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Freshwater Tree-sit Evictions Continue - EF! media release
MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber illegally sealed off a public road all day yesterday, March 17, in order to extract marathon tree sitters, "Remedy" and "Wren," who had been up for 12 and 10 months, respectively. New sitters re-ascended those same trees with platforms and re-established both tree sits....
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2003 6:28pm PST
TREE-SIT The Art of Resistance
NPR - talked on National radio about the screening of the film in Washington DC on the 20th March...
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2003 1:09pm PST
Roadblock
Police hired by Major Corporation block observation of Freshwater tree sit evictions....
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2003 11:06am PST
Ake Tyvi
Famous Finnish boxer and just selected Member of Parliament says "She is a lebsian"....
Posted: Tue, Mar 18, 2003 1:18am PST
Timber thugs attack Remedy tree-sit
Hired thugs of Maxxam/Pacific Lumber are right now, Monday March 17, 2003, trying to forcibly remove tree-sitter Remedy from an old growth redwood near Eureka, CA, putting her life in danger. Remedy has vowed to nonviolently resist. She has occupied the giant tree for one week short of a year....
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2003 1:46pm PST
Freshwater evictions under way
Maxxam's Carl Anderson, Rich Bettis and Climber Eric Schatz are in force with CHP blocking the road in the Freshwater area evicting the treesitters....
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2003 9:12am PST
Oregon: Forest defense community mourns the loss of our friend Sparrow
During the early hours of Tuesday, March 11, 2003, our friend Sparrow, aka Carson McCann, took his own life while out in the forests that he loved and worked to defend. It happened at the beginning of a group skill-sharing campout in the Willamette National Forest....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 1:28am PST
Mattole Forest Defenders Yank Thousands of Logging Markers
Thousands of flags and other markers were removed from Pacific Lumber logging plans in the Mattole Watershed. Flags were left at PL headquarters in Scotia, Ca....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2003 2:53pm PST
Thousands of Logging Markers Yanked By Mattole Forest Defenders.
Thousands of markers delineating logging plans have been removed from the Pacific Lumberlogging plans in the Mattole Watershed....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2003 1:34pm PST
Bush Fire? Fire Bush!
With the encouragement of the Bush administration, the timber industry is quietly building a public-relations campaign to promote the president's plan to reduce fire danger by thinning [and clearcutting] public forests [including roadless arias and oldgrowth]....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2003 2:03pm PST
News for any federal lawyers and Northwest Forest Pass activists still out there...
Going to a bogus court case today related to a time my car was found behind a Forest Service pseudo-blockaded road, the judge rejects arguments and evidence. However, he decided that he wants a legal brief from the prosecution justifying their right to prosecute people for parking "crimes" committed on Federal property in which the defendant's identity is assumed from vehicle registrations....
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2003 11:58am PST
PL climber climbs trees, serves papers
This morning some time between 8:00 and 9:00 pacific lumbers two hired thugs, climber eric(eric shatz) and climber jerry, showed at the lower village treesits in freshwater....
Posted: Wed, Mar 5, 2003 10:22pm PST
PL's Contractor Eric Schatz serves Slapp Suit on Freshwater Sitters
This morning Pacific Lumber (PL) climbers arrived on the scene in Freshwater watershed in Humboldt county, where at least a dozen people have been sitting in trees, including Remedy who has been high in a redwood tree for over 11 months....
Posted: Wed, Mar 5, 2003 10:11pm PST
Drillbits & Tailings - Vol 8, # 2
+ Alaskan Native Activists Take a Firm Stand Against Oil and Gas, Launching a New Alliance
+ Newmont Moves In to Open Ghana's Closed Forest Reserves
COMMUNITY VOICES: U'wa Communique...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 11:00am PST
SFSU Earth Day Planning
Attention!
A group of Earth Loving, Environmentally Conscious Individuals are currently collaborating their creative thoughts and efforts to create a CELEBRATION OF THE EARTH @ SFSU ON APRIL 16 &17 !...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 5:19pm PST
Humboldt DA sues PL for Fraud!
EUREKA - The Humboldt County District Attorney sued the Pacific Lumber Company for $250,000,000, on six counts of fraud and deceptive concealment in applying for its Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Sustained Yield Plan in 1999....
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 12:27pm PST
Among Giants, Forest Defense Actions Continue
A look at forest defense in the northern California areas affected by Pacific Lumber corporations harvest of old growth and second growth trees...
Posted: Sun, Feb 23, 2003 10:02pm PST
Appropriate Music for the Times...
A few revolutionary songs for these revolutionary times.......
Posted: Tue, Feb 18, 2003 11:42pm PST
FBI investigates front end loader in Humboldt
Channel 3 last night aired a story that the FBI has been brought into Humboldt county to investigate an arson involving a Columbia Helicopter Front End Loader in the Freshwater area....
Posted: Wed, Feb 12, 2003 11:34pm PST