The Mendocino Voice ·
Jackson Demonstration State Forest bill clears the Legislature, but logging could continue
The bill, brought by state Assemblymember Chris Rogers, D-Santa Rosa, whose district takes in the Mendocino coast, rewrites the mandate that has governed California’s demonstration state forests for decades. There are 14 of them, about 85,000 acres in all, according to Cal Fire. Jackson is the largest, 48,652 acres between Willits and Fort Bragg.