WELCOME to the SAFE website. SAFE is a California nonprofit, IRS tax-exempt 501(c)(3), membership corporation,
headquartered in beautiful Trinity County in northern California.
Read the Winter 2011 issue of Forestland Steward newsletter. It has an inspiring look at Community Forests in California. Each of the four community forests featured has a unique approach based on the community's needs and circumstances. All the links in this pdf are live. Click on them to connect to more information. |
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| SAFE is a volunteer, grassroots,
environmental organization active in Trinity
County, CA since 1979. SAFE is dedicated to
promoting healthy ecosystems through education,
community involvement, organizing,
demonstrations, activism and legal remedies.
Please see our SAFE Projects and SAFE History for more
information on SAFE’s activities and
accomplishments. Read SAFE News online! Colleen O'Sullivan is the SAFE News editor and newsletters are published every other month. Read January, March, May, July and September and November 2011. Read back issues (2008 - 2010) on Projects Page. Newsletters are in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat to view them. If you enjoy reading SAFE News online, please consider a donation. If want to read SAFE News on paper, you can subscribe to SAFE News by emailing Virginia Rice. You can also pick up the latest SAFE News at Weaverville, Hayfork and Lewiston libraries, as well as at Mountain Marketplace in Weaverville and Norel-Pom Natural Foods in Hayfork. In January/February 2012 SAFE News there is an article about the Trinity River and Trinity Lake and how they are threatened by the Peripheral Canal or Tunnel. Click here to download and print a sample letter you can mail (or email) to Barbara Boxer regarding this issue. In January 2011 SAFE newsletter there is an article about Assembly Bill 32 and Forest Carbon Offset Rules. Read letter that S.A.F.E. signed onto that was sent to California Air Resources Board. |
2012 SAFE MEETINGS & POTLUCKS are held in March, June, and November. For complete list of all upcoming events, please see Calendar of environmentally-related events.
THURS JAN 26: HAYFORK - TRINITY COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL MEETING (TCFSC) at TCRCD conference room on Horseshoe Lane (behind front office) at 7pm. On the agenda will be a discussion of the Soldier Creek Fuels Reduction project. The agenda will be sent out in early December. Meeting is open to public. Regular meetings are on fourth Thursday each month. More info or for agenda: contact Noreen Doyas or Pat Frost at Trinity County Resource Conservation District (TCRCD) at 623-6004.
WED FEB 1: LEWISTON - GARDEN CLUB MEETING at Community Center. Social time is 12:30-1pm. Meeting & presentation at 1pm. Refreshments served afterward. Guests always welcome. First Wednesday each month. More info: call Carolyn Rhody at 623-6170.
WED FEB 15: HAYFORK - COMMUNITY PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING (HCPAC) at Trinity County Fairgrounds meeting room 7-9pm. Public is welcome to come and participate. Third Wednesday each month. More info or for an agenda: call Bob or Jan Mountjoy at 628-4474.
SUN MARCH 11: HAYFORK - SAFE MEETING & POTLUCK at residence of Susan & Joseph Bower in Peanut area of Hayfork at 1pm. Meeting is at 1pm, followed by potluck. Please bring a potluck dish to share. More info or for directions: call 623-5410 or email Virginia Rice.