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Heartwood Forest Council in Ohio -- Burning Issues: Climate is a Forest Product

pudgalan — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:16:49 GMT

Heartwood Forest Council in Ohio
http://www.heartwood.org/forestcouncil/index.html

Save the Date for the 18th Annual Heartwood Forest Council, Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, 2008, to be held at Boy Scout Camp Oyo in the Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth, Ohio.

Online Registration coming by next week. Download PDF Brochure: http://www.heartwood.org/forestcouncil/brochure.pdf

We would like to invite you to the 18th annual Heartwood Forest Council, to be held Memorial Day weekend, May 23-26, 2008, at Boy Scout Camp Oyo in the Shawnee State Forest near Portsmouth, Ohio. Hosts for this years event include Heartwood, the Buckeye Forest Council, Save Our Shawnee Forest, Voices for the Forest, Meigs Citizens Action Now!, Protect Biodiversity in Public Forests, and EarthWatch Ohio. The theme of this year's Forest Council is "Burning Issues: Climate is a Forest Product."

What is the Heartwood Forest Council?

The Heartwood Forest Council is the largest annual gathering of citizens from across the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southern United States who care about the health and well-being of our nation's forests. This will be the second time this event has taken place in Ohio, the first being at Camp Oty Okwa in 1992. We will focus on threats to our region and to human and community health, in an atmosphere of collaboration designed to form stronger personal and organizational connections. While addressing the issues we face and celebrating the work that we do, the Forest Council offers participants an opportunity to identify lasting solutions and proven action steps that will move us as a community toward a shared vision of a healthy, just, and sustainable society.

The program will begin the afternoon of Friday, May 23, and continue through mid-day, Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day), and will be interspersed with ample social time, leisure, lively local music, dancing and great food. The Forest Council will be family friendly - kids of all ages are encouraged to attend.

This year's Forest Council will explore how we can nurture sustainable local and regional networks and a culture of cooperation and care. Together we will identify viable alternatives to the dominant economy and its toxic legacy of waste and prepare ourselves with the knowledge and tools to protect ourselves, our communities, and our planet. The program will consist of three days of workshops, discussions, keynote speakers, and field trips. Key program elements will include:

* Forest Issues: public lands management, roadless and other special areas, prescribed burning on state and national forests, genetically modified trees, sustainable forestry and low impact logging, land certification, and land management strategies and opportunities including the value of non-timber forest products.
* Coal, air, energy and climate issues: coal mining and processing, including mountaintop removal, room and pillar, and longwall mining, coal-fired power plants, air pollution and global climate change. We will also talk about resurgent efforts to promote nuclear power, the alternatives to fossil fuel such as wind, solar and hydropower, and the connections between forests and energy production including cellulosic ethanol and biomass.
* Sustainability issues: creating viable communities and taking responsibility for our own future; localized economies, permaculture, local and regional food production and distribution, alternative energy and transportation, traditional uses of plants and their preservation, religion and environmental protection, alternatives to the corporate control of food and seed supply; and how to sustain our minds, bodies and spirits as we seek environmental justice and transformational change.

18th Annual Heartwood Forest Council Program

Theme: Burning Issues Climate Is A Forest Product

Program Tracks:
1) Forest Issues
2) Coal, Energy and Sustainability - Positive Alternatives

Where: Camp Oyo Shawnee State Forest - Ohio

When: Friday, May 23 to Monday, May 26, 2008

Weekend Schedule:
Friday, May 23 General Goals: Introductions and Reunions

Afternoon hike - Shawnee State Forest/Park Hike
led by Kevin Bradbury - Regional Manager Shawnee and Adams Lake State Parks.

5:30-7:00 Dinner: Vegetarian Gumbo with tofu hot
dogs, brown rice, roasted asparagus, Salad
greens, vegan Cornbread, Strawberry shortcake.

7:00-9:00pm - Forest Council welcome:
Ernie Reed - Heartwood
Barb Lund - Save Our Shawnee Forest
David Maywhoor - Buckeye Forest Council

History of the Shawnee Forest:
Shawnee Nation Reflections - Dr. Cora Tula Watters
Lower Scioto Valley history Dr. Andrew Lee Feight
Flora and Fauna of Shawnee - Kevin Bradbury & Jenny Richards -

9:15 til? Campfire behind the dining hall for
planned and unplanned music, and spontaneous revelry

Saturday, May 24 General Goals: Explore the
Issues: Follow one of the tracks or do some of both:
Forest Issues - physical and economic issues
Coal, Energy and Sustainability - Positive Alternatives

6:30 - Bird Hike, Yoga Stretch or Polarity work

7:30-9:00 Breakfast: Baked Omelet with asparagus,
feta, ramps, fresh herbs with green tomato salsa,
Vegan Paw Paw cornmeal pancakes OR vegan Paw Paw
Buckwheat pancakes with maple syrup,
Tempeh/potato sausages (vegan) or sun choke latkes, Fruit

9:00-10:30 - General Introduction to the
workshops’ “burning issues” by the leaders of the workshops.

10:30-10:50 Break

11:00-12:30 Forest/Energy Issues Workshops Session 1
(The session 1 workshops will be repeated in session 2.)

Forest Issues Choices:
#1 introduction to Forest Ecology,
Prescribed Burns, Clearcuts, and certification.
#2 Introduction to Forest Economic.
#3 Specific Economic Study: Green
Fire/Heartwood Economic Impact Study in the Wayne National Forest.
#4 Prescribed Burning Issues (for those
already somewhat knowledgeable on this issue.)

Energy Issues Choices:
#1 Introduction to Local and Regional
Coal Issues & explore the whole coal cycle.
#2 Introduction to the Community Impacts of Coal.
#3 Issue of Coal Fired Power Plants, led by John Blair.
#4 Nuclear Power Issues

12:30-1:45 Lunch: Tempeh sloppy Joes, Raw Snow
Peas, Spring Potato salad with mint and peas

1:45-3:15 Forest/Energy Issues Workshops Session 2
Repeat of all Session 1 workshops.

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Forest/Energy Skill Building Workshops Session 3
#1 Tree Climbing Dale Wallace,
#2 Forest Monitoring David Maywhoor,
#3 Waste Issues Where Does It Go? Jeff Stant,
#4 Climate Issues 1Sky - Liz Butler,
#5 Working with Municipalities to Stop Coal Fired Power Plants,
#6 Market Campaigns Alliance for
Appalachia, Dogwood Alliance, ForestEthics
#7 Bio Mass Issues Mike Ewall and Denny Haldeman

5:00-6:00 Self Reflection Time or Movie Time or
Therapeutic Touch or Body Recuperation Massage Polarity Work

6:00-7:00 Dinner: Crumbs Bakery Ramp pasta with
Chris Schmiel's wild mushroom pasta sauce,
Roasted Veggies, Arugula salad w/ Raspberry
vinaigrette dressing and Italian bread, Vegan Tiramisu.

7:00-8:30 Music and Keynote Speaker
Music by Steve Free
Speaker Harvey Wasserman, Solartopia: Our Coming Green-Powered Earth

9:00-11:00 Music and Dancing: John Simon and Friends
11:00 Music and Dancing continued: Mothman

Sunday, May 25 General Goals: Sustainability & Cooperative Strategies:

6:30 Bird Hike, Yoga Stretch or Polarity work

7:30-9:00 Breakfast: Warm, fresh, homemade
granola, rice or cow’s milk, fruit, yogurt & biscuits with soy protein gravy.

9:00-9:20 Introduction to the Day’s Activities & Announcements

9:30-10:45 Sustainability Workshops Session #4
Sessions to introduce these topics:
#1 Introduction to growing Ginseng -
Chip Carroll with United Plant Savers! and Randi Pokladnik
#2 Principles of Environmental Justice Charlie Fredrick
#3 David Coyte Small Scale Hydropower,
Solar Power and Wind - Third Sun Solar and Wind,
Geoff and Michelle Greenfield plus Mark Donham
#4 Community Rights-Based Organizing and
Local Democratic Self-Governance Shireen Parsons
Session for people who want to work on (participated in) these topics:
#5 Emerging Corporate Campaigns RAN Alliance for Appalachia
#6 Permaculture Successes Rhonda Baird
#7 Successful Community Models ACE-Net,
Community Food Initiatives-CFI, Lost River
Community Coop, Pine Mountain Settlement School .

10:45-11:15 Break

11:15-12:30 Sustainability Workshops Session #5
This is a repeat of Session #4 workshops

12:30-1:45 Lunch: Black Bean Soup, Portuguese
corn bread, green salad w/shredded roots & miso
dressing or vinaigrette, pawpaw sorbet.

Also during lunch - Chris Schmiel Paw Paw Plenary

1:45-5:00 Field Trips, Hikes and workshops either at the camp or off site.

