"The forests must be, and will be, not only preserved but used, and the experience of all civilized countries that have faced and solved the question show that the forests, like perennial fountains, may be made to yield a sure harvest of timber while at the same time all their far-reaching beneficent uses may be maintained unimpaired."

John Muir, 1895

Save the Date: CCFA will be holding its annual meeting on June 28, 2008

Over the next two months (April and May), the County Board of Supervisors will be hearing petitions to rezone parcels to TPZ. Anyone who is rezoning at one of these hearings is urged to be present at their hearing, along with sympathetic parties. At the last meeting, several neighbors of the parcels rezoning attended the hearings, complaining that they had not been notified there was to be logging and pushing other complaints. They were not listening to explanations that a rezoning was not the same as a timber harvest permit and that a THP is still needed, with its public comment session, before logging can commence. By attending, you will have an opportunity for damage control.
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Prop 98 contains important property rights protections.
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Our Mission:

The Central Coast Forest Association is a non-profit alliance of small forestland owners, forestry professionals, and forest-oriented businesses with close affinity to the woods, mountains, streams, and wildlife of the Central Coast. Our purpose is to uphold and preserve our values, our property rights, and our way of life. To advance this objective CCFA will: