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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
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
PL Security Guard Cited for Assault on Freshwater Tree Sitter
On Saturday, March 1 at 12:30 p.m. in Freshwater, a security guard employed by Pacific Lumber slashed a tree sitter’s hand while attempting to cut his climbing rope. The man wearing plain clothes and driving an unmarked car took photographs of the tree sitter, Bear, Meighan O’Brien, a local resident and her car that was parked in a public easement....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2003 2:11pm PST
Treesiters Stay Strong, PALCO Devastation Continues
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, California, January 29, 2003 (ENS) - Accelerated logging
has polluted some 85 percent of the waters in California's North Coast
region, uprooted protected redwoods and damaged private property, but state
officials continue to permit logging companies to avoid complying with
environmental regulations....
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2003 6:27pm PST
Maxxam/PL's 4th SLAPP Suit & Cross-Complaint
Pacific Lumber Company is pursuing there fourth Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation in the recent couple of years. Also included in this posting is a cross complaint against PL, climber Eric, Jerry, Carl Anderson and Robert Manne....
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2003 8:47pm PST
Alert! Tree Sitters Under Assault 1/16
Today, Thursday Jan. 16, Pacific Lumber and Humboldt law enforcement began moving in on tree-sits on PL land in Humboldt county....
Posted: Fri, Jan 17, 2003 3:14am PST
Video of Abstract's and Tree's Arrest (video/quicktime 22.7MB)
This is a video of Tree's and Abstract's first arrest, in Freshwater. They were protesting Pacific Lumber Company's decision to continue logging despite a court ordered stay. The Sherriff's Dept. was refusing to enforce the the court's decision. Both Treea nd Abstract spent jail time after the arrest....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2003 11:10pm PST
Gaia Treesit in the Mattole
Gaia still stands and refuses to be killed, she has enlisted the help of a few kind souls who continue to stand with her, allowing her and the others on that hill in the mattole to dance their spiral dance and to celebrate life....
Posted: Fri, Nov 22, 2002 9:49pm PST
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
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
Maxxam still cutting Old Growth in the Mattole
Old Growth being hauled out of the Mattole, after the court order had been issued.
Maxxam is clearly a lawless rogue corporation; who will step in to enforce the judge's ruling?...
Posted: Wed, Oct 2, 2002 7:17pm PDT
Photos from Sept. 15 Rally to Save the Mattole
More than 300 people rallied at Monument Gate in Rio Dell at the September 15 Rally to Save the Mattole Forest....
Posted: Sun, Sep 29, 2002 4:26pm PDT
Eyewitness Report: Officers violate No-Logging Injunction at Mattole action
forest defense news from matole as reported on portland indymedia...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2002 10:50pm PDT
Roadblock at Monument Gate
The sight of halted capitalism...how sweet it is...come to Humboldt NOW to get involved in this final push to get Charles Hurwitz and his Maxxam Corp. out of our home, Humboldt County. Come one, come all!!!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 23, 2002 7:12am PDT
13 Women, 13 Trees, 13 Days! Goddesses Rock the Treetops in Humboldt's Ancient Redwoods!
Update on Happenings in the Canopy of the Humboldt Redwoods. Also getting the contac out for "WE SAVE TREES" , a group of active Forest Defenders....
Posted: Fri, Sep 20, 2002 4:59pm PDT
Palco violating court order
In a flagrant violation of a Superior Court Judges explicit order to halt all logging in Endangered Species habitat, Pacific Lumber continues cutting trees....
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2002 6:17pm PDT
MASS RALLY to SAVE THE MATTOLE FOREST - Sept 15th
On September 15th, hundreds of local residents, forest activists, students and environmentalists from throughout the region will hold a mass rally and legal demonstration to show community support for a halt to logging in the Mattole. Please join us for this urgent protest!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2002 11:34am PDT
Mattole Action Pictures From Last Week
These are pictures from a recent action on Brushy Ridge in the Mattole watershed. Resistance Continues!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 21, 2002 1:14pm PDT
Scotia lockdown images from 08/05/02
On Monday, August 5th, at around 11:45am a car occupied by three environmental activists drove up to the front door of the Pacific Lumber Company (PL) headquarters in Scotia, Ca. Still inside the car, they locked themselves to each other and the vehicle using “lockboxes” made from metal pipes....
Posted: Mon, Aug 12, 2002 4:47pm PDT