We purchased Usal Redwood Forest in Northern Mendocino County in 2007.
We are committed to restoring a landscape that has been severely degraded by aggressive timber harvesting that has depleted the forest ecosystem. We are committed to restoring the essential relationships, values and qualities that characterize healthy forestlands and watersheds. The Redwood Region in general, and the Usal Redwood Forest specifically, have had a tragic history of damage – some irreparable, and some that will take many decades or even centuries to repair. RFFI is addressing the difficult legacy problems and taking steps to correct the correctible.
We initially focused on adverse road impacts. Removing over nine miles of roads and restoring streams has allowed salmon and steelhead to return to spawn in our coastal streams. Work has been expanded to include riparian and other interconnected landscapes in support of fish and wildlife. Working with our partners has allowed RFFI to continue extensive watershed restoration in the Usal Redwood Forest. This is an intensive and very expensive effort. We have used our investment and generous donations from supporters to leverage more than $5,000,000 in restoration funding. RFFI and our partners have utilized guidance from experts at UC Berkeley, NOAA Fisheries, California Department of Fish and Game and CalFire in the process.
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