
Paint the Forests

Juried Art And Photo Competition

Mike Fay, photo by Robert Ballard Meet J. Michael Fay
National Geographic Society, Explorer in Residence
Monday, January 25, 2010
at the Gualala Arts Center

Mike Fay Meet J. Michael Fay
National Geographic Society, Explorer in Residence
Sunday, January 24, 2010
at Vermeil Wines Tasting Room, Calistoga

Fall 2009 News

Don Kemp

How you can help

An Appeal From Donald S. Kemp
RFFI Board President


Redwood Forest Foundation: Annual Update
Redwood Forest Foundation
2009 Annual Update

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baby redwood
Adopting baby redwoods

Interview with Lin Barrett
on KGO Radio News

Dr. Dean Edell
Good holiday shopping deal
"Plant a redwood tree in someone's name..."

November 2009, Dr. Dean Edell on KGO Radio

Cloned redwood tree saplings at Sequoia Redwoods; photo by Kent Porter/Press Democrat
Anyone want to sponsor a baby tree?
Group trying to plant 70,000 of them

November 2009, Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Clark Fork Restoration Clark Fork Restoration   - video
Restoration of the Clark Fork tributary of Standley Creek, which flows into the South Fork Eel River, in the Usal Redwood Forest. Removal of an old "stringer bridge," August 2009.
Mike Fay, photo by Robert Ballard Mike Fay packs the house at Caspar Inn
More than 160 people packed into the Caspar Inn to engage in a conversation with J. Michael Fay, a Wildlife Conservation Society conservationist and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence.
Steve Sillett From Redwood Summer to Redwood Summit
Preserving economies and the environment:
a new view of tall trees and older redwoods

Over 850 people took part in the Redwood Summit at Humboldt State University in Arcata on Saturday, October 3, 2009.
Art Harwood
Redwood Region Featured

in National Geographic's Documentary
"EXPLORER: Climbing Redwood Giants"

Art Harwood Art Harwood joins panel discussion
at the National Geographic Society
for the world premiere of their documentary
"EXPLORER: Climbing Redwood Giants"





Redwood Forest Foundation Newsletter: Fall 2009
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Fall 2009 Newsletter

Don Kemp
Welcome!

Don Kemp, President,
RFFI Board of Directors

Art Harwood
Community Outreach

Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI

Mike Fay, photo by Robert Ballard
Redwood Transect

by Michael Fay
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and
Wildlife Conservation Society conservationist

Before crossing removal - Clark Fork tributary of Standley Creek
Restoration Road: New Rights-of-way for Fish

by Heidi Gundling, Advisory Board Member
and Richard Gienger, Board Member

Redwood Painting Safaris
Have Fun While Supporting RFFI!

Redwood Painting Safaris
Redwood Rescue Project

- online edition only -
Danny Hagans, Pacific Watershed Associates
Interview with Danny Hagans

Principal Earth Scientist
Pacific Watershed Associates





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