PTEIR Frequently Asked Questions

The MRC and Commercial Logging

Why is the MRC involved in a commercial logging project?
Since the founding of the MRC in 1983, sustainable harvest has been part of our vision of learning what it takes to live in this watershed for the long term. Our mission statement lays out our aim of "the restoration of natural systems in the Mattole River watershed and their maintenance at sustainable levels of health and productivity, especially in regards to forests, fisheries, soils, and other native plant and animal communities," and directs us to pursue this goal by (among other ways):
~ pursuing the education and involvement of watershed residents and landholders in ... sustainable harvest techniques;
~ conducting research and encouraging the development of land-use techniques and cultural and economic activities which further the sustained productivity of the resources base in the Mattole watershed; and
~ encouraging the development of regional and watershed-based self-reliance through creative, productive and interdependent human relationships with the Mattole watershed.