Welcome to the Santa Cruz Mountains
The Mountain Resource Group is a non-profit organization based in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California.
Our objective is to provide an online source of high-quality information about natural resources and community infrastructure in our semi-rural region. These include: land, watershed, forest, streams, wildlife, plants, open space, private roads and water systems, emergency water sources and evacuation routes, recreational trails and historical sites.
Our mission is to support local residents, community groups and emergency responders, in order to promote public safety, environmental awareness, responsible stewardship and informed and fair decision-making about our local resources. (more)
As individuals and as a community, we face unique challenges and responsibilities. We also share good fortune in being able to live in such a beautiful place. We'd like to help keep it that way for generations to come.
NAIL NEWS:
San Jose Water Company NTMP Logging Plan Denied!
NAIL in the News
Former Vice President Al Gore Supports NAIL
Try viewing the Google Earth annotated model of the original San Jose Water Company logging proposal. We've also created a movie version of the original flyover, that you can play with a single click.
The flyover has been featured in an excellent article,
"GREEN Eyes in the Sky: desktop satellite tools are changing the way environmentalists work",
by environmental reporter Gregory Dicum, in the online edition of the San Francisco Chronicle.
We are currently building this "Community GeoPortal" for the Santa Cruz Mountains: a non-commercial site which provides access to local maps, information and community discussion. Please give it a try, and let us know what you think.
Photo From Sept. 11 NAIL Meeting at Lexington School
Mountain residents take their seats to meet for the first time on Sept. 11 at Lexington School to share concerns about the proposed plan to log 1000+ acres of San Jose Water Co. watershed land. Close to 200 attendees packed the room and another 100 attendees sat outside listening via speakers set up in the patio area.
Map of Logging Operation proposed by Big Creek Lumber and San Jose Water
Map of Logging Operation proposed by Big Creek Lumber and San Jose Water Company in the Los Gatos Mountains (Los Gatos Creek Watershed and Thompson Road area).
More than 1000 acres of forest, principally coastal redwood forest (sequoia sempervirens), will potentially be logged if their proposal is approved by CDF.
Update (December 22, 2005): SJWC has withdrawn their current logging proposal, in the face of numerous questions from CDF, strong community opposition and the lack of any fire planning, among other serious issues. For more information, visit the Neighbors Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL) home page on this site.
Redwood Logging Proposal
Screen shot showing proximity of downtown Los Gatos to primary logging zone (shown in red) proposed by Big Creek Lumber and San Jose Water Company. More than 1000 acres of forest, principally coastal redwood forest (sequoia sempervirens), would be logged under their proposal.
For more information, visit the Neighbors Against Irresponsible Logging NAIL home page and NAIL forum on this site.
To learn how to create images like this, go to this post.
Update (December 22, 2005): SJWC has withdrawn their current logging proposal, in the face of numerous questions from CDF, strong community opposition and the lack of any fire planning, among other serious issues. For more information, visit the Neighbors Against Irresponsible Logging (NAIL) home page on this site.