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Oak Grove & Transitions

September 12, 2013June 22, 2007 by Karen Pickett

This is a reminder that there are 2 events coming up in the next few days organized in support of the threatened OAK GROVE in Berkeley. >>>FRIDAY, June 22 at 8 pm >>> a very special event with Country Joe McDonald, performing his tribute to Woody Guthrie at the Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar at Bonita (accessible from North Berkeley BART) Sliding Scale, all proceeds to benefit the Campaign to Save the Oaks, special guest CAROLINE CASEY from Pacifica’s Visionary Activist Show. Info & tickets at www.saveoaks.com or 510-841-3493 also www.countryjoe.com/guthrie.htm >>>SATURDAY, June 23 from 2 pm to 8 >>> there …

Forest Alert and Update

September 12, 2013May 16, 2007 by headwaterspreserve_hr3di8

>< >< Forest ALERT and UPDATE from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters May 16, 2007 >< >< 1 >>Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy 2 >>Judi Bari Day May 24 3 >> Endangered Oaks in Berkeley 4 >>Threatened Marbled Murrelet Under Legal Attack PACIFIC LUMBER BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS STAY IN TEXAS Federal Judge Richard Schmidt ruled on April 20 against noteholders and creditors of bankrupt Pacific Lumber who were arguing for a move to California bankruptcy court, keeping the case in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Pacific Lumber (PL) and its subsidiaries filed on January 18 of this year. While this ruling does not …

Bankruptcy, Oaks & Earth Day

April 5, 2007 by

>< >< Forest UPDATE from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters April 5, 2007 >< >< We want to THANK everyone who came to our fabulous STOMP THE STUMPS benefit dance party at Ashkenaz in March, and give a BIG shout out in gratitude for the wonderful bands that kept everyone dancing and smiling all night! The GREAT Gary Gates Band, the FABULOUS Funky Nixons and WONDERFUL Workingman's Ed -- we thank you! **************** PACIFIC LUMBER'S BANKRUPTCY proceedings are continuing in bankruptcy court in Corpus Christi, Texas, the big issues on the table at present being whether the proceedings will ...

Stomp the Stumps

March 10, 2007 by

9th annual STOMP the STUMPS BENEFIT DANCE PARTY!! Come out for a rollicking good time dancing to wonderful music with good friends that will benefit forest activist work! FRIDAY, MARCH 16 ASHKENAZ Community and Dance club 1317 San Pablo Ave. (at Gilman), Berkeley “Stomp the Stumps” dance party with LIVE MUSIC: We have a stellar line up that includes WORKINGMAN’S ED, the FUNKY NIXONS and the GARY GATES BAND ! Wow! We will, as always, be bustling with videos and news about the Redwood Forests, the Oak Grove and t-shirt tables in the back ACTION room. Doors at 8, music …

Forest benefit at Ashkenaz 3/16: Stomp the Stumps!

March 9, 2007 by

Upcoming events tree-huggers and forest activists will want to know about

February 23, 2007 by

>>>Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update next Tuesday >>>Oak Grove Walks and Salons >>>Siskiyou Institute event >>>Sierra Nevada presentation **Please come to our agitate-educate-activate get-together on TUESDAY, FEB. 27, 7-9 pm to talk about PACIFIC LUMBER’S BANKRUPTCY, and what it means for the forests of the north coast and the rural economies. We will have a presentation from the Humboldt WATERSHED COUNCIL that we think you will find interesting. We will also have updates about the Oak Grove in Berkeley. Join us for a stimulating activist discussion at the Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley. Info call 510-548-3113. >< Events at ...

Forest Update

February 14, 2007 by

>:>:>Update on PL Bankruptcy >:>:>Update on OAK GROVE in Berkeley & Community Tree-Sit Day! >:>:>Upcoming events: Presentation on Pacific Lumber Possibilities, >Stomp the Stumps party >:>:>:>:>POSSIBILITIES ABOUND AROUND PACIFIC LUMBER BANKRUPTCY When Pacific Lumber filed for bankruptcy on January 18, it didn’t surprise many people. In fact, forest and community activists had begun meeting to strategize for expected changes more than a year and a half ago after PL had been rather loudly and pointedly threatening bankruptcy to pressure regulatory agencies to give them more logging capability. A lot has happened since Jan. 18. On the positive side, there are …

Pacific Lumber Files for Bankruptcy

January 19, 2007 by

Pacific Lumber and other subsidiaries of Maxxam Corporation filed bankruptcy papers in court in Corpus Christi, Texas late Thursday. The company’s press release claims a “liquidity crisis from regulatory limitations” on logging, but it is actually due to a long-standing crisis of LIQUIDATION LOGGING, with most of the assets from that liquidation logging going to Houston rather than staying in Humboldt county. More than 2 decades after Maxxam’s corporate-raider style take-over of Pacific Lumber, we have arrived where we have been headed. While this is not unexpected, the repercussions are many, and we expect a complicated unfolding of events. When …

Update on Pacific Lumber and Berkeley Oaks

January 3, 2007 by

>< UPDATE and ALERT from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters January 1, 2008 >< :: Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update ::Update on the Oak Grove Tree Sit in Berkeley PACIFIC LUMBER IS ONE YEAR INTO BANKRUPTCY AND A SHIFT IS FINALLY MANIFESTING The last lengthy update we sent you on the Pacific Lumber situation was covering their long-awaited reorganization plan, released publicly and submitted to the Texas bankruptcy court in late September. Our Oct. 2 update detailed their plans to sell their old growth for an exorbitant price tag to a non-existent buyer, sell another 22,000 acres for high-end luxury ...

Update on Pacific Lumber and Berkeley Oaks

January 3, 2007 by