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PL Climbers are Raiding the tree-village near the Death Site of David "Gypsy" Chain
Climbers are raiding the Aradia Tree-village tree-sits now!
june 16, 2003 12:57 pm
june 16, 2003 12:57 pm
PL Climbers Raid Tree-Sits Near The Death Site Of David “Gypsy” Chain
Grizzly Creek, Ca.- After a several week pause, climbers hired by the Pacific Lumber Company are once again attempting to remove tree-sits that interfere with logging. This time however, their target is the “Tree-Village” which includes the old-growth redwood known to activists as “Aradia”.
This tree was first ascended by activists in September of 1998 only a couple of weeks before the death of David “Gypsy” Chain who was killed nearby when a tree was felled on him during an attempt to halt logging until the legality of the logging plan had been assessed. Chain was originally in the area to work on the first tree-sit there.
“ Aradia and the grove that surrounds her have a unique significance for those that knew him and those who respect what he stood for,” said Farmer, an eyewitness to his death. “ I am deeply worried that the continuing reckless behavior on the part of Pacific Lumber may lead to the death of another forest activist.”
Activists cite the use of false information in advertisements paid for by PL and their associates to sway public opinion in the face of dangerous tree-evictions. An add that was published in the Times-Standard on Sunday, June 17, credited to contract climber Eric Schatz, claims that “ Last year, “Bird” fell out of a tree and broke his pelvis”. This event actually took place over four years ago at the end of 1998.
“ Information has been twisted to make tree-sitting seem more dangerous now than it really is,” said Annie, a forest defender that helped build the tree sits. “ The irony of the matter is that the platform in Aradia is probably the most structurally sound of any existing tree-sits in Humboldt.”
“ PL seems to be using false information so that if someone else is killed they can get away with it again,” said another activist.
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These sits are off of Highway 36 outside of Carlotta.
Grizzly Creek, Ca.- After a several week pause, climbers hired by the Pacific Lumber Company are once again attempting to remove tree-sits that interfere with logging. This time however, their target is the “Tree-Village” which includes the old-growth redwood known to activists as “Aradia”.
This tree was first ascended by activists in September of 1998 only a couple of weeks before the death of David “Gypsy” Chain who was killed nearby when a tree was felled on him during an attempt to halt logging until the legality of the logging plan had been assessed. Chain was originally in the area to work on the first tree-sit there.
“ Aradia and the grove that surrounds her have a unique significance for those that knew him and those who respect what he stood for,” said Farmer, an eyewitness to his death. “ I am deeply worried that the continuing reckless behavior on the part of Pacific Lumber may lead to the death of another forest activist.”
Activists cite the use of false information in advertisements paid for by PL and their associates to sway public opinion in the face of dangerous tree-evictions. An add that was published in the Times-Standard on Sunday, June 17, credited to contract climber Eric Schatz, claims that “ Last year, “Bird” fell out of a tree and broke his pelvis”. This event actually took place over four years ago at the end of 1998.
“ Information has been twisted to make tree-sitting seem more dangerous now than it really is,” said Annie, a forest defender that helped build the tree sits. “ The irony of the matter is that the platform in Aradia is probably the most structurally sound of any existing tree-sits in Humboldt.”
“ PL seems to be using false information so that if someone else is killed they can get away with it again,” said another activist.
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These sits are off of Highway 36 outside of Carlotta.
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Do you hear that? That is the sound of inevitability.
>that is the sound of inevitability
well...if you'll recall, Neo came back to life, remember? while I'm not looking forward to the part where hundreds of climbers clone themselves, i still think we're far from being outnumbered or undone. do feel free to come up with other clever quotes from pop culture, though. remix at will, sample often.
faithfully yours for a culture-jammed america,
DFS, the sound when the tree doesn't fall and happy hearts go "yay"
well...if you'll recall, Neo came back to life, remember? while I'm not looking forward to the part where hundreds of climbers clone themselves, i still think we're far from being outnumbered or undone. do feel free to come up with other clever quotes from pop culture, though. remix at will, sample often.
faithfully yours for a culture-jammed america,
DFS, the sound when the tree doesn't fall and happy hearts go "yay"
Actually, Sunday was June 15th. You got the date wrong. Does that mean you are also trying to manipulate people with false information?
I don't see why the misplacement of incidents is a use of misinformation. Mistakes occur without alterior motive.
