Tree-sitter’s riding out the storm.
by EF!Humboldt ~ October 13th, 2009. Filed under: Tree-sits, mckay09.I called up one of the tree-villagers this morning to see how the crew is faring in the storm.
“Suns out, a little bit of drizzle and the wind stopped,” reported “S” from her nest in a 120+ year old Redwood that she has been occupying for quite some time.
“Did everyone stay dry last night?” I asked.
“Hey Starburst!” she hollered across a hundred feet of open space in the upper Redwood canopy. “Are you dry?”
“Yeah, they’re dry,” she reported, “everybody’s dry.”
“It was super windy last night, everybody was up howling at the wind, branches broke. When the wind died down we went back to sleep. Now we’re making coffee.”
“Cool,” says I.
“It’s almost Oct. 15th” she said excitedly, referring to the upcoming seasonal ban on road building and driving large vehicles on dirt/mud logging roads. The prospect of Green Diamond constructing logging roads into this grove is obviously one we do not relish. The erosion caused by such activities in the rainy season is so bad that even the rubber stamp wielders who approve logging plans don’t allow it. They can, however, still legally cut down the forest. They would have to wait until next summer to haul the logs out, but that’s not unusual for GD.
“Since the rains are here they won’t be able to build roads starting now.” I reminded her, much to her delight.
“Call me if anything happens I need to know about,” I say.
Road building season is effectively over.
Dec. 2nd will mark one year that we have been ceaselessly occupying and protecting the threatened forest and streams and resident wildlife of the McKay Tract.
- F