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This email came from long-time activist, artist, filmaker, and friend of
the forest, K. Rudin. Please read on- the alert is from the Environmental
Protection Information Center (EPIC)
Dear Friends! -
Here we go again, and it's no consolation that it might be the last
time...in fact, it's critical to eliminate that possibility.
For those of you who have never been in the Ancient Forests, I'd like to
suggest that you cancel your rhumba lesson, dig out {or borrow or buy} a
good pair of hiking boots, and get there NOW! Stay longer than you
intended, and figure out how to help the people who are dedicating their
times & fortunes to this effort to stop one of the baddest rampages going.
otherwise, all you'll have to remind you will be those funky li'l movies
we have been making {cf:<www.havc.org>}, & believe me folks, I have
yet to see or make a movie that captures the AIR, not to mention
the....pure GOOMBAH of these sacred places, these supreme beings,
etc...words don't cover it very well, either.
If for some reason, you just can't get away from your computer screen -
then send this far & wide. Incite those on your lists to get out & DO
SOMETHING!
It's all connected!
K!
ENDANGERED HABITAT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: PLEASE COMMENT!
From: epic@wildcalifornia.org
EPIC ACTION ALERT
Please Forward Widely!
_______________________________________________________
ENDANGERED HABITAT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
PLEASE COMMENT!
_______________________________________________________
PLEASE CONTACT CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY (CDF). DEADLINE IS JULY 8th.
Charles Hurwitz's Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Company is at it again--this time
trying to liquidate as much old-growth forest as it can in
anticipation of filing for bankruptcy, which it has been threatening for
months. Recently prevented by the State Water Quality Control Board from
logging his desired volume of trees in the Elk River and Freshwater Creek
watersheds, Hurwitz continues to turn to the damaged Eel River watershed,
looking for quick cash at the expense of the redwood
forest.
The so-called "BONANZA" Timber Harvest Plan, (THP) #1-05-097HUM,
would log significant and critical old-growth forest and
landslide-prone areas, as well as destroy habitat for many sensitive,
threatened and endangered species including the northern spotted owl,
marbled murrelet, and coho and chinook salmon. Logging would impact
Nanning Creek, a tributary of the Eel River, which is already listed as
"impaired" under Clean Water Act Section 303(d). Maxxam/PL proposes to log
in this very sensitive area, even as the company has been battling with
the state Water Quality Control Boards over their damaging,
sediment-producing harvesting practices (such as clearcutting)that Hurwitz
refuses to give up.
Marbled murrelet scientists have identified parts of this area as a
priority habitat for the critically threatened seabird. Yet this THP will
enable the harvest of old-growth redwoods currently occupied by nesting
murrelets! Of the 249 acres covered by this THP, 192 acres are occupied
stands for the murrelet.
Logging the "Bonanza" THP would impact just about every sensitive
ecological resource in the area. This is part of Hurwitz's "end
game" for Pacific Lumber. He must not be allowed to rip out precious and
irreplaceable old-growth forest while further degrading water
quality on his way out of Humboldt County.
MAXXAM/PL'S ILLEGAL LOGGING SPREE MUST STOP!
Tell CDF to DENY APPROVAL for the "Bonanza" THP#1-05-097HUM.
The comment period on this THP closes July 8.
Take action now by responding to this alert using EPIC's web site:
www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-27
If you prefer snail-mail,
WRITE TO:
Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
135 Ridgeway Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
ATT: Forest Practice
Include in your letter: "Re: THP#1-05-097HUM"
Be respectful but firm, and as succinct as you can.
Take action now by responding to this alert using EPIC's web site:
www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-27
Jan Bramlett
Office Manager
Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC)
P.O. Box 397, Garberville, CA 95542
(707) 923-2931, Fax 923-4210
www.wildcalifornia.org
the forest, K. Rudin. Please read on- the alert is from the Environmental
Protection Information Center (EPIC)
Dear Friends! -
Here we go again, and it's no consolation that it might be the last
time...in fact, it's critical to eliminate that possibility.
For those of you who have never been in the Ancient Forests, I'd like to
suggest that you cancel your rhumba lesson, dig out {or borrow or buy} a
good pair of hiking boots, and get there NOW! Stay longer than you
intended, and figure out how to help the people who are dedicating their
times & fortunes to this effort to stop one of the baddest rampages going.
otherwise, all you'll have to remind you will be those funky li'l movies
we have been making {cf:<www.havc.org>}, & believe me folks, I have
yet to see or make a movie that captures the AIR, not to mention
the....pure GOOMBAH of these sacred places, these supreme beings,
etc...words don't cover it very well, either.
If for some reason, you just can't get away from your computer screen -
then send this far & wide. Incite those on your lists to get out & DO
SOMETHING!
It's all connected!
K!
ENDANGERED HABITAT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: PLEASE COMMENT!
From: epic@wildcalifornia.org
EPIC ACTION ALERT
Please Forward Widely!
_______________________________________________________
ENDANGERED HABITAT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
PLEASE COMMENT!
_______________________________________________________
PLEASE CONTACT CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY (CDF). DEADLINE IS JULY 8th.
Charles Hurwitz's Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Company is at it again--this time
trying to liquidate as much old-growth forest as it can in
anticipation of filing for bankruptcy, which it has been threatening for
months. Recently prevented by the State Water Quality Control Board from
logging his desired volume of trees in the Elk River and Freshwater Creek
watersheds, Hurwitz continues to turn to the damaged Eel River watershed,
looking for quick cash at the expense of the redwood
forest.
The so-called "BONANZA" Timber Harvest Plan, (THP) #1-05-097HUM,
would log significant and critical old-growth forest and
landslide-prone areas, as well as destroy habitat for many sensitive,
threatened and endangered species including the northern spotted owl,
marbled murrelet, and coho and chinook salmon. Logging would impact
Nanning Creek, a tributary of the Eel River, which is already listed as
"impaired" under Clean Water Act Section 303(d). Maxxam/PL proposes to log
in this very sensitive area, even as the company has been battling with
the state Water Quality Control Boards over their damaging,
sediment-producing harvesting practices (such as clearcutting)that Hurwitz
refuses to give up.
Marbled murrelet scientists have identified parts of this area as a
priority habitat for the critically threatened seabird. Yet this THP will
enable the harvest of old-growth redwoods currently occupied by nesting
murrelets! Of the 249 acres covered by this THP, 192 acres are occupied
stands for the murrelet.
Logging the "Bonanza" THP would impact just about every sensitive
ecological resource in the area. This is part of Hurwitz's "end
game" for Pacific Lumber. He must not be allowed to rip out precious and
irreplaceable old-growth forest while further degrading water
quality on his way out of Humboldt County.
MAXXAM/PL'S ILLEGAL LOGGING SPREE MUST STOP!
Tell CDF to DENY APPROVAL for the "Bonanza" THP#1-05-097HUM.
The comment period on this THP closes July 8.
Take action now by responding to this alert using EPIC's web site:
www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-27
If you prefer snail-mail,
WRITE TO:
Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
135 Ridgeway Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
ATT: Forest Practice
Include in your letter: "Re: THP#1-05-097HUM"
Be respectful but firm, and as succinct as you can.
Take action now by responding to this alert using EPIC's web site:
www.wildcalifornia.org/actions/number-27
Jan Bramlett
Office Manager
Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC)
P.O. Box 397, Garberville, CA 95542
(707) 923-2931, Fax 923-4210
www.wildcalifornia.org
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