Mendocino Poison Company
Information on Mendocino Redwood Company’s widespread use of toxins in Mendocino County…
Website with updated information (2015) on the fire danger from poisoned trees left standing in the woods:
An online petition:
Letters we’ve sent to our local newspaper:
- Poisoning Us for Profit (June, 2012)
- Big Neighbor, Bad Habit (July, 2012)
- Toxic Load on the Albion (August, 2012)
- Insane Corporate Plunder (September, 2012)
- BTU-tiful (March, 2013)
Photos taken near Comptche, California, August 2012:
- Welcome ; Hack ; Panoramas [left] – [center] – [right] ; Come Again
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Newspaper articles on the topic:
- Hack & Squirt, Part 1
- Hack & Squirt, Part 2
- Greenwashing Forest Destruction by FSC
- The Plight Of The Beautiful Tree
- MRC and the Supervisors Exchange Gifts
- 21st Century Timber Wars
- MRC — Same Old Same Old
- The Lumber Man In Charge of Climate Policy
- Greenpeace’s MRC Greenwash
Current and previous actions against these poisonings:
- Proposed Ordinance Prohibiting Dead Standing Trees (2015)
- Turtle Creek vs MRC (2011)
- Westport Municipal Advisory Council (2011)
- Albion River Watershed Protection Association (2004)
- Mendocino County Supervisors’ Resolution (1994)
Some pertinent data from MRC:
- MRC Herbicide Use (see Table 5)
- Map of MRC Land Holdings
More information:
- Imazapyr Factsheet by Caroline Cox
- Mendocino Redwood Company’s Forestry Pesticide Use by Britt Bailey
- Killing the Forest for the Trees by Elaine Kalantarian
- Health Risks High in Rural Areas by Pesticide Action Network
- Certified Destruction of California’s Ancient Redwood Forests FSC Watch
- Pesticide Use in Mendocino County’s Timber and Winegrape Industry by Britt Bailey