Bohemian Club's logging plan raises plenty of sawdust
Jane Kay,
Chronicle Environment Writer
Thursday, July 12, 2007
As about 2,000 members of the Bohemian Club start arriving this week for the famously secret annual encampment of
relaxation, high jinks and male bonding, the club's board is fighting for an ambitious logging plan for its Bohemian Grove on the Russian River.
The high-powered club is seeking a special logging permit that would allow it to cut more than 1 million board feet each year in perpetuity without strict environmental review. That's enough to build 70 houses a year from the mature redwood forest -- the closest unprotected one to San Francisco.
Dozens of "Bohos" have written to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in support of the logging plan, saying that it would reduce the risk of wildfire. They're battling scientists and environmentalists who worry that the plan would allow the club to double the amount of logging it does and would require little oversight.
The next public hearing on the plan is expected in late summer.
The controversy exemplifies a nationwide clash over the best ways to prevent forest fires. continued →
Chronicle Environment Writer
Thursday, July 12, 2007
As about 2,000 members of the Bohemian Club start arriving this week for the famously secret annual encampment of
relaxation, high jinks and male bonding, the club's board is fighting for an ambitious logging plan for its Bohemian Grove on the Russian River.
The high-powered club is seeking a special logging permit that would allow it to cut more than 1 million board feet each year in perpetuity without strict environmental review. That's enough to build 70 houses a year from the mature redwood forest -- the closest unprotected one to San Francisco.
Dozens of "Bohos" have written to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in support of the logging plan, saying that it would reduce the risk of wildfire. They're battling scientists and environmentalists who worry that the plan would allow the club to double the amount of logging it does and would require little oversight.
The next public hearing on the plan is expected in late summer.
The controversy exemplifies a nationwide clash over the best ways to prevent forest fires. continued →
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