No Compromise in the Defense of Mother Earth
Earth First! Humboldt’s Position on the “McKay 09” Logging Plan
By Jeremy “Farmer” Jensen and Earth First! Humboldt 1/24/12
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The 7,200 acre McKay Tract has been heavily logged over the past century leaving very few mature stands of trees. The largest contiguous grove of old forest over 70 years old is found on Henderson Gulch [...]
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The Center for Biological Diversity is at it again, filing a lawsuit that challenges the ability of the timber industry to destroy the habitat of the rare Pacific Fisher - a relative of the mink and otter that has been decimated by historic fur trapping and logging of old-growth forests. Following [...]
No offense, but the story on the McKay Tract logging and development protests on Eurekas Channel 3 news on Friday night was full of factual errors.
(Click here to see the show.The story on the McKay Tract protests starts at 6:05 on the video timeline.)
The following numbered quotes are transcriptions of news anchor Rissa Shaw. See [...]
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Tree-sitters unfurled a large 30 ft. wide banner this morning on the edge of the great Redwood forest, east of Eureka, Ca. The banner reads “Hey Green Diamond, Stop Clear-cutting -Earth First!”. The sitters remain aloft and are occupying several large second [...]
(edited 20/11 9:25pm)
Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Marbled Murrelets and Northern Spotted Owls are just a few of the species that are rapidly declining in our immediate area. Both Northern Spotted Owls and Chinook Salmon are facing assaults from Green Diamond, a company we have been building a campaign against since this spring.
They have an upcoming [...]