Off site field trips / hikes:
Shawnee Forest led by John Howard and Cheryl Carpenter
Permaculture Farm Field Trip led by Robert Klouman
At home composting led by Liska Kunn, her property is next to the camp.
Rock Run, part of the Arc of Appalachia Preserve System

Tree Identification - at the camp may be one or
two sessions held - times to be announced

2:00-3:30 Workshops - Sustainability Session #6
#1 Principles of Environmental Justice
#2 Ohio Student Environmental Coalition
Matt Reitmann, Sonia Marcus, Head of Ohio
University's Resource Conservation Office -
"Tackling Climate Change on a College Campus"
#3 Current Corporate Campaigns Scot
Qaranda, Dogwood Alliance & Linda Wells, ForestEthics

3:30 4:00 Break

4:00-5:30 Workshops - Sustainability Session #7
#1 Body Work Chris Keller
#2 Self Care… “Cloud Watching On A Horizontal Plane”

5:30- 7:00 Dinner: Veggie Curry with coconut
milk, vegan cole slaw, chocolate cake &
strawberry coconut milk ice cream (vegan).

7:00 7:30 Keynote speaker: Nancy Stranahan -
Arc Of Appalachia Preserve System

Sunday evening activities will be at a farm next
to the camp where alcohol is allowed.

7:30-8:30 Heartwood Benefit Auction & Keg Tapping Ritual

8:30 until? Talent Show! Danny Dolinger Master of Ceremonies

Monday, May 26 General Goals: Cooperative Strategies and Action Planning

7:30-9:00 Breakfast: Wild mushroom frittata;
parsnips & potato hash; vegan biscuits with hemp
& poppy seeds and nutritional yeast gravy; fruit.

9:00-10:30 Discussions about Future Actions and
Campaigns and key note speaker Brock Evans.

10:30 - 10:40 Break

10:40- 11:30 Presentation by Albert Bates, author
of Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook: Recipes for Changing Times
or
10:40- 11:30 Memorials and Megan Hollingsworth grief work/ discussion

11:30 to 12:30 Closing Circle: Final thoughts, big ideas, and looking forward

12:30-1:30 Lunch: The weekend’s culinary hits revisited

1:00 Collective Action and Memorial Tree Plantings

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Tasmania

KnowledgeisPower23 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:22:25 GMT

http://people.tribe.net/knowledgeispower23/blog/2bf1e8bb-1373-4e08-bd0b-7fa4e8b09d58

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Come to Tasmania!

KnowledgeisPower23 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:04:36 GMT

http://people.tribe.net/knowledgeispower23/blog/977be00b-e48e-407d-b6a4-9362a359e435

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Earth Tree News needs your help!

rodger — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:58:05 GMT

For those of you who don't know about This Week in Trees, let me recommend it to you because it provides regular updates on all the tree news IMHO, wherever it's happening in the US and abroad, and has been doing so for years now. Deane Rimerman is the sole reporter doing it and Deane is asking for support. So please help Deane so that we can continue to get This Week in Trees.

-LARS

--------

Hello everyone,

This is to let you know that after 2 1/2 years of providing you uninterrupted access to news about Earth's Trees my hard drive died last night and I lost the past 5 days of tree news stories...

This project has been a labor of love that takes many daily hours to assemble and distribute. And right now I could really use some encouragement and understanding, and especially some $$$ to help me get a new hard drive and get back to work again.

In the past, the funding for this project has been via my personal student loans, as I'm in the Master's in Public Administration Program (Evergreen State, Olympia, WA.), yet that money is not currently available. So if anyone can hire me for research work, or if you can simply donate what you can afford to give I'd very much appreciate it.

Please! ---> If you've ever benefited from this news service let me know about it with an email reply, or a phone call (1-360-789-7843), or especially some money. If I get enough money I'll be able to afford put the data base of these newletters online in a coherent searchable format.

My hope is that this data set will ultimately lead to a world-wide grassroots forest protection movement that thrives on a web-based network of interaction and communication that's based on not just the existing data I sent out, but also on additional data readers from around the world will add, especially via Google earth.

To make this dream come true please donate money by going to my website http://www.peacefromtrees.org and clicking on the paypal link in the upper left hand corner. Also you can mail checks and money orders to:

Deane Rimerman
PO Box 2640
Olympia, WA 98507

Thank you for taking the time to consider my circumstances and if you have any feedback at all that would make this news service better, please let me know?

Be well, Deane

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Protest against logging in Tasmania's Weld Valley wilderness

forest_defender — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:15:06 GMT

Media Release - Thursday, March 29th, 2007

Bridge sit and multiple road blockade halts all logging in the Weld Valley

"Today the old growth forests of the Weld Valley are safe from logging,
the whole area has been closed by forest defenders with two road
blockades and an innovative bridge-sit action," said Adam Burling,
convenor of the Huon Valley Environment Centre.

"One brave forest defender is suspended high above the wild Weld River
attached to a bridge providing access for logging. He and the other
dozen people involved are there trying to highlight the loss of these
magnificent ecosystems to the chainsaws," said Mr Burling

"The conflict in Tasmania's forests will continue while both state and
federal governments ignore the calls by experts, such as the World
Heritage Bureau and our own Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife service to
protect the lower Weld Valley.

Labor leader, Kevin Rudd's backing of the logging of wilderness forests
spells the potential end to places like the lower Weld Valley.

We call on the Federal ALP not to sell out to the woodchip lobby and
sanction the carve-up of these pristine forests They must not sacrifice
these forests for short term political gain," said Mr Burling

"The Federal Labor conference next month has got a decision to make,
either join John Howard with the bulldozers or stand with the world
heritage quality forests of places like the Weld Valley," said Mr Burling

For further information, including photos and video footage contact:

Adam Burling 0429966171
Convenor, Huon Valley Environment Centre.
Tasmania

WATCH THE VIDEOS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LGXf4UwA0c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRPXL8ncMCw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH-XEZED7pk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZiX4ZHARrk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTyQ_0oze6c

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Please sign my petition to save the Mattole old growth forest

Recon — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:10:38 GMT

I just creted a an online petition to the Governor that asks him to take steps to protect the remaining old growth forest on Pacific Lumber property in the Mattole River watershed. About 2000 acres of old growth is left. This unique ecosystem provides habitat for endangered species. A tiny pecentage of the original old growth forest in California is left. Pacific Lumber has been known for its unsustainable logging practices since it was taken over by Texas based Maxxam Corporation. These practices have harmed water quality and downsteam residents. Steps could be taken to purchase the land or to ban old growth logging. To sign go to: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/193425069 or to my blog: http://forestdefender.blogspot.com

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come and join us at the bioregional animism tribe

little lightening bolt — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:57:01 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/bioregionalanimism?_click_path=Application%5Btribe%5D.Tribe%5Bb769fdf9-7c51-4158-97fd-ff3e5ae8cc47%5D

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any forests in ireland?

dax — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 17:05:20 GMT

i know most of it was cut down centuries ago.

any info on this?

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Ecotopia the utopian novel that inspired Cascadia

Douglas — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:05:50 GMT

Ecotopia the utopian novel that inspired Cascadia

I just recieved this:

I came across a pirated copy of Ecotopia in
pdf format for anyone to download and get others interested (maybe
as wall paper the whole book on a public accessable wall might be an
idea). I would recommend dowloading it and passing it on before it
is yank from the site:

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/aipotoce.pdf

Sorry Ernest Callenbach .. but I think the need for the paradigm
shift should out weight the payment for royalties in this case.

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Web-Tv and Forest Protection

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:15:22 GMT

Here is a web-tv interface and in it is my own particular rant against looging...:

http://www.theverysecretplan.com/TheVerySecretPlanShow/1stSeason/1stSeason/Episode1/4TheReflection.html

Perhaps some of you out there might want to do the same and togetehr we could create a web-tv show on forest protection.

Anyone Game?

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The Klamath National Forest Is In Danger!! (EVERYONE PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN!!!)

Nick — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:15:54 GMT

I just went on a week-long backpacking trip with a few of my friends in the Marble mountian wilderness in Klamath national forest, and it was one of the most profound adventures I've been on in my life... it's such a divinely healthy, energetic forest (one of the few left in the u.s.)... but despite how important this forest is to the bio-diversity of the planet... the logging industry is relentless...
I just got this email from epic;

Dear EPIC Supporters and Friends of the Forests,

This alert contains a message from our Executive Director on the passing of leading environmentalist, Tim McKay, as well as links to two action alerts posted on the EPIC website and a notice about our upcoming hike into the Klamath National Forest on August 20th to visit a forest of old growth that is scheduled for sale by the Forest Service.

******
Pioneering environmental activist Tim McKay, Executive Director of the Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC) for 35 years, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2006. He was 59 years old. Tim was birding at Stone Lagoon when he was struck down by a massive heart attack. He is survived by his 25-year-old daughter, Laurel; his 21-year-old son, Forrest; his brother, Gerry and his partner Michelle Marta; along with many relatives and friends.

