To Curve or Not to Curve: Caltrans and EPIC Continue the Fight …
Mar 5, 2023 · And he worries that if the trees alongside the road start to show signs of ill health, Caltrans will use emergency authority to cut them down. The current proposal calls for the removal of 38 trees, including two small redwood trees, which are …
New research on redwoods could jeopardize Richardson Grove project
Dec 8, 2021 · New research indicates road construction may result in more extensive impacts to redwood trees than previously thought. The new findings introduce yet another speed bump for Caltrans’ proposed...
Federal Court Again Halts Destructive Caltrans Project Through ...
May 6, 2019 · The project would needlessly harm ancient redwood trees in California’s iconic Richardson Grove State Park along Highway 101 in Humboldt County. The U.S. District Court in San Francisco struck down the Caltrans plan in a 26-page order issued late Friday afternoon.
Caltrans Approves Richardson Grove Project, Again - EPIC Website
Mar 1, 2023 · To realign the road, Caltrans proposes cutting and paving over roots of adjacent old-growth redwood trees. Each prior approval of this unnecessary road widening project has been halted by litigation and a state or federal court stop work order.
Ninth Circuit Clears Path for Contested Highway Project in Ancient ...
Dec 2, 2020 · The Ninth Circuit gave California a green light Wednesday to move forward with a contested highway project through a majestic grove of ancient redwood trees, reversing a lower court ruling that halted construction pending further environmental review.
Environmentalists ask judge to stop highway project in ancient redwood …
Aug 26, 2021 · SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — Quarreling over what could be the final dispute in an 11-year legal saga, conservationists on Thursday urged a federal judge to block a proposed highway project through a majestic grove of ancient redwood trees in Northern California.
[UPDATE 6:53 p.m.: Open] 101 Northbound Closed After Tree Falls …
Mar 14, 2023 · Motorists and emergency vehicles behind the downed tree on 101 near the north entrance to College of the Redwoods. [Photo by Mark McKenna] A 25 to 30 inch diameter tree (approximately 100 feet long) fell across northbound Hwy 101 blocking about 6:07 p.m. All northbound traffic is blocked.
In Northern California logging country, residents brace for a …
Nov 11, 2019 · Signs along Wonder Stump Road outside Fort Dick, Calif., express residents’ concerns that Del Norte County officials will remove the redwood trees that line the picturesque country thoroughfare.
Federal judge: U.S. law doesn’t protect ancient redwoods ... - treesource
Nov 29, 2018 · SAN FRANCISCO – A judge’s stark warning that natural wonders have no right to exist under federal law unsettled a group of conservationists fighting a proposed highway project through a majestic grove of ancient redwood trees in Northern California.
In Northern California, residents brace for a fight over their …
Nov 22, 2019 · In a region transformed by logging over the last century, residents have long worried that someone was going to come along and chop down the so-called tree tunnel of Wonder Stump Road.