No Compromise in the Defense of Mother Earth
Day One (Aug 23rd)
Big moon, clear skies for the first time in over a month. Solo except for Alex in another tree up the hill. Green Diamond’s loggers have come very close to cutting the sentinel Redwoods that, once I’d witnessed first hand, captured my attention and called for action.
Up until 4:30 am [...]
On this day in 1998, David “Gypsy” Chain was killed when a logger from Pacific Lumber, A.E. Ammons, became highly enraged and intentionally cut multiple tree’s in the direction of activists who were trying to convince him to stop the illegal logging operation.
See Website: Tribute to David Nathan “Gypsy” Chain
The tree-sits in Jacoby creek continue despite ongoing logging operations and private security guards. The trees that were cut near the Redwood Forest Defenders have now been dragged up the hill by a cable yarder, a crane-like machine. The logging crew has now moved their machines to the next clear-cut zone but the Green Diamond Resource Company has continued [...]