The fact is the protester did get hurt. Several have. Argue against that issue, not the date the incidents happened.
I don't see why the misplacement of incidents is a use of misinformation. Mistakes occur without alterior motive.
The fact is the protester did get hurt. Several have. Argue against that issue, not the date the incidents happened.
I think the only reckless behavior going on in the woods is being preformed by the tree sitting wackos like yourself. Why don't you go get stoned and chase dreadlocked stinky hippie women around arcata. Hopefully the climbers will get everyone of your dumb asses out of the trees and escorted to the highway for a free ride to the cross bar hotel. Let the timber workers work and stay off of DHR.
We will never quit. Come storms, high winds, freezing cold, or Sheriffs goons, from defending 2,000 year old trees from short sighted corporate greed. While loggers and Palco lawyers sit around getting soft in their overheated houses, forest defenders will be getting leaner, more rock solid, more pure of heart. Ultimately idealism and defense of primary eco-systems will win against short sighted timber company greed, just as the civil rights activists of the 60s triumphed against similar bigoted sheriffs and redneck goons.
Why don't you go chase dreadlocked hippie women? That sounds wonderful! Oh wait-you meant that as some kind of Rush Limbaugh type insult! Clever clever-no wait yet again...that's not clever! That's simply nothing.Yes...nothing. You have somehow used the English language and yet said nothing whatsoever! What a chimp!
Why don't you go chase some Ann Coulter clone around a burning cross? Now, there, I've actually said something! See how it's done?
Why don't you go chase some Ann Coulter clone around a burning cross? Now, there, I've actually said something! See how it's done?
Dont Forget that your alive. Life is what sustains us all.
Go ahead and kill the trees that clean the air, and poison the water you drink. feel free to screw your children over and give them an enheiritance of pollution and waste, your only doin your job. Just trying to feed the family by destroying the world. I cant help it i have bills to pay. I say, seek a solution, theres sustainable communities everywhere, join one. stop paying taxes to fund the war machine, otherwise your grandkids will be wearing gas masks when they walk to school. Now is the time for a change. If we dont do our part and more for the environment, and stop over consumption of the planet in this moment, than it wont be long till this unsustainable system will be unable to sustain the population.
Give thanks and praises to the most high one.
Judah
Go ahead and kill the trees that clean the air, and poison the water you drink. feel free to screw your children over and give them an enheiritance of pollution and waste, your only doin your job. Just trying to feed the family by destroying the world. I cant help it i have bills to pay. I say, seek a solution, theres sustainable communities everywhere, join one. stop paying taxes to fund the war machine, otherwise your grandkids will be wearing gas masks when they walk to school. Now is the time for a change. If we dont do our part and more for the environment, and stop over consumption of the planet in this moment, than it wont be long till this unsustainable system will be unable to sustain the population.
Give thanks and praises to the most high one.
Judah
I'm sorry, but I just don't see it. I am born and raised in Eureka, and I travel the county extensively. I understand that resources need to be protected, and believe me I'm the last one who wants to shit in my own bathtub. I see clearcuts speckling the hillsides around me, but when I look again five years later, I see green. I don't see extensive damage, let alone permanent damage. I see green growing trees everywhere I look, and I see awesome parks protecting beautiful giant oldgrowth forests. I also see a prevailing alarmist attitude that seems out of place. Where is all the death and damage. Don't cite the stafford slide and freshwater or elkriver flooding either, for these places are located on historic geologic features or floodplains or both which are easily affected by the extreme weather patterns that we on the northcoast withstand each and every year. You will say that I don't know what to look at or fail to see the damage, but what is really going on is I see the broader picture. When you stop focusing on the minutia and pay attention to the oceans of trees on our local hillsides, things look pretty good around here. I for one am thankful to our timber company neighbors. I think they have done a pretty reasonable job. They do a lot for this county. The activists seem to be making a lot of noise, in an effort to galvanize or divide us, but I see no beneficial results to our communities so far. How is it exactly that you are assisting me? My water is fine. My health is good. The countryside around me looks fine. I don't see your alarmist point or the reason behind establishing it.
Yeah, I get a clear impresion that the activists think their position, ethics, lifestyle is more pure or noble or righteous than mine. You know, you all have the right to believe whatever you want. You say I should throw my possessions away and be one with the land. Well, that just don't work for me. I don't feel like going to jail because I think the land is for everyone, but the property owner I am trespassing on to realize this dream disagrees and wants to press charges. You would think that the liberal activist mindset wouldn't be so dogmatic about forcing me to live their style of life. Might work for you, but not me.
