Summer 2004 / The Bay Area Forest Activist Newsletter

HCP Renege or Renegotiation? Law-Breaking Timber Barons Ask For A Better Deal
After many years of work by biologists, lawyers and activists to craft an acceptable agreement, the Headwaters Forest Deal was signed on March 1, 1999. Forest advocates protested the many concessions made in order to finalize the acquisition of the Headwaters Reserve (albeit at significant taxpayer sacrifice)...and now Maxxam/PL wants to monkey with the provisions.
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Fasting for the Forest - Behind Bars

Naomi Wagner upon her release from jail April 15. After fasting for 24 days, she was released at 2am, found that the cops had lost her clothes, including her EF! shirt. Undaunted, she grabbed a couple hours sleep, painted this sign and came back to stan Photo: Remedy

On March 22 my friend Sparrow and I began a 24-day fast for the forest. I fasted inside the Humboldt County Jail while serving a sentence for hugging a tree during the March 20 `03 Freshwater uprising. My co-defendant Sparrow fasted outside, keeping a bi-weekly vigil in front of the Eureka Courthouse and jail. We decided to fast for several reasons:
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Other Articles in This Issue

• It's All About Fish...
  ...Or at least it seems like that sometimes to die-hard forest activists. Fish and forests are inextricably linked. The ...
  
  
• Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters - Who We Are
  The Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) was formed in 1993 as a grassroots response to redwood forest destruction o...
  
  
• Endangered Coho Finally Gets Recovery Plan
  On February 4 of this year, the California Fish and Game Commission at long last voted to move forward with endangered s...
  
  
• How Irresponsible Logging Kills Fish
  * Poor logging practices cause sedimentation of streams, killing salmon and steelhead eggs. * Sedimentation impairs the...
  
  
• If Not Now, When?
  When a forest is cut, it's not just trees that are killed. Whether it's lions in ancient Greece or, as today, spotted ow...
  
  
• Concealed Report Brings Bad News for Birds - Marbled Murrelet Needs Better Habitat Protection
  Our fellow species adversely affected by industrial logging on the north coast are many--salamanders, voles, endangered ...
  
  
• Mattole Watershed Threats
  The past 6 months have been punctuated with various activities regarding proposed Timber Harvest Plans (THPs) in the Mat...
  
  
• March to the Mattole
  In a powerful outreach action, people marched over 90 miles through Humboldt County to raise awareness and inspire peopl...
  
  
• Bill for Old Growth Going Up For A Vote in Legislature - The Heritage Tree Preservation Act is still standing! Up For A Vote in Legislature The Heritage Tree Preservation Act is still standing!
  The Heritage Tree Preservation Act (now SB 754) is a bill to protect California's oldest and largest trees. The original...
  
  
• - Community Says No, Maxxam You Cannot Buy Our Election!
  Nine months after Pacific Lumber asked the court to throw out the fraud case against them, Humboldt County Superior Cour...
  
  
• The Fight For Freshwater Goes On
  Remember the courageous tree-sits in old-growth redwood trees that proliferated in the Freshwater watershed last spring ...
  
  
• What You Can Do For The Forest With Just A Few Hours A Month...
  Scan and organize photos, make displays, upload images to website Help update our media resources by calling media ou...
  
  
• Judi Bari Day
  May 24 was Judi Bari Day, so declared in 2003 by the Oakland City Council. May 24 is also the anniversary of the attempt...
  
  
• BLM In Charge of Biological Jewels Of The West - 15% Of Logging Roads Erased In Headwaters--The Death Road Is No More!
  One year after the Headwaters Forest Reserve was transferred to public hands via the Headwaters Deal, it became part of ...
  
  
• Legislation For Jackson State Redwood Forest
  Supporters of Jackson State Forest delivered over 1200 letters to the Board of Forestry in March, urging the revision of...
  
  
• BOOKS...that you may want to know about...
  Only one of these is just-published, but if your interest is piqued by this newsletter, you'll love these books... Tote...
  
  
• You Are Invited To The Biscuit This Summer
  Defend The Wild! Most of the information we put out has to do with forests on private corporate land, but this one is t...
  
  
• September 2004 Date For Pepper Spray Trial
  Judge Susan Illston set the retrial date in the infamous "Pepper Spray by Q-Tip" civil rights case for September 7, 2004...
  
  
• Shhhhhhhh! ...It's BACH's Silent Auction!
  If you missed our wonderful birthday celebration last November 30, when we celebrated forest activism with music, sumptu...
  
  
• We have tote bags!
  Support the forest by shopping! ...Well, at least by putting your groceries in a tree-saving, fair trade canvas bag. The...
  
  
• Resource Directory
  Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (see About BACH) 2530 San Pablo, Berkeley (510)548-3113; bach@headwaterspreserve.o...
  
  

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