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| Tree-Sitter Comes To Sacramento - A Treesit To Suppport SB 754, Shelved By The Natural Resources Committee 2-5-04 For Immediate Release - Contact: February 5, 2004 For Immediate Release February 5, 2004 Contact: Sunset (707) 834-2369 Shunka (707) 268-5613 TREE-SITTER COMES TO SACRAMENTO- A TREESIT TO SUPPORT SB 754, SHELVED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Sacramento, CA - A man named Bear climbed a tree outside the California State Capitol today to raise awareness for SB 754, the Heritage Tree Act, which has been held up by the State Assembly's Natural Resources Committee. This bill would protect trees on non-federal lands that were standing in 1850, the year of California's statehood. Bear plans to stay in the tree until the State Assembly passes the bill. The Heritage Tree Act was first introduced by Senator Perata in February, 2003. It was amended and passed by the Appropriations committee then the Senate, but two more votes are needed to get it through the Natural Resources Committee. In Humboldt county's Freshwater watershed (east of Eureka, on California's north coast), where Bear is currently residing, irresponsible and unsustainable logging practices carried out by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Company are causing irreparable damage to the community, watersheds, the logging and eco-tourism economy, and endangered species habitat. Communities all over California are plagued by this and similar problems of forest mismanagement. Over 97% of California's old growth forests have been devastated, creating hillside erosion, flooding, a drop in air quality, and a loss of jobs. "Everything from the water we drink to the air we breathe is affected by the loss of these irreplaceable forests," said Bear. "Legislation is desperately needed to protect these trees that are such a valuable part of California's history, heritage, and natural environment." ##  << Back to Press Release Archive | Latest Press Release | Newsroom | | 
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