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Archive for July, 2011

Cascadia Forest Defenders Blockading Clear-cutting Attacked

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Forest defenders near the coast of Oregon were attacked with a bulldozer today after blockading logging roads leading to areas of forest under threat from clear-cutting.

More here on the bulldozer.
Read the original press release before the attack on the Cascadia Forest Defense blog.

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Update: We’re on alert, no cutting yet.

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

The weather is cool and calm, on a recent night a Spotted Owl was heard in the tree-village. Tree-dwellers are alert and ready for action as we near year three of the defense of this forest.
Its been over ten days since Green Diamond filed “start-up” on the McKay 09 logging plan, signaling the potential start [...]

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