Tim was a major advocate for a healthy environment on the North Coast since the inception of the modern environmental movement in the 1970’s. His longevity on the front lines is astounding in light of the the mental and spiritual fortitude required to stave off the constant threat of ecological disaster resulting from industrial development. In addition to the monthly ECONEWS paper and the weekly ECONEWS Report radio show he produced, Tim and the NEC helped lead the campaign to expand Redwood National Park by 48,000 acres, battled the fish-killing Klamath River dams, and stood up for the plants and critters of our region—both great and small—that keep the entire miraculous community of life humming along. Tim inspired, motivated and empowered countless activists, including me, to defend our home on the planet.

Tim will be greatly missed as a keystone member of the community. The Board and staff of EPIC and our volunteers were greatly saddened to learn of his death. We will miss his calm, determined presence at the many public meetings he attended, his mellow but impassioned voice on the radio, and his unwavering guardianship of the natural world. We are all diminished by his loss.

Larry Evans, Executive Director
EPIC

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After five and a half years in office, the direction of the Bush administration federal forest policy is clear: protections for roadless and old-growth forests are being weakened or erased; the logging program has seen a 43% increase in fundintg since FY 2000 while the US Forest Service struggles to keep campgrounds open and roads and trails maintained; oil and gas drilling is being proposed for important wildlife and recreation areas; and community fire protection efforts are lagging due to the lack of funding for projects on private lands where fuels treaatments are most needed and effective.

Two actions you can take to help fight these harmful initiatives are available on the EPIC website:
1. The Senate is considering a House bill misleadingly entitled, “The Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act,” HR4200 (aka the Walden bill, which you may remember from past action alerts. Please notify your Senators to oppose this destructive bill which flies in the face of respected scientific research.
http://www.wildcalifornia.org/cgi-priv/Actions.pl?functionfiltered=number&page_id=57

2. Tell your Senators to oppose the logging of the Salmon River Watershed in the Klamath National Forest. The Knob Timber Sale is going forward unless we can pump up the volume of our opposition. This plan includes almost 600 acres of ancient and mature forests adjacent to the Salmon River. The area connects two designated old-growth reserves and is part of a proposed expansion to the Trinity Alps and Marbled Mountain Wilderness areas. This logging sale would remove approximately 1,500 truckloads of trees, creating a giant break in this wildlife corridor and threatening Northern spotted owls, coho salmon, wild orchids, and world-class whitewater recreation opportunities.
Go to our website to take action:
http://www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-57

******
August 20: Hike Salmon River Old-Growth
Join EPIC and KSWild to hike through the at-risk old-growth forests and swim in the Salmon River. Emerging from the Marble Mountain, Russian and Trinity Wildernesses, the Salmon River is an ecological legacy in northwest California. This major tributary of the Klamath River is one of the last undammed and undiverted rivers in the entire Klamath Basin. All legal appeals have been exhausted in our attempts to save over 500 acres of old growth, including Northern spotted owl critical habitat, on the Salmon River in the Klamath National Forest. These spectacular old-groiwth forests may not be standing for much longer as the Knob timber sale may be auctioned off this summer. Please join us for a hike on August 20th to visit these forests before they are gone.

Always come prepared for hiking! Bring good shoes, clothing layers, food and water.

Carpools will leave from three sites. To RSVP or for more information:
Ashland, Oregon--Contact lesley@kswild.org or call 541-488-5789
Arcata, California--Contact scott@wildcalifornia.org or call 707-476-8340
Orleans, California—Contact southsiskiyou@riseup.net or klam_watch@yahoo.com

Thanks for your support, from the forests and watersheds of the North Coast,
Scott Greacen and Jan Bramlett
The Environmental Protection Information Center
PO Box 397
Garberville, CA 95542
www.wildcalifornia.org
707-923-2931
707-923-4210 (fax)

PO Box 147, Eureka, CA 95502
707-476-8340
707-476-8383 (fax)

_______________________________________________
epicalerts mailing list
epicalerts@lists.wildcalifornia.org
http://lists.wildcalifornia.org/listinfo.cgi/epicalerts-wildcalifornia.org

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The "Work That Reconnects" Tribe is Born - Aligning our resources with the silent revolution - the shift to a life sustaining society - Activating Workshops!

The_Catalyst — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 08:23:01 GMT

Friends,

We have just brought to life the vision of several luminaries, and we would like to align our resources with yours as we watch humanity as a collective whole evolve through this epochal shift.

Our Vision, Mission, and Current Research Project:
tribes.tribe.net/reconnect...61f7ee69af

Our Current Events:
tribes.tribe.net/reconnection

When you see how aligned we are, please join my tribe
tribes.tribe.net/reconnection/

And Add me as a friend if you can

Finally, please tell your friends about me and come to my next gathering to meet me

Remember that your company is more important that the green energy, so please don't let $ get in the way of your coming and us meeting - this year is all about coming together and learning for us, and we have set aside a good chunk of scholorship money for anyone whom is interested in the work.

Humbly, Jonathan

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New Logging sited, Marin County

lupin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:31:37 GMT

on my way home from a party very early last Sunday morning, driving north 101 from San Francisco acros the Golden Gate bridge. Just after the Rainbow Tunnel, I saw 2 logging trucks driving north. It gave me an eerie feeling because of the fog, and I swear, I haven't seen a logging truck in the San Francisco bay area in years. Where were they coming from? The Marin Headlands?

So now I am curious...Does anyone know of any logging being done in Marin County? How can I find out?

thanks, fellow guardians

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any interest in an independent Cascadia?

Douglas — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 09:04:50 GMT

any interest in an independent Cascadia?

curious if anyone is interested in creating a independent bioregional Cascadia? Specifically looking for artists and organizers right now. Anyone interested then contact me... artist or not ... organizer or not

http://republic-of-cascadia.tripod.com/

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Southern Oregonians?

LadyVader — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:15:36 GMT

Hi everybody!

I'm new to Oregon, and I'd like to extend 2 invites out to all Southern Oregonians here. I just started 2 tribes...one for magick friendly folk, and one for animal friendly folk. I'm hoping to see some new faces there and at the Festival that will in time become familiar ones.

Animal Friends of Southern Oregon: http://tribes.tribe.net/animalfriends

Magick in Southern Oregon: http://tribes.tribe.net/magickoregon

Please stop by, and invite your friends

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Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient

chlorophil — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 10:10:45 GMT

ACTION ALERT /UPDATED & RE-RELEASED

Australian Logging Tragedy: Ancient
Old-Growth Turned to Paper

By Forests.org, project of Ecological Internet, Inc.
forests.org/

March 8, 2006

TAKE ACTION

Protest against Gunns of Tasmania goes
global, ask business partners to divest
from Gunns

forests.org/action/alert.asp

Tasmania, Australia's old growth forests are highly threatened
by the woodchip industry, as ancient forests are reduced to
throw-away paper products. On March 6th, outraged world citizens
protested Gunns Ltd's destruction of old-growth forests, and
their undermining of democracy, at Australian embassies and
consulates in America, Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom.
Protestors wore tape over their mouths with the word "Gunns"
printed on it to protest Gunns Ltd's continued attempts to use
its wealth and power to crush dissent and silence its critics
through the courts. Tasmania's iconic forests contain massive
eucalyptus trees, some of the tallest hardwood trees in the
world, and are home to many endangered species. Gunns Ltd
exports over four million tonnes of native-forest woodchips each
year, mostly to the Japanese paper industry, with more than 65%
sourced from old-growth, high conservation value forests. This
alert targets Gunns Ltd's business partners, with copies to the
Australian embassies targeted by the street protests, asking
that they divest themselves of investments in Gunns and end
their involvement in old-growth logging.

For more information and to take action now:
forests.org/action/alert.asp

Other Current Earth Action Alerts by Ecological Internet:

Oil Palm Threatens Indonesia's Rainforests and Orangutans
forests.org/action/alert.asp

Protect Europe’s Last Old-Growth Lowland Forest
forests.org/action/alert.asp

Panama Power Line Plan to Destroy Darien Gap Rainforest
forests.org/action/alert.asp

Send a Global Warning, Australia Must Ratify Kyoto Now
forests.org/action/alert.asp

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Save Our Public Lands (and Food Labels)!

Cedwyn — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:14:37 GMT

they need to stop selling off national natural treasures because they don't know how to manage money:

http://actionalert.blogspot.com/2006/02/our-public-lands-are-not-for-sale.html

please share these with everyone you know and contact your congresscritters!

also, we need accurate and honest food labeling:

http://actionalert.blogspot.com/2006/02/knowing-what-you-eat.html

the bastards want to take away states' abilities to regulate food labels. the vote is thursday; sorry for the short notice, but i just found this.

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Judge stops timber sales

forest_defender — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:36:51 GMT

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/255094_forest10.html

Judge stops timber sales

Ruling reinstates species protections

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

By ROBERT MCCLURE
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

A federal judge in Seattle has halted more than 140 Northwest timber sales -- about half of them slated for increasingly rare mature or old-growth forests.

