Redwood Forest Foundation News & Newsletters
Winter 2011 Newsletter
RFFI Takes Stock
Biochar and Torrefaction
PG&E ClimateSmart Program
RFFI Needs Your Help
Fall 2011 News

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

USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement Transaction Closes
October 27, 2011
Fall 2011 Newsletter
Welcome!
Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors
Usal Redwood Forest
Conservation Easement Approved
Closing expected September 30
by Tom Tuchmann,
President, US Forest Capital
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.
The Biochar Demonstration Project:
A Manifestation of Community Forestry
by Judy Harwood, Project Coordinator,
Mendocino County Woody Biomass Working Group
RFFI Connects:
Taste of Mendocino,
Paint the Forest,
Plant a Redwood.

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
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

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

Wildlife Conservation Board APPROVES funding for
USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
July 26, 2011

USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Wildlife Conservation Board Sets Hearing Date
July, 2011

The Walker Foundation Awards $20,000 to Support
RFFI's Innovative Model of Community Forestry
June, 2011
Spring 2011 News

USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Important Update
May, 2011
Winter 2011 News

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.
President's "America's Great Outdoors" Report
Vindicates RFFI's Grassroots Approach to Conserving Our Lands
February, 2011

USAL Redwood Forest Conservation Easement
Wildlife Conservation Board Delays Decision
February, 2011
Fall 2010 News
"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
How you can help
2010 Appeal From Kathy Moxon
RFFI Board President
Give a Green Gift for the Holidays
Plant a Redwood Now
Celebrate with us -
Keep these magnificent trees growing
Scientists look to redwoods for answers on warming
San Francisco Chronicle
November 26, 2010
Paint the Forests 2010, National Tour
Edgewater Gallery
Fort Bragg, CA
December 3 - 31, 2010
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!
Fall 2010 Newsletter
Welcome!
Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors
Community Outreach
Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI
Easement Update
for the Usal Redwood Forest
RFFI Announces Winners and First Gallery Exhibit of
the "Paint the Forest" National Art and Photography Contest
Thanks for Your Support
A special thank you to four foundations
that have provided us with significant and ongoing support
Stewardship Plan
by John Rogers, RFFI Board Member and
Executive Dir. of the Inst. for Sustainable Forestry
Help support RFFI's mission!
Some timely ways you can get involved
Summer 2010 News

Paint the Forests 2010
Winners Announced
Mattson Team $10,000 Challenge Grant
Double Your Money! Leverage $20,000 for RFFI
RFFI Annual Meeting & Barbeque
Saturday July 24, 2010
Branscomb, CA
Summary & Photos
Spring 2010 News
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
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
RFFI Annual Meeting & Barbeque
Saturday July 24, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Branscomb, CA
→
RSVP here
Lost Coast Ride for the Redwoods
Benefit Mountain Bike Ride
for the Redwood Forest Foundation
Spring 2010 Newsletter
Welcome!
Kathy Moxon, President
RFFI Board of Directors
Community Outreach
Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI
RFFI Reaching Out for Recreation Through Prop 84
by Lin Barrett, Development Director
& Don Kemp, Vice President
Restoration and Stewardship News
by Richard Gienger, Board Member
Redwood Futures: A Call to Action
by Art Harwood, Executive Director
Join Us and Have Fun!
Some uniquely enjoyable activities
that also help support RFFI's mission.
Winter 2010 News

Meet Mike Fay & Lindsey Holm
Saturday, March 13, 2010
at the Redway School
Thousands of Baby Redwoods Find New Homes in Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino Counties
February 2010, Lake County Record-Bee
Paint the Forests
Juried Art And Photo Competition
Meet J. Michael Fay
National Geographic Society, Explorer in Residence
Monday, January 25, 2010
at the Gualala Arts Center
Meet J. Michael Fay
National Geographic Society, Explorer in Residence
Sunday, January 24, 2010
at Vermeil Wines Tasting Room, Calistoga
Fall 2009 News
How you can help
An Appeal From Donald S. Kemp
RFFI Board President
Redwood Forest Foundation
2009 Annual Update
440 KB pdf
Adopting baby redwoods
Interview with Lin Barrett
on KGO Radio News
Good holiday shopping deal
"Plant a redwood tree in someone's name..."
November 2009, Dr. Dean Edell on KGO Radio
Anyone want to sponsor a baby tree?
Group trying to plant 70,000 of them
November 2009, Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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 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.
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.

Redwood Region Featured
in National Geographic's Documentary
"EXPLORER: Climbing Redwood Giants"
Art Harwood joins panel discussion
at the National Geographic Society
for the world premiere of their documentary
"EXPLORER: Climbing Redwood Giants"
Fall 2009 Newsletter
Welcome!
Don Kemp, President,
RFFI Board of Directors
Community Outreach
Art Harwood
Executive Director of RFFI
Redwood Transect
by Michael Fay
National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and
Wildlife Conservation Society conservationist
Restoration Road: New Rights-of-way for Fish
by Heidi Gundling, Advisory Board Member
and Richard Gienger, Board Member
Have Fun While Supporting RFFI!
Redwood Painting Safaris
Redwood Rescue Project
- online edition only -
Interview with Danny Hagans
Principal Earth Scientist
Pacific Watershed Associates
Summer 2009 News
Spring 2009 Newsletter
Fall 2008 News
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