HCP Renege or Renegotiation? Law-Breaking Timber Barons Ask For A Better Deal
After many years of work by biologists, lawyers and activists to craft an acceptable agreement, the Headwaters Forest Deal was signed on March 1, 1999. Forest advocates protested the many concessions made in order to finalize the acquisition of the Headwaters Reserve (albeit at significant taxpayer sacrifice)...and now Maxxam/PL wants to monkey with the provisions.
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Fasting for the Forest - Behind Bars
On March 22 my friend Sparrow and I began a 24-day fast for the forest. I fasted inside the Humboldt County Jail while serving a sentence for hugging a tree during the March 20 `03 Freshwater uprising. My co-defendant Sparrow fasted outside, keeping a bi-weekly vigil in front of the Eureka Courthouse and jail. We decided to fast for several reasons:
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