MATTOLE TREE-SITTERS’ GEAR BURNED. DEFENDERS NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Wednesday morning, as a warm day in dawned in the Rattlesnake Creek forest that feeds the headwaters of the Mattole River, two peaceful and dedicated tree-sitters (who are teachers at an environmental school) were visited by Eric Schatz, Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s tree-sitter “extractor.” The tree sits started in the area last summer to save the steep old growth Douglas Fir grove and bring attention to the rapid devastation in the Mattole watershed caused by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber’s clearcutting, helicopter logging, road building, herbicide poisoning, and cutting of old growth trees. Pacific Lumber (PL), local front for Texas-based Maxxam Corporation, now outsources ALL …