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Santa Cruz Forest Being Cut After Rigorous Defense
After over a year of tree sitting in Ramsey Gulch, Redwood Empire has ammended their THP to cut down more trees that were once considered safe!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:27pm PST
Freshwater sitter - 11/04/02 & 11/05/02
Wow! Computers in the trees! It took about 15 minutes for the thing to boot up because it had to scan for any errors due to incorrect shut down. It seems to be sucking the life out of my big battery up here. Maybe a third battery would be appropriate…...
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 1:07am PST
High court allows pepper spray trial
Anti-logging activists swabbed with pepper spray during a celebrated 1997 protest can move forward with a civil rights lawsuit against Humboldt County law enforcement officials, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 1:09pm PST
PL roars into Freshwater, threatening tree-sits, 2 arrest
November 5, 2002 - Humboldt County, California: Supporters are rushing to the scene as Maxxam/Pacific Lumber geared up in Timber Harvest Plan (THP) 01-451 in the Freshwater watershed in Humboldt county, home of several tree-sits, including that of Remedy, who has occupied her tree for over seven months, and Wren, in her sixth month of a sit....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 1:03pm PST
Nov. 1, 2002 hearing in Judi Bari case
An important hearing on post-trial motions by both sides will take place before federal judge Claudia Wilken on Friday November 1, 2002, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Federal Courthouse at 13th and Clay
Streets in Oakland, California....
Posted: Mon, Oct 28, 2002 4:57pm PST
Mattole tree-sits under active assault
Pacific Lumber (PL) has sent employees to remove activists from their tree-top perches, where they are defending trees in an active timber harvest plan (THP)in the Mattole River Watershed....
Posted: Mon, Oct 28, 2002 3:59pm PST
Fire/Logging Bill Still a Threat as New Attacks Loom
Many thanks to everyone for your great work to head off harmful fuel reduction legislation so far this year. Unfortunately, when congress returns after the election, there is still a chance that the House will vote on H.R. 5319, the harmful fire/logging bill being negotiated by Reps. Scott McInnis (R-CO, Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), George Miller (D-CA) and Peter DeFazio (D-OR)....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2002 11:49pm PDT
HUNGER STRIKER AND PETER CAMEJO TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON DAVIS’ TIMBER RECORD
Groups Demand That Governor Davis Uphold his Promise to Protect the Old-Growth Trees...
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2002 9:52pm PDT
Fresh Aradia Photos
The Aradia tree-sit has been ongoing since December of 2001, just up the ridge from where David "Gypsy" Chain was killed, on September 17th, 1998....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2002 2:47pm PDT
Forest Peace Alliance Trip Into the Mattole(fixed version)
As part of the out-of-court settlement from the David "Gypsy" Chain wrongful death civil suit, the Forest Peace Alliance was formed, intending to bring activists and PL workers & management together, in a non-confrontational atmosphere, to prevent further deaths and injuries, to talk about the issues, and come up with creative solutions....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2002 1:50pm PDT
Lower Freshwater Village Photos
The first in a series of fresh photos from the lower Freshwater Creek Tree-Village.
There are more tree-sits than ever before in Humboldt Co., THREE TIMES AS MANY, and they need your help. Contact us to find out how......
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2002 10:37am PDT
Forest Peace Alliance trip to the Mattole
A group of activists and Pacific Lumber reps went out into the Mattole, to talk about the issues...here are a few pictures from that day......
Posted: Tue, Oct 22, 2002 9:47pm PDT
9/23/02 Freshwater Action (4/4) (video/quicktime 36.2MB)
Video footage of the direct action against illegal PL logging operations in Freshwater, CA. September 23, 2002. Part 4 of 4. 9 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2002 4:52pm PDT
9/23/02 Freshwater Action (3/4) (video/quicktime 42.8MB)
Video footage of the direct action against illegal PL logging operations in Freshwater, CA. September 23, 2002. Part 3 of 4. 9 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2002 4:30pm PDT
9/23/02 Freshwater Action (2/4) (video/quicktime 42.6MB)
Video footage of the direct action against illegal PL logging operations in Freshwater, CA. September 23, 2002. Part 2 of 4. 9 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2002 3:40pm PDT
9/23/02 Freshwater Action (1/4) (video/quicktime 43.9MB)
Video footage of the direct action against illegal PL logging operations in Freshwater, CA. September 23, 2002. Part 1/4. 9 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2002 12:43pm PDT
EF! actvist falls in Santa Cruz treesit. Dies on way to hospital.
A young man taking part in an Earth First protest near Mount Madonna County Park died Tuesday night after falling about 100 feet from a redwood tree where he had been living....
Posted: Thu, Oct 10, 2002 3:22pm PDT
Forest activist begins fast in Sacramento
Sacramento, Calif.,æOctober 7, 2002æ Susan Moloney, Executive Director of the Campaign for Old Growth (CFOG), began a hunger strike on the North Steps of the California State Capitol today. She vows to continue her fast until Governor Gray Davis upholds his four-year old campaign promise to preserve the state's old-growth trees....
Posted: Tue, Oct 8, 2002 9:40pm PDT
13 Women Reclaim Redwoods
In an attempt to stop oldgrowth logging operations and to raise awareness of the corporate lead destruction of our environment, 13 Women have taken to the branches of 13 trees scheduled for cutting by the The Pacific Lumber Company....
Posted: Sat, Oct 5, 2002 10:40pm PDT
Harmful House Deal on Fire Logging Needs to be Stopped
An agreement has been reached between Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Scott McInnis (R-CO) that can best be described as a chainsaw massacre....
Posted: Fri, Oct 4, 2002 1:09pm PDT