Karen Pickett

Join us on Judi Bari Day

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::: We hope you will join us on May 23 and 24 for very special events ::: Revolutionary Ecology The 20th anniversary of the pipe bomb attack on Judi Bari, Darryl Cherney and attack on Earth First! on May 24, 1990 will be recognized in events in the Bay Area over the course of 2 days: (May 24 in the City of Oakland is Judi Bari Day, so voted by the City Council) Revolutionary Ecology a commemoration and a celebration of revolutionary resistance and movement solidarity Sunday, May 23, 7 pm La Pena Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck, Berkeley) Speakers include …

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Forest Update – January 2010

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**Highway 101 Widening Through Richardson Grove **Logging Approved for Bohemian Grove **Grassroots Media Project **Want To Get Involved? There has been a Caltrans project working its way through the public agency process to widen highway 101, the state highway that winds its way up the coast of California through the redwoods. The segment of highway Caltrans wants to straighten and widen runs through Richardson Grove State Park in the Avenue of the Giants. Many people and organizations in Humboldt County have been fighting it based on not only ecological grounds, but issues of local economics, traffic congestion, pollution and the …

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Tree Spiker book and Richardson Grove

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WHAT: TREE SPIKER Book Release and FUNDRAISER for the fight against mountaintop removal WHEN: Friday Nov. 20, 2009 from 5pm-9pm WHERE: 111 Minna; San Francisco $10-20, sliding scale (no one turned away for a lack of funds) Evening will include an auction, music, book readings and cash bar. Here is a great opportunity to stop mountaintop removal mining, support important American literature, and party with Mike Roselle, co-founder of Earth First!, Rainforest Action Network and the Ruckus Society, now working in West Virginia against mountain-top removal coal mining. Join us on November 20th for the party of the season in …

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Headwaters Restoration hikes: Sept. 26 & 27

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We have scheduled our Headwaters Reserve field trips that we emailed you about previously and hope you can make the dates we have chosen (based on feedback). These site visitations and discussions with the BLM people overseeing management of the Headwaters Reserve and with local watershed activists will be an opportunity to witness an old growth redwood forest coming back–healing from excessive logging and bad corporate management. Sites to visit include forest and stream areas under restoration,recovering Marbled Murrelet and Coho habitat, and logging roads being “put to bed”. Please let us know if you can join us. The dates …

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Old Growth Protected on Former Pacific Lumber Lands

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Tree Sitters Descend When New Owners Humboldt Redwood Co. Deliver Message Directly to Them Eureka, CA-Community residents and forest activists from the redwood region and far beyond Humboldt County in Northern California, were relieved and elated as news spread of an unprecented commitment by Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) owners of what was Maxxam/PL land to spare the Nanning Creek and Fern Gully ancient groves where tree-sits have been keeping chain saws at bay. The message was delivered directly to tree-sitters and included a commitment to further protect from future cutting all old growth 250 years old or more. “Old Growth …

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It’s a Done Deal: Maxxam Out of the Redwoods

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Pacific Lumber Redwoods ALERT It is a done deal. By the end of the day today, new owners will have taken over the Pacific Lumber Co. and the town of Scotia, through proceedings ending in bankruptcy court in Texas. The new company will be called Humboldt Redwood Company. The resolution ends two decades of aggressive industrial logging in this precious ecosystem by Maxxam Corporation and Charles Hurwitz, and two decades marked by an incredible outpouring of support for the forest and its species: a campaign characterized by the best of grassroots organizing and legislation, tree-sits, massive rallies, boycotts, shareholder organizing, …

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Texas Judge Denies Stay in PL Case–Company Nearly in Mendocino Redwood Co.’s Hands ** Court Decision on Oak Grove Tomorrow: Vigil at Oaks Tonight and Tomorrow

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*Texas Judge Denies Stay in PL Case–Company Nearly in Mendocino Redwood Co.’s Hands* *Court Decision on Oak Grove Tomorrow: Vigil at Oaks Tonight and Tomorrow* Judge Confirms Approval of Mendocino Redwood Co. July 15 It has seemed to drag on forever, though sometimes the twists and turns have been swift and interesting, but in all likelihood it will soon be over. One certainly that has remained the last several months is that Charles Hurwitz and Maxxam Co. are sinking below Humbolt’s horizon. Though Corpus Christi Judge Richard Schmidt cleared the way for Mendocino Redwood Co (MRC) to become the new …

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Judge Delays Final Ruling Awarding Company to Mendocino Redwood Co.

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Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy UPDATE As noted in our last update on the long saga of Pacific Lumber bankruptcy and the impending departure of PL/Maxxam from Humboldt County, Judge Richard Smith, presiding over the bankruptcy case since it was first filed in January 2007, chose the reorganization plan of Mendocino Redwoods Co. over the creditor Noteholders’ plan for an asset auction. In order to give the Noteholders time to respond, he scheduled a hearing a week out to codify his decision. He has now rescheduled that hearing, which was scheduled to take place today, for June 30. While Judge Schmidt said …

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Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Resolved: Maxxam is out of the Redwoods!

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Maxxam has left the building. Almost. The much anticipated decision in the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case came down today with a decision that takes control of Humboldt County’s redwoods out of Maxxam/Hurwitz/Pacific Lumber hands, at long last. Our rallying cry of the last 2 decades: MAXXAM OUT OF HUMBOLDT! has finally come to pass! I paste links to several news stories below, and to EPIC’s press release, to round out the information for you. Judge Richard Schmidt ruled today in the Corpus Christi, Texas court that has been hearing the case since January, 2007, that of those vying for control …

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Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update & Judi Bari Day

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:::::: Update on Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case. The end is very near! :::::: Redwood forest-watchers might want to check out news from the final hearings in bankruptcy court down there is Corpus Christi, Texas. The judge is expected to render a decision soon. Come to the BACH update meeting May 29 : Eureka Reporter story about Sierra Pacific Industries bid Community Forestry Team’s David Simpson’s blog from the courtroom and a press release sent out Friday on behalf of EPIC, ForestEthics, Ebbets Pass Forest Watch and us, Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters: ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS RAISE ALARM OVER SIERRA PACIFIC BID …

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