The campaign to stop the largest logging project in modern history is entering a critical new phase, as designated Old Growth reserves go on the chopping block staring March 7, 2005. Campouts and mass demonstrations are planned in response to cutting this once protected area of National Forest.

The Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area is ground zero for the Bush Administration’s aggressive attempts to gut hard fought legal protections for Old Growth reserves, inventoried roadless areas and salmon-bearing streams. This is a crucial moment in a historic campaign that will set precedent for forest policy for decades to come.

The Green Bridge is a rallying point for those who wish to show their opposition to the so-called Biscuit Fire Recovery Project, an extreme logging scheme that would remove tens of thousands of log trucks from remote regions of unmanaged native forest. A small group of local organizers are camping beneath the bridge on the bank of the picturesque Illinois River. The camp is becoming the public face of a growing campaign that is increasingly supported by old timers and locals who bring food, warm clothes and camp fire songs to share with those gathered. Read more here, here, and here.