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Rainy Spring Days

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Update from the woods: There have been no signs of trucks or heavy machinery as of yet. Well timed spring rains are keeping the roads muddy and undrivable. We are on the lookout for any signs of company activity.

What we have seen lately are Spotted Owls, Osprey, large Black Bear tracks in the mud and [...]

Tree-sits going strong!

Monday, January 12th, 2009

More Clearcutting Approved in the McKay Tract

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

A Spotted Owl nest is within the clear-cut portion of unit A.

THP# 1-08-155 - “McKay 2010″
The yellow circle represents a 1,000 ft. radius around the Spotted Owl nest.
The reddish patches were recently clear-cut.
Darker areas are patches of larger trees.
Yellow polygons: areas to be logged under this plan.
Red line: Ryan Creek (West)- Freshwater Creek (East) [...]

New Video of High-Line Protest in McKay Tract

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

The tree sitter you see in this video is hanging around 90 ft. in the air from a traverse rope that stretches 200+ ft. between two large trees. The banner reads, “Hey Green Diamond, STOP Clear-cutting - Earth First!”
The action began on Dec. 2nd to bring attention to the clear-cut logging plan that will [...]

Corrections to the Dec. 5th Channel 3 News

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

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 [...]