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Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch
The mission of Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch is to protect, promote, and restore healthy forests and watersheds in order to maintain the quality of life in the Sierra Nevada.
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In the Summer of 2000, Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) obtained permission from the California Department of Forestry to begin clear-cutting 884 acres in the San Antonio Creek watershed adjoining Big Trees State Park in Calaveras County in the Sierra Nevada. Approximately one-third of the planned clear-cuts were then completed. Since then SPI has continued the clear-cutting next to Big Trees State Park.
In addition, SPI owns approximately 75% of the remaining forested property in Calaveras County. Documents filed with CDF show that SPI intends to clear-cut the majority of their property in California over the next 50 years. Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch is organized to oppose SPI's forest practice of clear-cutting.
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