Over the next two years, the order Monday by U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman could stop the cutting of up to 289 million board feet of timber. That represents more than half the annual cut coming out of the region's national forests, according to a lawyer for environmentalists.

Pechman had previously rejected the Bush administration's policy that made it no longer necessary to look for rare plants and animals before letting loose the chain saws.

"What the court did was restore an important system of checks and balances that protects the few remaining old-growth forests," said Dave Werntz, conservation and science director of Bellingham-based Conservation Northwest, the lead plaintiff in the case.

"It reinstates old-growth forest protections that require the government to avoid sites where rare plants and animals live," he said.

The timber industry contends that the surveys for about 300 rare plants and animals were never required by law or authorized by regulation. The industry is now considering reinstating a lawsuit that aimed to have the requirement declared illegal, said Chris West of the American Forest Resources Council.

"We're not surprised, but we're disappointed (that the judge) went as far as she did, because she didn't distinguish between the projects that have nothing to do with old growth" and those that do, West said. "She did a meat-ax approach."

Linda Goodman, the U.S. Forest Service official in charge of the Northwest, said through a spokeswoman that she was disappointed, but would have no further comment until Monday's ruling is reviewed further.

The surveys in contention were first agreed on as part of the Northwest Forest Plan of 1994, which was negotiated by the Clinton administration in hopes of ending arguments over logging old-growth forests, where threatened creatures such as spotted owls live.

As part of the deal, the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management were to send scientific survey teams into the forest before agreeing to sell rights to cut timber there. Species covered include salamanders, slugs, snails, mushrooms and mosses. If found, they must be buffered from the timber cutting.

The Clinton administration agreed to that condition to satisfy then-U.S. District Judge William Dwyer, but later realized that the process of looking for these creatures is laborious and expensive. It would cost about $2.7 million a year to reinstate them, federal lawyers argued before Pechman.

But Pechman ruled Monday that "the costs and burden imposed on defendants and (timber companies) do not outweigh the potential environmental harm" of allowing the timber cutting to go on.

"I think it's a small investment to make to preserve old-growth forests and the species that live in them," said Pete Frost of the Western Environmental Law Center, the Eugene, Ore., law firm arguing the case for environmentalists.

West, of the timber group, said his allies still are analyzing the effect of the decision. It affects everything from small projects cleaning up timber that could endanger people in campgrounds up to standard timber sales affecting hundreds of acres each.

He pointed out, though, that although the Northwest Forest Plan promised about 1 billion board feet of timber a year from parts of federal forests considered expandable in the plan, challenges by environmentalists and other factors have limited the annual take to just a fraction of that.

And many of the timber sales the judge blocked are intended to thin out forests that have grown unnaturally thick because of a federal policy of suppressing fires, West said. Those overstocked stands can go up in massive, destructive wildfires.

"The reality of the (federal) program is that most of these are thinning sales, and her decision impacts those just like it would old-growth sales," West said. "Are we going to be protecting our watershed, forests and communities? Now we have more hoops to go through."

P-I reporter Paul Shukovsky contributed to this report. P-I reporter Robert McClure can be reached at 206-448-8092 or robertmcclure@seattlepi.com.

© 1998-2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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New Tribe: "Botanical Conservation and Research"

Cynorkis — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:06:18 GMT

Hi, check out this new tribe if you are interested in protecting plant biodiversity, participate in rare plant propagation or restoration, scientific research, or grassroots conservation efforts.

Thanks,

Cynorkis

-----------------------------------------------------------
Botanical Conservation and Research

This is a forum for individuals interested in understanding and protecting the Earth's botanical diversity. Discuss scientific research, conservation efforts or organizations, rare plant or ecosystem restoration, systematics, funding resources, conferences, and academic institutions.

Keywords: Botany, plants, mycology, bryology, ecology, conservation biology, evolution, horticulture, flowers, pollination, seeds, soil, forests, wetlands, deserts, montane, tropical, temperate, earth.

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East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest Needs You!

Cedwyn — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:49:20 GMT

this pertains to Eugene, Oregon - please share this information widely. I am not from Eugene and I'm not sure the city council will care about my opinion. So I am getting the word out as best I can.

http://www.efn.org/~ksl/default.html

<<"EFAHP is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the wildlife habitat and natural resources of the East Fork Amazon Headwaters Forest."

Please join us in the effort to stop the development that will destroy this beautiful and irreplaceable treasure. It is nearly 40 acres and one of the most pristine sites left in the Eugene Urban Growth Boundary, home to the Pileated Woodpecker, Red Legged Frog and many other woodland creatures. It hosts Grand Fir Stands, Oak, Maple, Madrone and Ash trees. Its diverse native vegetation consists of Wayside aster, Tall bugbane, Corn lily, Twin flower, California fescue, Candy flower and Cow parsnip, just to name a few. It is part of the Amazon Headwaters and has a large stream corridor with many seasonal creeks and wetlands that flow into the Amazon Creek. >>

Many thanks!

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more uses for rainforests!!

chlorophil — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:20:09 GMT

http://www.victoriasdirtysecret.net/secret/

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damn loggers

chlorophil — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 07:33:18 GMT

http://www.wesavetrees.org/movies/bonanza.mov

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URGENT! Act to Stop Destructive Salvage Logging Bills!

forest_defender — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:27:25 GMT

URGENT! Act to Stop Destructive Salvage Logging Bills!

All:

Below is an action alert to help stop 2 salvage bills
that would authorize logging projects on public lands.
One bill was introduced by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR),
the other by Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM).

"Environmentalists" supporting the Udall bill are
supporting a "consensus compromise" that agrees with
the general principles of Bush's bogus "Healthy
Forests Restoration Act." By supporting the Udall
bill, these so-called conservationists lose us
valuable credibility, because they are supporting
something they originally opposed (at least I hope).

The Healthy Forests law allows the timber industry to
take larger trees in order to pay for "fuel reduction"
projects, which are generally money losers even with
tax-subsidies, because smaller trees and brush fail to
net the timber revenues that larger trees do. Thus,
aims in the Udall bill to prevent the logging of
old-growth and LSR (see below) forests will be
entirely ineffective, especially with no means for
enforcement.

Please see the alert below my sign-off and write
today. The Subcommittee meeting is tomorrow (11/10)!

Thanks,

Seattle Chapter Director
Native Forest Council

"We condemn them (the two bills) both AND the enviros
that support them.

Saving some trees by sacrificing trees elsewhere is
not an option.
Blocking logging here by promoting logging over there
is not an option.

The Udall "chickens" think they are out foxing the
foxes but they, as always, will end up as lunch."

-Tim Hermach (NFC Executive Director)

Dear Forest Advocate:

Tomorrow, November 10, 2005, the House Forests
Subcommittee will conduct its first hearings on
legislation to change federal land management
practices following natural and human-caused
disasters. The so-called Forest Emergency Recovery and
Research Act (FERRA) (H.R. 4200) was introduced last
Wednesday by a surprising bipartisan delegation
spearheaded by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) and including,
Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris
(R-WA).

The House of Representatives is also considering an
alternative salvage logging proposal (H.R. 3973)
introduced by Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM). This legislation,
entitled the National Forests Rehabilitation and
Recovery Act (NFRRA), aims to establish pro-active
pilot projects with what supporters claim to be an
environmentally friendly approach to salvage logging.
Unfortunately, many environmental organizations,
including Conservation Northwest (1), support this
alternative, which in reality, is nothing of the sort.
In truth, NFRRA also authorizes speedy fuels reduction
projects, which will likely include heavy extraction
from public lands.

Supporters of both FERRA and NFRRA claim that natural
catastrophic events, such as forest fires, necessitate
massive bogus recovery efforts including the removal
of dead and damaged trees. Unfortunately, however,
FERRA grants the evaluation authority to the
respective Secretaries of the Department(s) of
Agriculture and Interior. FERRA would also allow
federal land managers to go ahead with projects
between 250-1000 acres without a recovery evaluation
or review (2).

Recently, the US Forest Service granted timber giant,
Boise Cascade, the rights to logging the Fischer
Forest in Eastern Washington, near Leavenworth. Under
USDA discretion the Forest Service authorized logging
on 400 acres of a Late Successional Reserve (LSR). In
an on the ground analysis, many conservationists found
that the areas marked for logging were indeed living
forests. Some of the trees had merely been scorched,
while others were old-growth trees, completely
untouched by fire (3).

In many cases, the removal of smaller, dead or dying
trees fails to net the timber industry substantial
profit. Under the Bush Administration’s Healthy
Forests Restoration Act, timber companies are
authorized to remove large trees in order to pay for
thinning projects that would otherwise be economically
infeasible (4). Without the removal of large trees,
many of the projects authorized by FERRA and NFRRA
would occur at the taxpayer’s expense. It’s a
lose-lose situation.

