Protests over the Jackson Demonstration State Forest timber harvest continue. Last week, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest announced that there would be a temporary pause of operations on the Caspar 500 Timber Harvest Plan to further engage with the local community. Since CAL FIRE has held multiple community listening sessions. On Monday, a group of protestors marched through the streets of Fort Bragg and gathered outside the CalFire office. Protestors accuse the state of harvesting the largest trees to make a profit off the lumber shortage in the housing market. CAL FIRE says the logging operations supplements their firefighting costs and aids in forest management.