Friends of Gualala River Protecting the Gualala River watershed and the species living within it
Gualala Redwood Timber’s 167-acre Card Timber Harvest Plan (THP 1-26-00021-SON) is located in the floodplain on the west side of the South Fork Gualala River, from confluence of the North and South Forks, down past Buckeye Creek. The plan was submitted to Cal Fire on February 20, 2026, but Cal Fire determined that the plan was unacceptable due to required information which was missing. GRT re-submitted the plan on March 26, 2026.
The Public Comment period closed on July 6, 2026 but was re-opened on July 22 for comments on Section 4 (cumulative impacts). New close of Public Comment period was Friday, August 21, 2026.
This is essentially ‘Dogwood West‘ – the Dogwood THP was entirely in the floodplain on the east side of the South Fork (except for a few acres on the south side of the main stem of the Gualala River). The Card THP is entirely in the floodplain on the west side of the South Fork.
Note: CalFire’s standard procedure is to print out the plan documents, scan them, and post the images to their publicly accessible database, CalTREES. As a result, it is impossible to search for text in the documents, because there are no words in the documents posted, only images of words. In order to make the documents more useful, whenever possible we have used optical character recognition (OCR) on the documents posted below, so that you can search them.
Card Timber Harvest Plan documents
(Plan incorporating changes up to 7/22/2026)
Card THP Section 1 – [3 MB, 11 pages] Legal description: Cover pages, signatures.
Card THP Section 2 – [14 MB, 103 pages] Operations: Silviculture, yarding, erosion hazard rating, winter operations, roads & landings, watercourse & lake protections, alternative watercourse & lake protections (in lieu of standard rules), biological resources, maps.
Card THP Section 3 – [3 MB, 24 pages] Supporting materials: General site description, analysis of alternatives, discussion and justification of in-lieu and/or alternative watercourse and lake protection practices, cultural resources.
Card THP Section 4 (recirculated) – [40 MB, 165 pages] Cumulative Impacts: Past, present and future projects, assessment of cumulative watershed effects, soil productivity, biological resources, recreational, visual, traffic, greenhouse gas impacts, wildfire risks.
Section 4 was recirculated for public comment on July 22, 2026.
New close of Public Comment period was Friday, August 21, 2026 at 5pm.
Card THP Section 5 – [20 MB, 147 pages] Attachments: Including soil erosion hazards, Erosion Control Plan, culvert sizing, botanical surveys, geology report, Northern Spotted Owl information, road work.
Card THP Section 6 – [1 MB, 1 page] Archeological information: (confidential)
Additional Documents
Card THP – Response to 1st Review Questions, by Registered Pro. Forester
[4/2/26, 13 MB, 51 pages]
Card THP – Pre-Harvest Inspection, by Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
[4/28/26, 0.1 MB, 7 pages]
Card THP – Pre-Harvest Inspection, by Cal Fire
[4/30/26, 1.4 MB, 17 pages]
Card THP – Pre-Harvest Inspection, by Regional Water Quality Control Board
[5/1/26, 0.3 MB, 6 pages]
Card THP – Response to Agency Recommendations, by Registered Pro. Forester
[6/2/26, 33 MB, 54 pages]
Card THP – 2nd Review Recommendations, by Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
[6/17/26, 0.1 MB, 3 pages]
Card THP – 2nd Review Questions, by Cal Fire
[6/18/26, 1 MB, 3 pages]
Card THP – Response to 2nd Review Questions, by Registered Pro. Forester
[6/19/26, 2.5 MB, 28 pages]
Card THP – Recommended for approval, by Cal Fire
[6/25/26, 1 MB, 1 pages]
Card THP – Comments by Jeanne Jackson
[7/1/26, 1 MB, 2 pages]
Card THP – Comments by Chris Poehlmann
[7/2/26, 1 MB, 2 pages]
Card THP – Comments by Friends of South Fork Gualala
[7/6/26, 1 MB, 2 pages]
Card THP – Comments by Friends of Gualala River
[7/6/26, 16 MB, 36 pages + 100 pages of attachments]
Card THP – Recommended for approval, by Cal Fire
[8/11/26, 1 MB, 1 pages]
Comments on recirculated Section 4 (cumulative impacts analysis)
Card THP – Comments on behalf of Friends of Gualala River, by Jason Holder, Esq.
[8/21/26, 4 MB, 89 pages]
Card THP – Comments by Friends of Gualala River
[8/21/26, 0.1 MB, 4 pages]
Card THP map, northern portion
Card THP map, southern portion
All documents regarding this logging plan are available in the new CalTREES system.
Unfortunately, CalTREES is not easy to use, so FoGR has compiled some
basic instructions for use of CalTREES to help you navigate the system.
To download additional documents for this logging plan,
if you want to follow the back & forth as agencies ask questions and the RPF replies,
visit the Card THP page on the CalTREES website.
Below are instructions on how to submit comments during the public comment period.
Public Comment period closed on July 6, 2026 but was re-opened
on July 22 for comments on Section 4 (cumulative impacts).
New close of Public Comment period was Friday, August 21, 2026 at 5pm.
To submit your comments on a logging plan, email your comments to: santarosapubliccomment@fire.ca.gov
or send your comments via U.S. Mail to:
Forest Practice
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
135 Ridgway Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
In the subject line of your email message, or at the top of your letter,
be sure to reference the THP number and name, for example:
THP 1-26-00021-SON “Card”