In addition to the economic arguments against FERRA
and NFRRA, the major problems with the bill(s) lie in
their basic premise: that living forests need human
beings to lend them a helping hand in restoration.
Dead, fallen trees provide the forest floor with the
materials necessary to create topsoil, a 500-1000 year
ongoing process that feeds biodiversity. Further, the
legislation requires building roads on National Forest
lands, which, while temporary, still cause
environmental problems including sedimentation and
runoff in nearby rivers, streams, and watersheds.
Also, while the fuels reduction projects authorized by
both bills aim to remove underbrush and ladder fuels
to prevent forest fires, inherently these projects
remove material that not only promotes biodiversity,
but also cools the temperature on the forest floor,
keeping it moist and fire resistant.

Please contact your Senators and your Representative
in Congress, encourage them to vote no on BOTH the
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 4200)
and National Forests Rehabilitation and Recovery Act
(H.R. 3973).

URGENT! Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA) is a ranking
member of the House Subcommittee on Forest Health. If
you reside in the first congressional district, please
call or write immediately!

Below the congressional contact information is a
sample of what to say, but please use your own words
to give your comment more clout.

Congressman Jay Inslee
DC Phone: (202) 225-6311
DC Fax: (202) 226-1606
Mountlake Terrace Phone: (425) 640-0233
Mountlake Terrace Fax: (425) 776-7168
Email Web Form:
http://www.house.gov/inslee/contact/email.html

Congressman Jim McDermott
DC Phone: (202) 225-3106
DC Fax: (202) 225-6197
Seattle Phone: (206) 553-7170
Seattle Fax: (206) 553-7175
Email Web Form:
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/contact.shtml

Senator Patty Murray
DC Phone: (202) 224-2621
DC Fax: (202) 224-0238
Seattle Phone: (206) 553-5545
Seattle Fax: (206) 553-0891
Email Web Form:
http://www.murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm

Senator Maria Cantwell
DC Phone: (202) 224-3441
DC Fax: (202) 228-0514
Seattle Phone: (206) 220-6400
Seattle Fax: (206) 220-6404
Email Web Form:
http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html

If you live outside Washington State or are not sure
of your congressional district please visit
http://www.senate.gov to find your Senators or
http://www.house.gov to find your Representative in
Congress.

SAMPLE PHONE CALL/EMAIL

Dear Senator/Congressperson _________________:

Please reject both H.R. 4200, the Forest Emergency
Recovery and Research Act, and H.R. 3973, the National
Forests Rehabilitation and Recovery Act. Both pieces
of legislation are deceptively titled, and authorize
logging on public lands, to which I am strongly
opposed.

Salvage logging, while targeting dead or dying trees,
can still cause massive damage to forest lands,
because the process removes the material necessary to
create topsoil, which feeds biodiversity on the forest
floor.

Further, FERRA and NFRRA authorizes additional road
building on public lands. Even temporary roads in
forestlands are damaging, and can cause problems
including sedimentation and runoff in local streams
and watersheds.

I am also very opposed to the use of taxpayer dollars
for post-disaster timber sales on public lands, and
skeptical that FERRA and NFRRA will indeed authorize
logging in living forests. As dead or dying trees net
timber companies minimal profits, it is very likely
that living forests may be marked for so-called
salvage logging to pay for the projects, as authorized
under the public law established by the Bush
Administration’s Healthy Forests Restoration Act.

The fire-suppression efforts of years ago clearly
illustrate that most efforts to prevent future
disasters or to use human-condition restoration are
failures, and that natural-condition restoration is
the best way to ensure that a forest ecosystem
recovers with its original biodiversity.

The passage of FERRA and NFRRA would be more of a
catastrophic event then those they aim to address.
Please reject these proposals, as well as any and all
extraction from public lands.

Thank You,
FULL NAME*
ADDRESS*
CITY, STATE, ZIP*

*Required

PLEASE CALL OR SEND YOUR EMAILS TODAY!

To read the complete text of the Forest Emergency
Recovery and Research Act of 2005, please visit
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c109ODymRo::

To read the complete text of the National Forests
Rehabilitation and Recovery Act of 2005, please visit
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:1:./temp/~c109eF3sWB::

If you have any questions regarding the content of
this email alert, don’t hesitate to contact us.
(Information listed below)

Help us step up the uncompromising fight for forest
protection by making your tax-deductible contribution
to Native Forest Council at
http://www.forestcouncil.org/join or by mailing your
checks to the address listed below.

Thank you once again for your support of Native Forest
Council. Please don’t forget to download your online
copy of the “Forest Voice” at
http://www.forestcouncil.org

Sincerely,
C. David Divelbiss
Seattle Chapter Director
Native Forest Council
124 N 103rd ST, Suite B
Seattle, WA 98133
Phone: (206) 783-0728
Email: seattleinfo@forestcouncil.org
Web: http://www.forestcouncil.org

Works Cited
(1) Conservation Northwest, “Post-Fire "Salvage" Is
Not Restoration”
http://www.conservationnw.org/nationalforests/Walden_bill.html
(2) “Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act of
2005” HR 4200
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:2:./temp/~c109ODymRo::
(3) KC Mehaffey, The Wenatchee World, “Logging of fire
area to proceed —
Environmental group unable to stop cutting in Fischer
Fire zone” 9/22/05
(4) “Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003” Public
Law 108-148
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ148.108

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ACTION NEEDED! TELL BOISE! SAVE THE OLD GROWTH!

forest_defender — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:53:42 GMT

An important announcement from our allies at the Rainforest Action
Network. Keep Boise Cascade from breaking its Promise
Late last week, we learned that Boise removed key environmental
commitments from the company's website and pushed forward with plans to
log recovering old-growth forests in Oregon and Washington. We've
scheduled a meeting with CEO Tom Stephens for Sept 7th to convince him
to keep Boise's promise. Your support is more critical than ever.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO TELL TOM STEPHENS TO KEEP BOISE'S PROMISE

http://action.ran.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=27653

The environmental commitments, part of a landmark 2003 agreement reached
following more than three years of campaigning by RAN and our allies,
included promises not to log old-growth forests in the United States,
and to work with suppliers to protect endangered forests in the Canadian
Boreal and elsewhere. A copy of the policy was removed from the Boise
website last week. Calls to the company revealed that it is "reviewing"
its environmental policies. It's no coincidence that the so-called
review is taking place as the company is pushing federal legal cases to
log in sensitive old growth reserves on National Forests in Washington.
A coalition of national and local environmental groups joined RAN in
sending a letter challenging CEO Tom Stephens to uphold Boise's
commitment yesterday. We have also arranged a meeting with Stephens and
other Boise executives on September 7th in San Francisco to discuss our
concerns. It is critical that Boise hear from those who support
protecting this country's last old growth National Forests before that
meeting. Support RAN and learn more about this issue, including copies
of Boise's 2003 agreement and our letter to the company here.

SIGN THIS EMAIL TO BOISE"S CEO TO LET HIM KNOW HOW SERIOUS WE ARE AND HOW SERIOUS THIS IS!

http://action.ran.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=27653

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In just a week, the chainsaws could be cutting some of Washington's
last old growth groves...

++Organizers and participants in the Rendezvous include:++
Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, Bellingham and Olympia Earth
First!, Seattle Rainforest Action Group, Leavenworth Audubon
Adopt-A-Forest, as well as local men and women of the mountains.

?????WHY?????
"The Fischer Project, including the Rollin Rock timber sale, gives the
big old trees to the timber industry and leaves behind a wasteland of
logging slash and brush that fuels wildfires – placing old-growth
forests and local communities in harm's way. It's a shame. The Forest
Service could have pursued a balanced approach that reduced fire risk,
got logs to local mills, protected public resources, and garnered
broad community support. Instead, they chose a reckless path that
threatens property, wildlife, and water quality."
–Conservation Northwest Science and Conservation Director, Dave Werntz

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Background

In March, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest approved a plan to
log 2,500 acres of federal lands that were burned by the Fischer Fire
in August 2004. This large project (called the Fischer Fire Economic
Recovery Projecta telling name) allows for logging burned trees up to
three feet in diameter to generate 20 million board feet of timber,
enough to fill 4,000 log trucks. This logging is in sensitive areas
with potentially unstable soils, threatens public safety by increasing
fine fuels in an area close to homes and communities, and damages
water quality on sensitive streams.

Conservation Northwest filed an appeal, asking the Regional Forester
to address these serious problems before allowing the project to move
forward. Because of a new administrative rule created by the Bush
administration, two of the three timber sales included in the project
were given an emergency exemption, and were auctioned off without
waiting for the appeal to be reviewed; these sales (called "Cow
Salvage" and "Blag in Black") have been logged over the past month.
Large trees are being trucked off the steep slopes surrounding Blag
Mountain just above the towns of Peshastin and Leavenworth. Yakima
Resources, the sole bidder on these sales, purchased the old trees
with the minimum bid and is sending them to an Oregon mill for
processing.

