The Journalism Project
Gray Shaw, Project Coordinator
The Sustainable Forestry Journalism Project consists of mostly prerecorded programs that are produced for broadcast on KMUD public radio.
Below you can find descriptions of our previously aired shows, with links to listen.
Salvage Logging
A talk by Matt Simmons, staff attorney for the Environmental Protection Information Center on the practice of post-wildfire salvage logging
Ten Elements—ISF’s guiding principles
A discussion about the Ten Elements of Sustainability that form the basis of the Institute for Sustainable Forestry.
Adam Canter, Wyott spokesperson
Interview with the botanist and spokesperson for the Wyott Tribe
Southern Humboldt Community Park
Interpretive hike along the New Forestry Trail, with Tim Metz and Kathryn Lobato providing some of the history of the Park
Tim Metz interview
Local forester Tim Metz traces the development of sustainable forestry in southern Humboldt and northern Mendocino county
Toward a CAL FIRE Divorce
Discussion of the need to separate forest management from firefighting. Richard Wilson and Sharon Duggan are interviewed by Michael Evenson.
Rainbow Ridge Update
Nate Nadsen, Michael Evenson, and Walter Smith discuss their opposition to logging Rainbow Ridge and the failure of FSC to address their concerns
Coppicing for California
The ancient method of coppicing—repeatedly harvesting stems of woody plants at the same height to produce useful materials.
FSC Certified Products
Analysis of the effectiveness of FSC certification for producing sustainable timber, with Nate Madsen, Richard Gienger and David Simpson. Photo credit: savethemattolesancientforest.com
David Simpson interview
Nate Madsen interviews an early ISF member, David Simpson, founder of Forest Stewardship Council and FSC timber certification
Forest Reciprocity Group
Building with de-barked poles—a great way to utilize Douglas-fir trunks from thinning operations!