CEED recently completed a report dealing with restoration jobs and road removal. Commissioned by the Missoula-based Wildlands CPR, the report examines the economic benefits and costs of a national road removal program. The final 96-page study is entitled "Reinvestment in Jobs, Communities and Forests: The Benefits and Costs of a National Program for Road Removal on U.S. Forest Service Lands." A short summary, "Investing in Communities, Investing in the Land" is available at
www.wildlandscpr.org and shows how road removal can create jobs and provide other important economic as well as ecological benefits.
 | The CEED Road Removal Report discusses how heavy equipment operators are part of the skilled work force needed to remove roads and for restoration | ![]() | | Photo: J. McCullah/Wildlands CPR |
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CEED also recently co-sponsored a Humboldt State University presentation on ecological design by architect Sim Van der Ryn. Van der Ryn was State Architect and director of the Office of Appropriate Technology under Governor Jerry Brown. Among other accomplishments, Van der Ryn was an early, key supporter of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Refuge Project and also designed the Real Goods Solar Living Institute facility in Hopland. Van der Ryn is assisting with the design of the proposed Arcata Environmental Technolgoy Hostel, for which CEED is preparing a business plan through a grant from the Ford Foundation. This proposed state-of-the-art facility would have "green building" features such as efficient use of renewable energy, use of recycled materials and materials such as wood that can be certified as sustainably produced and harvested.
For more information,
see www.arcatahostel.org,
or contact Dan Ihara,
Executive Director,
(707) 822-8347 or
ceed@humboldt1.com.
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