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Eco-Anarchist Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
22 years for defending the Earth...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 11:00am PDT
Mattole Occupation Continues, Strong Rally-06/06/01
Since May 27th's update, the Mattole has been relatively quite. The treesits that were violently attacked were the last pockets of resistence to the clearcutting of THP 031 and 475....
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2001 11:19am PDT
Ecoterrorism Congressional Conference
For Immediate ACTION:
Republicans are attacking RAN...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2001 9:28pm PDT
ge tree protest coming up - join in
People have started organising around the so far biggest industry funded ge trees conference globally. It will take place in Washigton State close to Portland. Join in organising a weekend of protest against the genetic engineering and patenting of trees on July 21 and 22. We need organisers in portland and other places in the Northwest, money, graphic designers etc etc....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2001 11:37am PDT
Eagle Action Alert : Spread Far and Wide!
Eagle Creek Defenders prepare for logging expected June 5th - call for witnesses, supporters, volunteers, and supplies: "HELP US STOP THIS!!!
Call in sick or take a personal day and
GO TO EAGLE CREEK THIS WEEK!
Bring a video recorder or camera and document the SHAME!!....
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2001 7:28pm PDT
Oregon: Forest Service & Activists in Stand-off
Activists and Forest Service in stand-off at Eagle Creek...
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2001 5:00pm PDT
June 17th-Ward Churchill/Chellis Glendinning in Eugene, Oregon
see below...
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2001 3:18pm PDT
Eagle Creek Emergency - Help Neede!
Forest protectors at the Eagle Creek report angry Forest Service employees at the the road blockade. According to reports, the FS are tampering with treesitters' lines - an activist is reported to have been injured. Your help is needed NOW - logging of the protected trees can begin as soon as June 1st!...
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2001 2:32pm PDT
Oregon -Eagle Creek Activists Block Road to Section of Eagle Timber Sales
In the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 30, 2001, activists with the Eagle Creek Free State erected a blockade on Forest Service Road 4615 in the Mt. Hood National Forest to prevent logging operations planned to begin on Friday, June 1, 2001....
Posted: Wed, May 30, 2001 12:53pm PDT
Mattole Violence Continues
Treesitters in the Mattole were attacked again on Saturday(05/26/01) morning as Lewis Logging employees (contractors hired by Maxxam to clearcut in the Mattole) scaled Douglas Fir trees and assaulted non-violent activist who were occupying them....
Posted: Sun, May 27, 2001 11:16pm PDT
Court Stops State from Logging Biggest State Forest
In a strongly worded decision, the Superior Court of Mendocino County on May 18 issued a Preliminary Injunction that stops the California Department of Forestry (CDF) from proceeding with two pending timber sales in Jackson State Forest. The sales would have logged 900 acres of old second-growth redwood in a 50,000-acre state-owned redwood forest in Mendocino County, California....
Posted: Sat, May 26, 2001 8:25pm PDT
Maxxam out of the Mattole! - Update 05/23/01
A treesit that bound together the old-growth douglas-fir canopy of a progressing clearcut in the Mattole was raided yesterday by Pacific Lumber security and the Humboldt County Sheriffs....
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2001 10:02pm PDT
Mattole Treesit Raided, Legal Updates 5/23/01
In This Update, Tuesday 5/23/01
-Mattole Treesit raided, more arrests
-Activists Legal Updates
-Times-Standard Article 5/23
-Mattole Action Camp
-Needs + Contact Info...
Posted: Thu, May 24, 2001 5:26pm PDT
5/22/01 - Defenders of Ancient Douglas Fir Forest Continue Presence
2 more activists were arrested deep in the woods yesterday (5/21/01) attempting to stop the destruction of the irretrievable ancient Douglas fir forests of the Mattole
River in Humboldt County, California. Over 50 activists have been arrested since late last year defending these irreplaceable wildlands....
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2001 8:18pm PDT
Mattole Seige Continues, 30 arrested
3 more arrests on Thursday, May 17th,2001...
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2001 10:30am PDT
Forest Defenders Updates Via Telephone
info on how to receive updates off line through the phone....
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2001 10:12am PDT
Land Tyrants make Lousy Neighbors
Image that sums up some of the feelers directed at Maxxam Corporation lately. The image was taken at one of the many blockades leading into the Mattole watershed being hammered by Pacific Lumber and it's contractors on May 12th, 2001....
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2001 12:30am PDT
Mattole Escalates: Loggers' assault with deadly weapons, threaten arson
Mattole Logging Blitzkrieg - Sunday 5/13 Update: Resistance continues - PL's contract loggers use deadly weapons, threaten to torch acitivists in trees....
Posted: Sun, May 13, 2001 3:33pm PDT
Mattole Red Alert, 3rd Day or logging,
MATTOLE FOREST DEFENSE ON RED ALERT. 3RD DAY OF LOGGING, WE ARE CALLING FOR EMERGENCY INTERNATIONAL CONVERGENCE....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2001 2:33pm PDT
California to review silver salmon status
California wildlife regulators took a major step Thursday toward putting the silver salmon north of San Francisco Bay on the state's endangered species list, but stopped short of ordering an immediate listing....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2001 11:14pm PDT