United We Treesit

That is a branch that the forest defender is climbing, not another tree.
http://humboldtforestdefense.blogspot.com/

Following the several decades of clearcutting and (4X increased rate of) old growth logging after Maxxam's '85 takeover of Pacific Lumber, the redwoods ecosystem of Humboldt can no longer support logging activities. If there ever was a method of ecologically sustainable logging (PL's selective cutting of 50% of stands prior to Maxxam's takeover), the resulting erosion from years of high rate clearcutting (100% of stands cut) made sure that sustainability was never even attempted. Now that Maxxam is attempting to high tail it to the Corpus Christi, Texas location of the PL bankruptcy trial, while both jobs and the ecosystem suffer from decades of Maxxam's intrusions into Humboldt, forest defense activists are preparing for Maxxam/PL's final assault on the forests..

In addition, Pacific Lumber workers who are rendered unemployed by Maxxam's clearcut and run policies are also attempting to organize for their severance pay and other claims, including medical. There's an upcoming workshop offered by the humboldt Watershed Council for anyone who wishes to file a claim;

This from Alliance for Sustainable Jobs & Environment, Humboldt Watershed Council, etc..;

"PACIFIC LUMBER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Severance Motion

ASJE, HWC, and MRC sent a letter to the Creditor's Committee and Noteholders supporting PL's motion to pay severance. Go to the Workers page to see the motion and related documents.

Notice to PL Creditors: Filing Claims Workshop

ASJE, the Humboldt Watershed Council, and the Central Labor Council of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties will host a workshop on Saturday, June 23rd from 9-10 am on How to File a Bankruptcy Claim, at the Fortuna Veteran's Memorial Hall at 1426 Main Street. If you believe you are owed money by Pacific Lumber, you may need to file a claim by July 17th. This free, brief workshop will walk participants through the form and explain the process. It will be led by veteran Bankruptcy Attorney Peter Clapp. The workshop will also be offered in Spanish. Por favor llamanos si tiene una reclamación y se necesita información en Español. Click here to get the event poster for more details.

To download a blank claim form, click here: BLANK CLAIM FORM

To check if you have an existing claim or to confirm its accuracy, link to the claim summaries listed below for each Pacific Lumber subsidiary.

Britt Lumber
Pacific Lumber
Scotia Pacific
Scotia Development
Scotia Inn
Salmon Creek
Bankruptcy 201 Workshop

Saturday, June 23rd, 10am - 12 pm, at the Fortuna Veteran's Memorial Hall

If you are a past or present employee, retiree, contractor, vendor, or anyone else with an interest in the PL bankruptcy, then come get an update on the status of the case and learn about the reorganization plan procedure with Attorney Peter Clapp. Free and open to the public. See event poster above for details. .


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ASJE cosponsored a great workshop--Bankruptcy 101--with the Humboldt Watershed Council and the Central Labor Council of Humboldt and Del Norte Counties on March 2nd, featuring Bay Area bankruptcy attorney Peter Clapp. For more information on that workshop, see below.

Stay tuned for information on future workshops over the coming months. Future workshop topics will likely include: Pension and Kaiser Aluminum - Life under a Maxxam bankruptcy."

PL Bankruptcy workshop details @;
http://www.asje.org/PL_Bankruptcy.html

This event would also be a great time to plan for a non-violent protest event when the visiting PL bankruptcy trial Judge from Texas comes to Scotia. There are many reasons to express dissent at the PL bankruptcy trial moved to TX based on the (non)-existence of Maxxam's subsidiary "Scotia Development" ghost corporation. It is unfair for both the PL workers and environmental activists who cannot travel to TX to attend this trial and tell the Judge how Maxxam's clearcut and run forest policy effected their lives, homes and ecosystem..

However, this TX trial can also be ?accessed? online;
http://www.txsb.uscourts.gov/addresses/

PL Bankruptcy Trial;

Corpus Christi location of PL's bankruptcy trial;

Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court
Corpus Christi Divisional Office
Street Address:
208 United States Courthouse
1133 North Shoreline Boulevard
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
Phone: 361-888-3142

MAXXAM Headquarters Location
1330 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 2000
Houston, TX 77056 (Map)
Phone: 713-975-7600
Fax: 713-267-3701

Hey, what happened to DSEF!?

"DSEF! Rocks the House

Dirty South Earth First! (DSEF!, aka Dirt First!) launched a campaign to pressure and embarrass Hurwitz by visiting his home, country club, favorite restaurant, the homes and offices of business partners, financiers and even his synagogue.

DSEF! first confronted the ecoterrorists of Maxxam on July 13. Going beyond the fortified corporate offices and the professional public relations hacks, DSEF! visited Maxxam Executive Vice President Diane Dudley and CEO Hurwitz at their private residences in the affluent Houston enclave of West University and at the high-rise complex, the Houstonian, respectively."

article @;
http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/article.php?id=178

BTW, we're still asking the FBI;

WHO BOMBED JUDI BARI!?!?

"About Friends of Judi Bari

We are a group of friends of the late Judi Bari, the gifted environmental and labor organizer and forest defender. We have joined together as a group to defend Judi and her legacy from attacks by Big Timber, the FBI, the right-wing and their hired character assassins.

About Judi Bari

Judi Bari was a radical environmental leader, a feminist, a mother and a staunch advocate of nonviolence. She was nearly killed when a motion-triggered bomb exploded under the drivers seat of her car as she drove through Oakland, California, in 1990. Her passenger, fellow Earth First! organizer Darryl Cherney, received lesser injuries. They were on an organizing tour for Redwood Summer, a campaign of nonviolent protests against corporate clearcut logging of the redwood forests. Instead of investigating the bombing as an attempt to kill Judi, who had received numerous death threats from logging industry supporters, the FBI and Oakland Police immediately tried to frame the victims as terrorists injured by the accidental explosion of a bomb they were transporting. For nearly two months, the authorities kept a media drumbeat of false accusations going with claims of accumulating evidence. But when it came time to present evidence in court and file charges, the DA announced he would not file any charges at all against Judi or Darryl, citing lack of evidence. Judi and Darryl sued the FBI and OPD for trying to frame them for political reasons, and they were exonerated by a jury verdict in 2002, after 12 years of litigation.

But Judi didn't live to see her victory. When she died of cancer in 1997, over 1000 people came to her memorial in Willits, California, the small Mendocino County town where she had lived. Though she never fully recovered from her injuries, Judi had kept right on organizing in defense of the redwoods, and the timber workers as well. By 1992 she was a main organizer of a two month nonviolent protest trying to preserve an old-growth redwood stand at Enchanted Meadow, along the Albion River in Mendocino County. With Judi's help, neighbors of the logging were able to interfere with operations and slow them down until a court injunction halted the logging. From 1995 until her death in 1997 Judi was one of the principal organizers of efforts to save the now-famous Headwaters Forest in Humboldt County.

Judi's friends don't consider her a flawless saint as certain critics now charge. She was human like the rest of us, but she was also a hero and an inspirational figure to the environmental, feminist and labor movements because of her courage, eloquence, intelligence and sharp wit."

Friends of Judi Bari @;
http://www.fojb.org/