Thickly impacted forest area along US-101 in Humboldt County, very little space among trees for healthy new growth

Thickly impacted forest area along US-101 in Humboldt County, new growth trees crowded among old growth trees and getting very little light

Forest break for US-101, w/ larger, old growth back from roadway, and newer trees crowding to grow at forest edge where more light is accessible

Closer view of newer growth trees crowding at edge of forest at break for US-101, and signs of less than healthy growth of the newer trees because of the crowding

Another view of the crowding of the newer trees at forest edge break along US-101 in Humboldt County

Pacific Lumber Company facilities in Humboldt County, last of the lumber mills in NW Calif., on its last leg, about to shut down, because of lack of access to logged trees that can be milled

Another view of one of Pacific Lumber Company’s lumber mills, in Humboldt County, last of the lumber mills of NW Calif.

The closed down lumber mill facilities of the Eel River Lumber Company, just north of Pacific Lumber Company’s mill, shuttered due to a lack of access to logged trees