Please help. we need more tree ringers. The situation in the fight to defend ourselves from the forest defenders is desperate. We don't need food or volunteers. We need chainsaws and binoculars to locate the tree sitters and ring their trees. They have marked those trees for death, so let's go help them out. Come on, let's start making snags!
It seems as if the world has been on the brink of destruction for quite a while. Even as regulations for environmental protection get stronger and the world gains a better knowlege of what sustainablity is, the doomsayers rehash the same language that has followed humanity since it's beginnings.
The idea that the world is getting worse in regards to pollution and exploitation of natural resources is laughable. The real issue is the unbalanced manner resources are harvested across the world.
The restrictions in one location doom the resources in other areas less stringent. This process will likely be resolved.
The world is not doomed by present society. If you fail to see the beauty in people of all classes then you live life half blinded. Open your mind to other ways of thinking. More can be done to assist the plight of humanity and the Earth than to regress to a false idealism from a past that never was.
Log on.
The idea that the world is getting worse in regards to pollution and exploitation of natural resources is laughable. The real issue is the unbalanced manner resources are harvested across the world.
The restrictions in one location doom the resources in other areas less stringent. This process will likely be resolved.
The world is not doomed by present society. If you fail to see the beauty in people of all classes then you live life half blinded. Open your mind to other ways of thinking. More can be done to assist the plight of humanity and the Earth than to regress to a false idealism from a past that never was.
Log on.
one does have to look around at what is before the imediate eye but it may not always be what it seems. walk around in a 3rd growth forest. there is so much undergworth you cannot even walk and everything is struggling to live. I don't feel that the moajority of activists are trying to convert others to their, what may seem, extreme lifestyle. they are trying to get a point across, for people to pay attention. it is unfortunate that our media is owned by the coroporations and so many newspapers owned by the same people. that does not make it easy for the people to get an untainted view of what is going on. i agree that only reading what activists may say, per say, can sometimes seem very one sided but when you are on one side of a 'battle' like forest defence it is hard to put yourself in the "problems" side. when you see your friend killed whether you feel it was purposely or not it is hard to feel trust for the person who commited the act that killed him. i feel that if there could be a clear communication between activists and PL employees and other people in the community who are very pro logging there could perhaps be an understanding. everyone whould have to go into the conversation without these preconceived ideas of who we think the others are. (both activists and loggers) we all have a heart, we all want to provide for our families and we all have our unique opinions. that is what makes our species so incredible. we need to open the lines of communication and try to comprehend our opposite's and where they are coming from. i don't know.. love your enemy. what is point of war when we know how to talk?
So why is it okay for one plant to be castrated to make your cotton clothes, or another plant to be incinerated in the bowl of your bong, huh? EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EQUAL SPECIES!!! You tree-hugging hypocrites are all just engaging in the worst kind of speciesism. A plant feels no less pain for being short, or less woody. Does losing leaves in the fall make a tree less worthy, less magestic? I SAY NO! We must all fight to protect every green, life-giving oxygen producing chlorophyll-advantaged being. DO NO BE SHORT SIGHTED, my friends! Help fight against the tyrrany of veganism, just another word for targeted genocide, the horrors of lawn mowers and hedge clippers, and the perversely named "vessels of knowledge" , BOOKS, which are instead veritable necronomicons. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
we charge that the persons living in this forest are them selves destroying the eco-system of the forest.
those trees are not put on this earth for you to use as a condo!! and with all the tramping around, and all the garbage poop you have thrown about you your selves have taken a major step toward destroying the very place you claim to protect.......
what do you have to say for your behavior, what will you do to correct the situation?
those trees are not put on this earth for you to use as a condo!! and with all the tramping around, and all the garbage poop you have thrown about you your selves have taken a major step toward destroying the very place you claim to protect.......
what do you have to say for your behavior, what will you do to correct the situation?
I understand where you are coming from. The key is moderation. You would never see me post again if moderation was used.
Girdling
Action Verb
To remove a band of bark and cambium from the circumference of (a tree), usually in order to kill it.
Action Verb
To remove a band of bark and cambium from the circumference of (a tree), usually in order to kill it.
The previous comment attributed to me is false. Someone has assumed my identity and submitted the previous comment.
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