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Since 1945, various UC Berkeley faculty members have used this land as a site for research in biological control, the practice of controlling pest populations by creating a system with stable populations of natural enemies. In the past ten years the Gill Tract has, at times, been utilized as an urban farm, employing at-risk youth and providing food for local non-profits and community members. Currently, UCB faculty members use the Gill Tract for agricultural-related research....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 11:21pm PDT
After 17 years as a community asset, the South Berkeley Community Garden
is for sale at the market value of $445,000. The garden is being
liquidated as part of a large estate of a deceased Berkeley man....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 12:10pm PDT
Representatives of the Klamath River tribes, Friends of the River and a commercial fishing group (PCFFA) are in Scotland this week to protest the dams that Scottish Power's subsidiary operates on the Klamath. Representatives will also be going to Brussels to meet with the E.U. Two local activists - Craig Tucker and Kelly Catlett of FOR - are on this trip....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 7:27am PDT
We tortured animals drum circus protest. 1 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 1:05pm PDT
Released Saturday, July 17, 2004...
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 4:26am PDT
Letter from PETA to UDSA Director Gipson requesting that Ringling Bros. be investigated and charges filed in the recent death of a lion....
Posted: Fri, Jul 16, 2004 3:10pm PDT
The Fresno shows of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have been shadowed by the latest death of one their mistreated animals....
Posted: Fri, Jul 16, 2004 2:51pm PDT
Circus protest — Fresno cops invent 2 kinds of public property. Circus "security" takes our balloons from kids. 1:20 minute video...
Posted: Fri, Jul 16, 2004 8:47am PDT
The Klamath River tribes, environmental activists, recreational anglers and commercial fishermen won a big court victory this Tuesday when the Ninth Circuit Court ordered higher flows on the Trinity River. Central Valley activists played a big role in this battle, since they pressured SMUD to pull of the lawsuit, resulting in the withdrawal of three other partners to the litigation....
Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2004 5:24pm PDT
FVA statement on ongoing protest of Ringling Bros. in Fresno....
Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2004 4:31pm PDT
Wednesday - Undercover Surveillance hired by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus was present for day one of four days of protest against animal abuse and torture....
Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2004 2:31am PDT
Circus Animal Torture protested in Fresno...
Posted: Thu, Jul 15, 2004 1:07am PDT
This statement was issued by Sierra Nevada Earth First! in solidarity with the efforts of Fresno Voices for Animals to protest torture practices by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus....
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 3:01pm PDT
Second set of photos from Urban Garden Center...
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 12:26am PDT
Photos from the grand opening of the Urban Gardening Center in South Berkeley...
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 12:20am PDT
Fatal accident on Pacific Lumber property....
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 9:16pm PDT
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Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 10:51am PDT
Today at lunchtime in San Francisco's financial district, Rainforest Action Network will launch BBQ the Banks, a national summertime campaign to turn up the heat on “The Liquidators,” America's most environmentally destructive banks. Wells Fargo is a San Francisco-based bank that does not have an environmental policy....
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 10:29am PDT
PacifiCorp, out of Portland, Ore., is asking FERC to renew its license for the dams on the Klamath River for another 50 years.
The dams are known to block salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and other fish from migrating up and down the river....
Posted: Sat, Jul 10, 2004 12:09pm PDT
Today in San Francisco, human rights and environmental activists representing millions of concerned U.S. citizens will be the first to sign on to a Declaration of Independence from Oil ending America's longstanding loyalty to its flagship automaker, Ford Motor Company.
This historic act of peaceful protest follows a national July 4th advertising campaign demanding that Ford chart a new course to improve its fleet-wide fuel efficiency to 50 mpg by 2010 and eliminate tailpipe emissions by 20...
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 12:57pm PDT