The Regional Forester rejected theappeal, which still applied to the
third timber sale of the project (called "Rollin Rock") the portion
that includes sale units in the Eagle MLSA, an old growth reserve,
which was set aside under the Northwest Forest Plan to help recover
sensitive and endangered wildlife. The USFS went ahead and auctioned
off the sale in July; again there was only one bidder, and the sale
was awarded to Boise Building Solutions, a subsidiary of the Boise
Cascade timber corporation.

At this point, Conservation Northwest was left with no alternative but
to file a lawsuit to stop the timber sale. Logging this naturally
burned forest would increase fire risk, pollute drinking water
supplies, and irreparably damage old-growth reserves. Thelawsuit was
filed in federal district court in Spokane. The judge agreed that we
had significant concerns and issued a Temporary Restraining Order on
the sale. The temporary delay prevents the timber sale from being cut
while the court evaluates the Fischer Project and the appeal is heard.
The TRO expires on Friday, September 1st, leaving the forest
vulnerable to logging within days, even while the court case is
pending! It is time for forest defenders to take action!

Our Concerns

The Fischer Fire Timber Sale delivers a triple blow to our public
lands: it threatens public safety and increases fire risk, harms water
quality, and destroys old forests. Massive post-fire logging projects
are on the rise in the Pacific Northwest. Washingtonians must speak
out now against this colossal waste of taxpayer money and the
destruction of an irreplaceable natural resource before we see an
increase in destructive "salvage" timber sales like this one!

Burned trees are not necessarily dead trees, and even dead trees play
an important role in the recovery of the ecosystem. Burned areas are
valuable biologically and very sensitive to disturbance, their soils
made thin by fire.

A large part of the Fischer Fire area is located in a designated
Wildland-Urban Interface, where the forest and people's homes meet.
These interface areas are a high priority for the removal of
underbrush and small, understory trees to protect homes and
communities. Congress recently passed the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act which specifically calls for priority management in these areas to
decrease fuel loading.

The Fischer Fire logging project maximizes fire risk by removing the
big fire-resistant trees (trees between 14 and 40 inches diameter) and
leaves the smaller flammable material behind. Even the USFS's own
environmental review for the Fischer Fire project states the amount
and type of material removed would not be optimum for fuel reduction
effects. Further, plans for the project call for leaving slash
(leftover brush and branches) on the ground. The proposed logging
activities can thus be expected to increase fire risk near homes and
communities already affected by the 2004 burn. Another fire in this
area, fueled by sloppy and irresponsible national forest management,
would directly impact adjacent private landowners, could result in
loss of property or life, and is certainly a threat to public health
and safety.

The Fischer Fire burn area is habitat for lots of wildlife, including
wolverine, spotted owls, and a variety of woodpeckers. All of these
animals rely on post-fire habitat and/or large standing snags for
nests, forage, or shelter. The Fischer Fire logging project would
degrade the quality of habitat for wildlife and plants by increasing
road densities and cutting many of the large snags. The Northwest
Forest Plan set aside old growth reserves to allow natural processes
such as fire to create old-growth forest habitat. Dr. Jerry Franklin,
a co-author of the Northwest Forest Plan, concluded that "it appears
inappropriate to carry out an active salvage program that would
interfere with natural recovery processes" occurring in
wildfire-affected old-growth reserves and "such salvage does not
appear justified from the standpoint of restoring the viability of the
[old-growth] reserve network, and in fact would be completely
antithetical to the goals of re-establishing late-successional
habitat."

The Fischer Fire Salvage Project area contains the Derby Canyon and
Eagle Creek drainages. Much of this area contains unstable slopes,
where the soils are shallow and have meager plant cover. Removing
snags and building roads will greatly increase the potential for
landslides. The project will re-open 14.4 miles of currently closed
roads, and will build 1.3 miles of new roads. Even this amount of road
construction and reconstruction could add hundreds of thousands of
tons of sediment into adjacent stream courses. This significant
impacta spike in sedimentation levelswas never considered in
planning documents. In fact, Derby Creek is already deemed to be
poorly functioning, and below standard for fish and wildlife. The
Fischer Fire Economic Recovery Project makes that worse.

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Urgent Action Camp to Defend Oldgrowth- Sept 2-5

forest_defender — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:52:52 GMT

Earth First Gathering Wenatchee National Forest. September 2nd to the 5th.

Despite the fact our planet is veering towards ecological crisis and the United
States only has 4 percent of its original forest cover left, the U.S. Government
and one judge has decided to grant Boise Cascade permission to log old growth in
the Wenatchee National Forest in Eastern Washington. Fortunately, some people
don't take the word of the U.S. Government, corporations and politically
motivated judges as gospel. They think for themselves, define their own vision
and act accordingly. It's called direct action.

Earth First is organizing a weekend long action camp right at the site in the
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Washington State where Boise Cascade is
about to log some beautiful old growth forest.

Learn direct action skills, including tree climbing, scouting and campaign
strategy. Meet like-minded people who share your concern that something needs
to be done to take back power from multinational corporations who don't
represent our interests. And take action to protect these forests.

We can't win without you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Urgent Action Camp to Defend Oldgrowth- Sept 2-5

In just a week, the chainsaws could be cutting some of Washington's
last old growth groves...

(((((((Action Camp Rendezvous in the Forest)))))))

-join forces
-enjoy the woods
-learn skills
-plan to defend our heritage!

****Labor Day Weekend, Sept 2-5th****

++Organizers and participants in the Rendezvous include:++
Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, Bellingham and Olympia Earth
First!, Seattle Rainforest Action Group, Leavenworth Audubon
Adopt-A-Forest, as well as local men and women of the mountains.

?????WHY?????
"The Fischer Project, including the Rollin Rock timber sale, gives the
big old trees to the timber industry and leaves behind a wasteland of
logging slash and brush that fuels wildfires – placing old-growth
forests and local communities in harm's way. It's a shame. The Forest
Service could have pursued a balanced approach that reduced fire risk,
got logs to local mills, protected public resources, and garnered
broad community support. Instead, they chose a reckless path that
threatens property, wildlife, and water quality."
–Conservation Northwest Science and Conservation Director

Background

In March, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest approved a plan to
log 2,500 acres of federal lands that were burned by the Fischer Fire
in August 2004. This large project (called the Fischer Fire Economic
Recovery Projecta telling name) allows for logging burned trees up to
three feet in diameter to generate 20 million board feet of timber,
enough to fill 4,000 log trucks. This logging is in sensitive areas
with potentially unstable soils, threatens public safety by increasing
fine fuels in an area close to homes and communities, and damages
water quality on sensitive streams.

Conservation Northwest filed an appeal, asking the Regional Forester
to address these serious problems before allowing the project to move
forward. Because of a new administrative rule created by the Bush
administration, two of the three timber sales included in the project
were given an emergency exemption, and were auctioned off without
waiting for the appeal to be reviewed; these sales (called "Cow
Salvage" and "Blag in Black") have been logged over the past month.
Large trees are being trucked off the steep slopes surrounding Blag
Mountain just above the towns of Peshastin and Leavenworth. Yakima
Resources, the sole bidder on these sales, purchased the old trees
with the minimum bid and is sending them to an Oregon mill for
processing.

The Regional Forester rejected theappeal, which still applied to the
third timber sale of the project (called "Rollin Rock") the portion
that includes sale units in the Eagle MLSA, an old growth reserve,
which was set aside under the Northwest Forest Plan to help recover
sensitive and endangered wildlife. The USFS went ahead and auctioned
off the sale in July; again there was only one bidder, and the sale
was awarded to Boise Building Solutions, a subsidiary of the Boise
Cascade timber corporation.

At this point, Conservation Northwest was left with no alternative but
to file a lawsuit to stop the timber sale. Logging this naturally
burned forest would increase fire risk, pollute drinking water
supplies, and irreparably damage old-growth reserves. Thelawsuit was
filed in federal district court in Spokane. The judge agreed that we
had significant concerns and issued a Temporary Restraining Order on
the sale. The temporary delay prevents the timber sale from being cut
while the court evaluates the Fischer Project and the appeal is heard.
The TRO expires on Friday, September 1st, leaving the forest
vulnerable to logging within days, even while the court case is
pending! It is time for forest defenders to take action!

Our Concerns

The Fischer Fire Timber Sale delivers a triple blow to our public
lands: it threatens public safety and increases fire risk, harms water
quality, and destroys old forests. Massive post-fire logging projects
are on the rise in the Pacific Northwest. Washingtonians must speak
out now against this colossal waste of taxpayer money and the
destruction of an irreplaceable natural resource before we see an
increase in destructive "salvage" timber sales like this one!

Burned trees are not necessarily dead trees, and even dead trees play
an important role in the recovery of the ecosystem. Burned areas are
valuable biologically and very sensitive to disturbance, their soils
made thin by fire.

A large part of the Fischer Fire area is located in a designated
Wildland-Urban Interface, where the forest and people's homes meet.
These interface areas are a high priority for the removal of
underbrush and small, understory trees to protect homes and
communities. Congress recently passed the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act which specifically calls for priority management in these areas to
decrease fuel loading.

