INVITATION - Please join us to celebrate ACTIVISM at our gala event
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INVITATION
from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
November 14, 2006
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Please join us to celebrate ACTIVISM at our gala event:
Silent Auction, Live MUSIC by the Mercury Dimes, Pat Nevin (Grapefruit Ed) & Friends and Truth Out editor Kelpie Wilson speaking about bonobos & signing her novel Primal Tears
plus Delectable Appetizer Buffet!
Sunday, December 3, 6-10pm
La Peņa Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck, Berkeley (near BART)
Benefits the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
The wonderful auction items on display include ~ sleeping bags, Patagonia gear, Hot Springs retreats at Orr, Wilbur, Harbin, Osento & Piedmont, hemp clothing, Mendocino B &B retreat with kayaking & bicycling, Trader Joe's bag of goodies, feng shui consultation, Freight & Salvage gold tickets, lots of gift items, classes in permaculture, glass-making, thai chi, bikram yoga, chiropractic diagnosis & treatment, dinners & brunches for 2 at places like Cafe Gratitude, Blowfish Sushi, Bette's Oceanview Diner, Greens Restaurant, Pacific Coast Brewing, Sea Salt & others, Serenity Spa therapy, books, original art, movies & pizza, massage, organic wine, lots more!
$8 entry includes buffet & music ... Bring your friends!
Info: 510-548-3113
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2007-02-14 pacific lumber oak tree sit berkeley - Pacific Lumber Files for Bankruptcy
2007-01-19 Pacific Lumber Files Bankruptcy Headwaters Preserve - Update on Pacific Lumber and Berkeley Oaks
2007-01-03 Headwaters redwoods MAXXAM bankruptcy tree sitters forest defense - Update on Pacific Lumber and Berkeley Oaks
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2006-12-11 oak tree-sit berkeley earth first! oak woodland ucb - Letters Alert: Endangered Marbled Murrelet Habitat
2006-10-05 endangered marbled murrelet US Fish and Wildlife critical habitat Comment letter redwood forest - Misty Redwood Run
2006-09-06 misty redwood run 10K fun run - buffalo field campaign roadshow
2006-09-05 Buffalo Field Campaign 7th Generation Rise - Giant Sequoia Alert
2006-08-30 giant sequoia logging - Pacific Lumber pres. Robert Manne Resigns
2006-07-26 pacific lumber robert manne resigns - Protest Corporate Lobby meeting in SF!
2006-07-17 Protest corporate lobby American Legislative Exchange Council in San Francisco - Corporate SLAPP suits Against Forest Protesters Begin
2006-03-07 SLAPP suit pacific lumber protester - We cover Hurwitz on Free Speech TV
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2006-02-12 pacific lumber land sale maxxam headwaters - North Coast Forest Update
2006-01-18 Redwoods on radio Hurwitz DeLay Pombo Abramoff Nanning old growth - Logging of Nanning Creek Old Growth
2005-12-13 Nanning Creek Redwoods Marbled Murrelet Humboldt Maxxam - Protest at Senator Feinstein's Office
2005-12-02 Nanning Creek Redwoods Senator Feinstein Emergency Rally - Action Update and Strategy Meeting
2005-11-29 Nanning Creek Ancient Redwood Forest Bonanza Logging Plan - Forest Activist Get-together and Call to Action
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2005-09-27 Alert re Pombo Bill to gut the Endangered Species Act, or ESA - pending legislation in Congress to weaken environmental protection - Important Hearing Regarding Headwaters Forest - 9/16 San Francisco
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2005-08-29 Water Board's Sept. hearing in Fortuna Palco's Watershed-wide Waste Discharge Requirements permits for Freshwater and Elk River - Bad News from Texas: Judge Gives Millions to Hurwitz; New Campaign to End Clear Cutting
2005-08-24 federal judge issued an order for the FDIC to pay Charles Hurwitz up to $72 million, sanctioning the federal agency for its lawsuits against Hurwitz. CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT CLEAR CUTTING - Update on Maxxam manipulations
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2005-07-28 Comment on Limits on Logging Proposal - Maxxam/PL (Scotia Pacific) barely avoids bankruptcy
2005-07-19 Maxxam/PL (Scotia Pacific) barely avoids bankruptcy - Please Comment: Endangered Habitat On the Chopping Block
2005-06-27 Charles Hurwitz Maxxam Pacific Lumber State Water Quality Control Board from logging his desired volume of trees in the Elk River and Freshwater Creek watersheds - Water Board hearing tomorrow, old growth hikes, other news re. