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Campaign to Save Richardson Grove Resolution Before Albany City Council

September 12, 2013September 14, 2010 by headwaterspreserve_hr3di8

We have been working with an Albany City Councilperson on a resolution to be brought before the Albany City Council in support of Richardson Grove, urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to rescind the Highway 101 widening project that would compromise the majestic ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove in Humboldt County. The resolution will come before the Council next Monday, and you are urged to be there to show support! Monday, Sept. 20, 7:30 pm Albany City Council Chambers, City Hall 1000 San Pablo Ave. Albany, CA The item will be on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. Hope to see …

Join us on Judi Bari Day

September 12, 2013May 8, 2010 by Karen Pickett

::: 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 …

Tree Spiker book and Richardson Grove

September 12, 2013November 10, 2009 by Karen Pickett

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 …

Headwaters Restoration hikes: Sept. 26 & 27

September 12, 2013August 12, 2009 by Karen Pickett

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 …

Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update & Judi Bari Day

September 12, 2013May 20, 2008 by Karen Pickett

:::::: 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 …

Bankruptcy in the Redwoods, Urban Tree Sit & Great Music

September 12, 2013March 7, 2008 by Karen Pickett

>< FOREST UPDATES & EVENTS from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters March 6, 2008 >< Update on redwood and oaks campaigns: Bankruptcy and urban tree-sits Pacific Lumber: Are Hurwitz & Maxxam FINALLY on their way OUT of Humboldt County? We hope. Things have picked up considerable speed in the Pacific Lumber (PL) bankruptcy proceedings, unfolding both up on the North Coast and inside the courtroom down in Corpus Christi, Texas. A critical "Joint Disclosure" hearing took place on Feb. 28 to bring further details on those plans before the court-and to creditors who will vote on reorganization plans, , ...

Forest Benefit Auction with Food and Music

September 12, 2013November 25, 2007 by Karen Pickett

Forest Activist EVENT NOTICE Benefit! Good Food! Dazzling Auction Items! Hoppin’ Music! We want to invite you to our CELEBRATION OF FOREST ACTIVISM AND SILENT AUCTION event on Saturday, December 1, 6 – 10 pm at the Unitarian Fellowship Hall (1924 Cedar St., Berkeley). There is something for everyone here–you can get truly unique gifts for yourself or others, and SET YOUR PRICE while sipping organic wine, sampling from a (free) vegetarian buffet, tapping your foot to live music from the Mercury Dimes Duo and Friends of Old Puppies, and hear updates about the redwoods of the north coast and …

Berkeley Oaks & Buffalo Field Campaign

September 12, 2013September 3, 2007 by Karen Pickett

Forest Activist ALERT and EVENT NOTICE 1 >> Come to Berkeley City Council Meeting Tuesday Sept. 4 to speak for the OAKS !! 2 >> Not One But TWO events for the WILD BUFFALO !! OAK GROVE FENCED, TREE SITTERS REMAIN TELL CITY OF BERKELEY NOT TO CAVE!! As many of you no doubt know, UC police launched a raid on the endangered memorial oak grove in Berkeley at dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 29, where tree-sitters have been defending the grove since December, 2006. Police erected a tall chain link fence around the grove, and the tree-sitters, just before a …

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 …