Author Archives: coastrangers

It’s September, which means that marbled murrelet nesting season is over. We wish all of the nesting pairs and juvenile sea birds the best of luck as they relocate to the Pacific Ocean for the winter. Our volunteers worked hard … Continue reading →

As you may have heard, marbled murrelet survey season is upon us. Already we’ve seen birds in some pretty controversial places, including all three of the parcels that the Department of State Lands has sold to private timber companies this … Continue reading →

Last week surveyors with Coast Range Forest Watch (CRFW) observed marbled murrelets, endangered seabirds that nest in coastal old growth, within the 788-acre East Hakki Ridge Parcel in the Elliott State Forest. East Hakki is a tract of forest recently … Continue reading →

Thomas Moriarity, The World REEDSPORT — The forest floor, covered with broken tree branches, crackles beneath Max Emil’s feet as he weaves through the underbrush. Traversing a densely-wooded region of the Elliott State Forest dubbed East Hakki Ridge, Emil said … Continue reading →

Marbled murrelet survey season is right around the corner. Lately, we’ve been doing a lot of hiking and mapping out our survey stations. Here is some of what we’ve seen so far: A type of gooseberry, from the genus Ribes.

Thanks to everyone who came out to hike the  proposed Soup Creek “variable retention regeneration harvest.” We found maple, red alder, tan oak, Western hemlock and, of course, some impressive Douglas fir, like the one in the photo above. Many … Continue reading →