The Fischer Fire logging project maximizes fire risk by removing the
big fire-resistant trees (trees between 14 and 40 inches diameter) and
leaves the smaller flammable material behind. Even the USFS's own
environmental review for the Fischer Fire project states the amount
and type of material removed would not be optimum for fuel reduction
effects. Further, plans for the project call for leaving slash
(leftover brush and branches) on the ground. The proposed logging
activities can thus be expected to increase fire risk near homes and
communities already affected by the 2004 burn. Another fire in this
area, fueled by sloppy and irresponsible national forest management,
would directly impact adjacent private landowners, could result in
loss of property or life, and is certainly a threat to public health
and safety.

The Fischer Fire burn area is habitat for lots of wildlife, including
wolverine, spotted owls, and a variety of woodpeckers. All of these
animals rely on post-fire habitat and/or large standing snags for
nests, forage, or shelter. The Fischer Fire logging project would
degrade the quality of habitat for wildlife and plants by increasing
road densities and cutting many of the large snags. The Northwest
Forest Plan set aside old growth reserves to allow natural processes
such as fire to create old-growth forest habitat. Dr. Jerry Franklin,
a co-author of the Northwest Forest Plan, concluded that "it appears
inappropriate to carry out an active salvage program that would
interfere with natural recovery processes" occurring in
wildfire-affected old-growth reserves and "such salvage does not
appear justified from the standpoint of restoring the viability of the
[old-growth] reserve network, and in fact would be completely
antithetical to the goals of re-establishing late-successional
habitat."

The Fischer Fire Salvage Project area contains the Derby Canyon and
Eagle Creek drainages. Much of this area contains unstable slopes,
where the soils are shallow and have meager plant cover. Removing
snags and building roads will greatly increase the potential for
landslides. The project will re-open 14.4 miles of currently closed
roads, and will build 1.3 miles of new roads. Even this amount of road
construction and reconstruction could add hundreds of thousands of
tons of sediment into adjacent stream courses. This significant
impacta spike in sedimentation levelswas never considered in
planning documents. In fact, Derby Creek is already deemed to be
poorly functioning, and below standard for fish and wildlife. The
Fischer Fire Economic Recovery Project makes that worse.

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REVIVAL.....16th JULY........ASHLAND

BENNY — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:12:15 GMT

(secret directions at da bottom fer u impatient fellas)

You are cordiallly invited and your magnetic bioelectric field strangely attracted to..

"The Olde Tyme Revival Revue Jamboree"
July 16th~~~~~ashvegas baby~~~~~~~

featuring the audio alchemy of the Experimental Liquor
Museum , Emerge-n-see, a few of our renowned
regional talents, and the curious low frequency sound
waves emmitted by the El Circo stereophonic sound
experience...

Doctor Evil, aka Ben Milstein* (PDX ELM) MMMWOOOHHAHHHAHAHa ep on Andrea
>Parkers Touchin' Bass Label, outside recordings artist. live
>pa IDM/electro from under the ground...
>
>Trichome(PDX ELM) holographic transdimensional
>ILLectro
>
>BreakBeatBuddah (UK,SF) Ovatone, bringin a selection
>of bad bwoy bass, breaks and Hobo-Hop....
>
>
>Bot 23 (LA ELM) blunted chopped brain-hop...
>
>DJ Ion (Ashland) The fringe, Emerge N See, breaks
>
>Boondoctors (Ashland) busting the freestyle over the crazy electro beats
>
>
>
>and maybe a few more knob twiddlers and vinyl
>pushers....

> Made possible with YOUR 10 dollar donation, carpool
>discounts available
>
>Playa, parlour, Bordello and Ballroom attire
>encouraged
>
>
>Saturday July 16th
>in the woods outside of Ashland, State Of Jefferson
>(oregon)
head up Dead Indian Memorial Hwy~
right past the 13 mile marker~
turn left on Shale CITY rd.~
go 3.8 miles and there will be a turn off to yer right~~~
it'll be obvious where the magic will conveeeeeeeeeene.
>email me, jody starfish, for more info, (541)324-7493 or call dave enoch,541-482-3141

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MI TSHANG........29th JULY........outside under the stars

BENNY — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:46:27 GMT

ate & Time: Friday, July 8, 2005 - Saturday, July 30, 2005
9:00 PM
El Gordo productions: MI TSHANG

PATRICIO (L.A., LABA)
OOAH (L.A., LABA)
EL PAPA CHANGO (S.F., El CIRCO)
RANDOM RAB (S.F., XALEX)
LAVA MACHETE (PDX, EARTH CORE)

El Circo sound system 20,000 watts of ecstasy

Location....The Rock Quarry....12.5 miles up Dead Indian right on to Burnt Ck.......

None profit event $10 or $7.50/person for cars with 4 or more......

Can get chilly up there so have a jacket handy

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foresty yumminess incarnate~ashland, or~july 16th

jody — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:12:13 GMT

You are cordiallly invited and your magnetic bioelectric field strangely attracted to..

"The Olde Tyme Revival Revue Jamboree"

featuring the audio alchemy of the Experimental Liquor
Museum , Emerge-n-see, a few of our renowned
regional talents, and the curious low frequency sound
waves emmitted by the El Circo stereophonic sound
experience...

Doctor Evil, aka Ben Milstein* (PDX ELM) MMMWOOOHHAHHHAHAHa ep on Andrea
>Parkers Touchin' Bass Label, outside recordings artist. live
>pa IDM/electro from under the ground...
>
>Trichome(PDX ELM) holographic transdimensional
>ILLectro
>
>BreakBeatBuddah (UK,SF) Ovatone, bringin a selection
>of bad bwoy bass, breaks and Hobo-Hop....
>
>
>Bot 23 (LA ELM) blunted chopped brain-hop...
>
>DJ Ion (Ashland) The fringe, Emerge N See, breaks
>
>Boondoctors (Ashland) busting the freestyle over the crazy electro beats
>
>
>
>and maybe a few more knob twiddlers and vinyl
>pushers....

> Made possible with YOUR 10 dollar donation, carpool
>discounts available
>
>Playa, parlour, Bordello and Ballroom attire
>encouraged
>
>
>Saturday July 16th
>in the woods outside of Ashland, State Of Jefferson
>(oregon)
>email me for more info, or call 541-482-3141
or tha starfish at (541)324-7493

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Biscuit convergence, Friday, July 1

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:15:53 GMT

Visit the Biscuit Forest With the O2 and Back To The WALL

Join the Oxygen Collective and Back To The WALL (Witness Against Lawless Logging) for an historic convergence of forest lovers from across the state in the Biscuit Fire Area of Southern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains!

Swim in the amazing Illinois River! Witness the Biscuit forest hours after the Forest Service Lockout ends! Use the power of community creativity to tell the Bush bureaucrats what you think!

This FRIDAY, JULY 1ST, caravans of folk from Northern, Central and Southern Oregon will gather to bear witness and demonstrate against the ongoing destruction of native forests on public lands as part of the Bush Administration's all-out assault on our last wild places and the laws that protect them.

GET ON THE BUS!

PDX:
The WALL bus COOL will be leaving Portland Thursday evening, June 30th and will spend the night camping near the Rogue River, returning north Friday night. Contact: Joe Keating (503)234-2613 or keats@aracnet.com

Eugene:
Carpools are being arranged by Cascadia Wildlands Project, contact Josh Laughlin (541) 434-1463.

Ashland:
The Oxygen Collective bus will be leaving Evo's Cafe at 9:30 am Friday, returning in the evening. See www.o2collective.org, contact Laurel laurel@o2collective.org or (541)301-8963.

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to save: Alaska's Tongass National Forest

Cedwyn — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:31:37 GMT

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/8/165146/4252

<<On December 23, 2003 the Bush Administration lifted protection for 9 million acres of roadless areas when it exempted the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule. This has opened the door for business to the logging industry and recently the Oregon-based Timber Products Company (TPC), has entered into negotiations to re-open a veneer mill in Ketchikan, Alaska.

The mill would require logging old growth, roadless areas in the Tongass to make veneer, a product used in making plywood. According to the U.S. Forest Service, running the veneer mill profitably was contingent upon the removal of the Tongass from the Clinton era Roadless Rule. In preliminary negotiations, the Forest Service promised to work to provide a supply of trees from pristine roadless areas formerly protected by the Roadless Rule. Every tree cut from the Tongass is still an old growth tree. Please help defend them>>

and their wolf population:

this is an old call to action to help save the wolves of alaska, who are gunned down with the approval of the government there. the deadline for the commercial fund is over, but the group - and the wolves - always need the support.

Dear People,

Despite tens of thousands of phone calls, emails and letters, Governor Frank Murkowski refuses to stop the aerial gunning of wolves in Alaska.

