Earth First! Humboldt

September Action Camp- First Half Training Schedule

We require that participants take the Non-Violent Direct Action Training before Climbing or Backwoods or involvement in Direct Action. Please contact us if you’d like to add a training or event to the schedule.

• 5th Friday- Noon- Action Camp setup begins
• 6th Saturday-10am-2pm Non-violent Direct Action Training
• 3pm- Native Plant Hike
• 7th Sunday- 10am-2pm Non-violent Direct Action Training
• All day starting at 11 am- Tree Climbing Trainings
• All day- Potential hiking in threatened forests.
• 8th Mon- Trainings as needed. Will discuss on Sunday and at morning circle on Monday.
• 9th-13th These days will be filled with forest defense and direct action! Trainings and other events are possible if offered or as needed.

For directions to Action Camp, see this article >>

This is a non-violent event and we have zero tolerance towards oppressive behavior.

Please do not bring illegal substances or alcohol. If you have a dog, please try to find someone to watch them while you are at the camp.

Green Diamond Resource Company (GDRC) is proposing to clearcut 37 acres along Noisy Creek, a tributary to Redwood Creek which flows to the ocean. This forest contains scattered residual Old-Growth Douglas Fir Trees of massive proportions. Earth First! Humboldt is greatly concerned that this logging plan will cause salmon-killing erosion along the banks of Noisy Creek as well as remove critical giant trees from the ecosystem. The left tree in the picture is dead and the right is alive. Both provide important habitat for rare or endangered species like the Northern Spotted Owl and Pacific Fisher. This logging plan is pending approval and the EF! Humboldt campaign is seeking people to assist and participate in defense of this and other threatened areas. Sierra Pacific Industries has an approved 300 acre clear-cut in the same area off of Snow Camp Road. Forest Defenders recently hiked around Noisy Creek and located scattered residual Old-Growth Douglas Fir and Tanoak. Some of these trees were of massive girth. Killing trees such as this is akin to killing Elephants for their ivory.

It’s been confirmed, the September 5th - 13th Earth First! Humboldt Action Camp will take place at Grizzly Creek State Park.

Location / Directions

Go 20 miles south of Eureka on HWY 101, then 17 miles east of HWY 36. Latitude/Longitude: 40.4842 / -123.9056

Grizzly Creek State Park

Seeking Volunteers and Support

We’re still seeking support in a multitude of ways from people who are aligned with our cause to protect Mother Nature. Some things needed:

• Food
• Monetary donations
• Transportation (have a car?)
• Speakers (have a topic to discuss ?)
• Skills to share

Please email or call us if you’d like to help organize this years Action Camp.

It’s official as of Tuesday when Mike Jani, Chief Forester of Humboldt Redwood Company, and fellow Forest Defenders / Activists accompanied Jani to both tree villages as well as the grove around the tree “Jerry” on Tuesday afternoon.

Both tree-sits were granted a class 1 and class 2 (boundary) preserve status, which grants full protection over the direct groves. More details can be found on this  article here.

It’s been years, but the work of forest defense has finally paid off with these sits! I, and fellow defenders are still in shock of this recent news. But as we said last night in the below KMUD Radio interview, we’re still keeping at it!

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All are invited to our Action Camp this September. We will be taking a stand in the defense of our temperate rainforests and all the life they support, including our own. As with most of the worlds rain-forests, logging companies are rapidly clear-cutting and burning large areas here in the name of the dollar. With less than 2% of our original ancient forests remaining this cannot be allowed to continue. We are offering non-violent direct action training, tree-climbing training and backwoods action training to name a few. We invite anyone to share skills and schedule workshops, please let us know as we are working on a schedule outline. Though Pacific Lumber is in transition and the new owners say they won’t cut Old-Growth we are waiting to see for ourselves. The two other major logging companies in our area are threatening to log giant residual Old-Growth trees as well as planning massive clear-cuts in our forests. We will be taking direct action against this attack on our planet. Expect a more thorough announcement soon detailing events and schedules.