The Bay Area Forest Activist Newsletter, Summer 2003

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August 15, 2003


SYP Sustained Yield Plan
ITP Incidental Take Permit
THP Timber Harvest Plan
HCP Habitat Conservation Plan
MSP Maximum Sustained Production
LTSY Long Term Sustained Yield
CEQA California Environmental Quality Act
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
EIR Environmental Impact Report
ESA Endangered Species Act
CDF California Department of Forestry
DFG Department of Fish and Game
BOF Board of Forestry
SB Senate Bill
AB Assembly Bill



Other Articles in This Issue

• The Humboldt-Houston Connection Made Real: Activists bring their message to MAXXAM and its CEO Charles Hurwitz at the corporate headquarters in Houston
  "We're sick of watching the liquidation of our last remaining ancient redwoods in California. We think the best place to...
  
  
• The Season in Review
  It has been a very busy year. We salute the dedicated, brave and very persistent activists who have sat in trees, writte...
  
  
• Flaws In The Headwaters Deal Finally See The Light Of Day
  On July 22, a Humboldt County Superior Court judge formally declared plaintiffs Environmental Protection Information Cen...
  
  
• DA Throws Down The Gauntlet To Pacific Lumber
  In a heroic move, Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos surprised residents last February by filing a lawsuit ...
  
  
• Mattole Old Growth
  Hello again from the Mattole! The Mattole Restoration Council's (MRC) Forest Practices Program keeps a watch on the fore...
  
  
• Maxxam Corporate Update
  If a tree falls in the forest, would Wall Street hear it? How about if the tree is occupied by a tree-sitter? Will Wal...
  
  
• Who are the Real Eco-Terrorists? Mill Closure And Job Loss: After The Boom, Who Sweeps Up The Rubble?
  As reported in our last newsletter, Maxxam/PL closed its flagship mill operation in the company town of Scotia, laying o...
  
  
• The Forests Find Some Champions In The California Legislature
  For the first time in more than a decade, a package of timber reform bills that would give an urgently needed overhaul t...
  
  
• Demonstrating What? Legal Victory Brings Relief for Jackson Demonstration Forest -- For Now
  Founded in 1947, the 50,000-acre Jackson State Demonstration Forest is the largest of eight forests in California's stat...
  
  
• GE TREES--THE NEW CHAIN SAW MASSACRE
  Monoculture tree plantations are already threatening enough to biological diversity, but things could get worse. Geneti...
  
  
• Wildfire Bill Goes From Bad To Worse HR 1904 Expands Logging
  The Senate Agriculture Committee made a bad wildfire bill even worse in April by further gutting environmental protectio...
  
  
• Enough Wilderness
  On the eve of the release of the final management plan for the publicly-owned Headwaters Preserve, the Bush administrati...
  
  
• Crisis for the Sequoias
  The magnificent red-barked Giant Sequoias of the Sierra Nevada range, relatives to the coast redwood, are among the larg...
  
  
• Activist Resource Directory
  Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters 2530 San Pablo, Berkeley (510) 548-3113; Hotline (510) 835-6303; bach@igc.org; for t...