About BACH
The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) collaborates with grassroots activists and organizations working on forest habitat and species issues.
BACH uses a diversity of tactics and strategies to advocate for ecologically sound solutions for the forest ecosystems of California’s North Coast.
Our campaign work has included forest and species defense in the redwood ecosystem, Headwaters Forest, the Mattole Watershed, work with Indigenous people on Land Back and sacred site protection, Jackson State Forest, and many other areas.
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Our alerts are short, infrequent and to the point. We include news from forest campaigns and events on the North Coast of California and related events in the Bay Area.
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Forest Bill Advances in Legislature<>AIM Spirit Runners Come to Jackson Forest
On Sunday, April 12, 2026, we had very special visitors come to Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). The American Indian Movement (AIM) Spirit Runners came to the Mendocino coast for the weekend to do a prayer run through a portion of Jackson Forest, and share time and food with the community working to protect the forest. The AIM group, for decades, has had a 500-mile Spiritual Marathon where teams of runners participate in a running prayer by carrying a sacred staff. Runners will often pray for those who are sick or in prison and also for the preservation of sacred Native…
BILL TO END INDUSTRIAL LOGGING IN JACKSON FOREST INTRODUCED!
On Sunday, April 12, 2026, we had very special visitors come to Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). The American Indian Movement (AIM) Spirit Runners came to the Mendocino coast for the weekend to do a prayer run through a portion of Jackson Forest, and share time and food with the community working to protect the forest. The AIM group, for decades, has had a 500-mile Spiritual Marathon where teams of runners participate in a running prayer by carrying a sacred staff. Runners will often pray for those who are sick or in prison and also for the preservation of sacred…
Speak up for Jackson forest in october & november!
The agency that manages the Jackson Demonstration State Forest—CalFire—has released their draft plan for public input, for their intention to finalize a new Management Plan in early 2026. You can find the draft Management Plan here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/natural-resource-management/demonstration-state-forests/jackson-demonstration-state-forest. The list of public input meetings is below. You can submit comments in person or by email.The draft plan is rife with problems. CalFire did NOT put in place infrastructure to have tribal co-management so that tribes (whose ancestral land encompasses JDSF) could have an equal, meaningful seat at the table during the planning process. CalFire is NOT complying with the state’s premier…
Celebrate revolutionary ecology on judi bari day
On the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Judi Bari, Darryl Cherney & COINTELPRO attack on Earth First! A celebration and statement of revolutionary resistance & movement solidarity. Saturday , May 24 11:30-12:30 Park Blvd. & East 34st St., Oakland (near MacArthur Fwy at Park @ alcove @ ~3401 Park Blvd across from Arco) Help create pavement art as a tribute to Judi and all facing state repression today. We mark the moment of the bomb explosion in Judi’s car under her seat. Commemorating an act of extreme violence against an activist 35 years ago is not an isolated incident….
The History of Our Founding
Headwaters Forest Campaign History
Starting the 1980s, environmental activists used non-violent direct action to slow the logging of ancient redwoods on California’s North Coast. Read about this about this over two-decades-long campaign which resulted in the preservation of the Headwaters Forest Reserve.
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Headwaters Forest Reserve
The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) has taken a leadership role in the Headwaters Forest Reserve planning process through our Wilderness Forever! project.
BACH was successful in getting more protections on sensitive habitat, in response to concerns about impacts of human recreational use.
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