To make matters worse, his Board of Game has increased the number of wolves to be killed to over 1,000. This will be the greatest wolf massacre in half a century.
We remain determined to use every means available stop this barbaric practice where marksmen can gun down wolves from the air or chase them to exhaustion - then land and shoot them point blank.

Our lawyers have formally petitioned Interior Secretary Gale Norton to halt the killing as a violation of the Federal Airborne Hunting Act. To build grassroots pressure on her to act, we want to generate citizen petitions to her - especially through the placement of newspaper ads.

We need your help to run them. Our goal is to raise $50,000 over the next 72 hours so we can contact the newspapers and book ad placements.

Please make whatever contribution you can today.

Thanks for your commitment,

Steven DelVecchio
Vice President for Membership

P.S. We want to initially run the ad in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times in the next two weeks. I hope I can count on your donation today.

Also, if you prefer you can donate by phone by calling 1-800-385-9712. Our operators are standing by 7 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week. Thanks for helping to save wildlife and habitat for future generations.

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Vancouver BC Counter Forest Summit events, actions and ritual

Tue, 24 May 2005 17:11:36 GMT

~*~*~*~* Please Forward Widely ~*~*~*~*
EVENTS FOR COUNTER FOREST SUMMIT
Tuesday May 24: Meeting for people that want to volunteer for the rally on
June 1 Our Town Cafe 7pm

Thursday May 26: SPOKESCOUNCIL Purple Thistle 260-975 Vernon Drive 7pm

Saturday May 28: Bassnectar Show with members of the Oxygen
Collective on May 28 at the Commodore Ballroom 868
Granville Street

Sunday May 29: Art Party! Help make art for the rally and other events
from 10-3 at the Purple Thistle 260-975 Vernon Drive

Sunday May 29: Nonviolent Direct Action Training & creative reistiance
training including diversity of tactics discussions from 4-7 at the purple
thistle 260-975 vernon drive

June 1: Legal Rally! 12-3 Westin Bayshore Resort and Marina (west georgia
and cardero)

June 1: Public Ritual 2:30pm Build a different world! Speed the rate of
creation while slowing the rate of destruction!

June 2: Public Action morning (more details to come) Westin Bayshore
Resort and Marina (west georgia and cardero)

June 3: Public Action morning (more details to come) Westin Bayshore
Resort and Marina (west georgia and cardero)

Much more to come!

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pure majique~~~

jody — Mon, 23 May 2005 06:53:57 GMT

Calling all movers, shakers and tribal earthquakers to the three day and two night EMERGE-N-SEE festival over Memorial Day weekend: May 28-30 2005, Ashland, Oregon. EARTH.

www.emerge-n-see.net

BOOMING BASS DJ'S & LIVE ELECTRONICA:
Atomikdog VS Novatron (SEA), Random RAB (El Circo), Spiro (NYC), Haji (NYC), El Papachango (El Circo), Waterjuice (SF), Hypnotech (SF), Patricio (LABA) Michelle Bass (LABA), Oscure (LABA), Lava Machete (PDX), DJ Ion (ASH), DJ Wizard (ASH), Blakti (ASH), Christafari (ASH), and many more frequency dilatators

LIVE MUSIC:
Luminous fog (PDX), Acacia (SF), Sizemix (SF), Beat Greens (ASH), Native Root (Reno), Stoney Point (ASH), Eastern Sunz (ASH), Cornflower (ASH), Scott Huckaby (ASH), Shobha Grace (ASH), KJ (ASH), Cornflower (ASH), Immortal Souls (ASH), Upright Dub Orchestra (PDX), Pink Billy Recess Band (ASH), State of Jefferson (ASH)

WORKSHOPS:
Oxygen Collective, Avalon Mystic School, Intranatu Dance, Sacred Sexuality, Natural Time Playshop, Belly Dancing, Yoga, Percussion, Didgeridoo, Sustainable Agriculture

LIVE ART CREATION:
Bronze Pouring, Metal Sculpture, Glass Blowing, Ceramics & a Photo Portrait Studio

TICKETS:
Advance: weekend pass: $35, sat day & night: $20, sun day & night: $20
Door: weekend pass: $45, sat day & night: $25,
sun day & night: $25

Go online, www.emerge-n-see.net, to purchase advance tickets
Exact festival location (near Ashland Oregon) will be announced one week before the event date.

EMERGE from your homes, daily routines and patterns ‘N’ SEE a dynamic showcase of visionary talent (music, fashion, art, dance) open people up to a wider vision of possibility and expression of this world and it’s role in the universe

Participants will be introduced to an all-exclusive pass of sight beyond the everyday paradigms of mind, body and speech to a full expression of color, light and sound.

We are EMERGE-N-SEE – a visionary organization that exists to revitalize the role that creativity plays in out society – Talent Needs Opportunity. We create media venues that bring to the light the latest in underground talent (clothing, visual, music, dance) which provides an arena of artist appreciation and integration into popular culture and commerce while illuminating both local and global issues of immediate and long term concern through active dialogues, fund raising and direct action.

www.emerge-n-see.net
emergensee.tribe.net

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protect roadless forests!

Cedwyn — Tue, 10 May 2005 03:54:19 GMT

www.ourforests.org/risk/

<<On May 5th, the Bush Administration declared that it is repealing the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

The repeal, announced by the Administration at a press teleconference with Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, ends years of speculation over the fate of a policy that protected millions of acres of national forests. It effectively ends all protection for these forests and should be considered a huge victory for the timber and mining industries. >>

that website has lots of information and ideas for actions to take, especially writing Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth and telling him you want roadless areas protected. contact info is here:

www.fs.fed.us/contactus/

and here is a website with fantastic info to help people write LTE's to get the word out about this:

http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/NFPA/pickMedia.jsp?letter_KEY=161

please share this with everyone you know!

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WOMEN'S RESISTANCE TO BISCUIT FOREST DESTRUCTION: PART II

Tue, 03 May 2005 19:16:00 GMT

SISTERS OF THE SISKIYOU” S.O.S.
WOMEN'S RESISTANCE TO BISCUIT FOREST DESTRUCTION: PART II
MONDAY, MAY 16 – Women of all ages & demographics: Been wanting to step up? Now’s the time!!

RIGHT NOW - we have a disproportionate opportunity to make a huge impact, because the fleeting and fickle eye of the national media has noticed us!! It’s mealtime, ladies. Letter writing and attending meetings isn’t enough anymore. So help save the Siskiyou Wild River’s area from further rape – and let’s help prevent deceitful “salvage logging” hoaxes like the illegal “Biscuit Fire Recovery Project” from destroying Old-Growth & Roadless areas nationwide! Folks interested in participating should attend these meetings where much training and organizing will occur; with “non-violence”, “know your rights” and “radical cheerleading” workshops. Spread the word. Organize, organize, organize…don’t wait for anyone else, please plug in & do it yourself!! The devil’s in the details & we need you.
Ashland: April 28th & May 10th @ 7:00 PM - call Carey 482-6670 or Dot 482-3269 for location. Possibly also a third meeting in between these dates.
Grants Pass: May 2 and May 9th @ 6:00PM and May 14 @4:00PM - “Creative Alternatives” ; 229 G street (next to Grants Pass Museum of Art) call Annette for more info: 592-4334.
Takilma: 6:30PM, May 3rd and May 10th, at Wyldwood’s, call for directions & info: 592-4401
Come to weekly Biscuit Alliance meetings: Wednesday’s @ 5:30 Pm. Held at the Selma Community Center. (On 199 in Selma, look for Coyote Coffee Stand)
Support people, musicians, artists, independent media, dogs, and kids: bring it all!! Crazy and serious signs, unique messaging, puppets, let’s be in rare and LARGE form!! There are plenty of support roles - that men can fill as well. (We like men!!) There will also be other meetings in Roseburg, Eugene, Portland, San Francisco, etc. Announcements will appear: pass them on & watch for newer flyers.
To get involved, call Dot; 482-3269, Annette; 592-4334, Kerul; 301-3892, Joan; 592-4335 or the Wild Siskiyou Action Line; 659-2682. For more general info on the Biscuit, resistance and all such pertaining to "Siskiyou Summer" check websites: www.o2collective.org www.kswild.org www.siskiyou.org www.biscuit.n3.net www.rogueimc.org siskiyou@cascadiarising.org

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Forest Alert!

Cedwyn — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:39:57 GMT

Please send comments NOW to protect our national forests.

the evil powers that be are trying to sneak legislation through that would ease the requirements for environmental impact studies regarding forest plans.

the deadline for comment is MONDAY. i know - i only just found this myself. anyhoo, there are several excellent links in this diary:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/3/5/204554/0192

as always, please send this to everyone you know!

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march 6/7 illinois valley hootenanny

slice-o-pi — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:41:47 GMT

so what's the story? who's going? when? what do we need to bring? should i bring my stilts? do we try for a sound system? is it kid-friendly? or do i need to come armed to the teeth with night vision goggles?
holla,
-t

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