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Mattole Update and Upcoming CDF Rally
This update is for Pacific Lumber/Maxxam logging protests, rallies and Direct Actions in Humboldt County....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2001 2:47pm PST
Arrestee in the Mattole
On Monday, February 5, a Forest Defender is picked off by Humboldt County Sheriffs. The activist was defending Douglas Fir from logging by placing himself in the fall zone....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2001 12:45am PST
Shakedown
Cops targeted people on state park public property, asked to see their ID and ran checks for outstanding warrants. These activist were parked along a park road near where THP 309 was being logged on PL property some 200 feet from the road....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 6:19pm PST
Naomi Gets a Cop
Naomi Wagner, a long time Northern California resident and activist, is escorted by a cop to a waiting van. Naomi was arrested Wednesday, Feb 7, while drawing cops away from fall zone in the Mattole....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 6:07pm PST
Deputies Accompany Logger into the Woods
Humboldt County Sheriff accompany a logger into THP 309 in the Mattole...
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 5:59pm PST
Activists and Residents Resist Mattole Logging
Some of 30 plus local Mattole residents and activists keep warm while waiting for loggers to arrive....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 5:53pm PST
Activist Continue to Resist Logging in the Mattole
Non-violent peaceful activist continue to resist destructive logging in the Mattole....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 5:38pm PST
Maxxam Continues To Log Old-Growth In Mattole
Early this morning, 02/07/01, Mattole residents and the Mattole Forest Defenders confronted Maxxam/Pacific Lumber logging crews who arrived to continue clearcutting old-growth Douglas Fir in Timber Harvest Plan (THP) 1-00-309 on Rattlesnake Creek within the Mattole watershed....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 12:18am PST
Mattole Forest Defenders Blockade Going Strong
Blockade continues to hold at record 9 weeks....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2001 6:42pm PST
Mattole Lockdown, The Dragon
Forest Defenders enjoy a warm campfire at the Dragon lockdown....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2001 6:29pm PST
Mattole Blockade, The Wall
The Wall blockade along MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber logging road leading to threatened ancient forest....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2001 6:20pm PST
The Mattole Spatula Blockade
Forest Defender resupplies another activist occupying The Spatula....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2001 6:06pm PST
Voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders (video/x-pn-realvideo 0.1KB)
Total time 20:45. Hear the voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders, as they introduce themselves and describe the struggle to defend some of the last of the ancient Douglas Fir forests from plunder by Maxxam/ Pacific Lumber Company. The activists describe the area, confrontations with police and logging crews, pepper spray and arrests, and the complex blockades they have built twelve miles into PL company land to keep the trees standing, with contact information at the end. Community and Micro...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2001 2:07pm PST
Residents Call for Rally at CDF for Mattole
An event to call attention to the situation on Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole Valley will take place at the California Department of Forestry (CDF) Offices in Fortuna on Thursday, January 25th....
Posted: Wed, Jan 24, 2001 1:03pm PST
Protest Jan. 25th for the Mattole forests
An event to call attention to the situation on Rainbow Ridge in
the Mattole Valley will take place at the California Department of
Forestry (CDF) Offices in Fortuna on Thursday, January 25th....
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2001 8:28pm PST
Mattole old growth forest face the axe
Mattole old growth forests face the axe, forest defendeds hold the front lines for the past few months........
Posted: Tue, Jan 23, 2001 8:22pm PST
Audio: Voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders (audio/mpeg 19.1MB)
Total time 20:45. Hear the voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders, as they introduce themselves and describe the struggle to defend some of the last of the ancient Douglas Fir forests from plunder by Maxxam/ Pacific Lumber Company. The activists describe the area, confrontations with police and logging crews, pepper spray and arrests, and the complex blockades they have built twelve miles into PL company land to keep the trees standing, with contact information at the end. Community and Mi...
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2001 9:35pm PST
Mattole Forest Defenders Brace for New Round of Attacks (Picture)
During a gate action beforer Christmas, Forest Defenders and local residents blocked the monument gate entrance to Rainbow Ridge, 14 miles distant. New rounds of attacks on Old Growth Douglas Fir, and activists defending them, are expected by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber loggers and Humboldt County Law Enforcement....
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2000 2:28pm PST
Forest Defenders Blockade Road to Rainbow Ridge (photo)
Forest defender in position to lock down at junked car blockade along logging road to Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole watershed. See associated print article for details....
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2000 5:16pm PST
5 Arrested in Mattole
Pacific Lumber Security know as the Humboldt Sheriffs Department Arrested 5 forest defenders today in the Mattole....
Posted: Tue, Nov 28, 2000 10:29pm PST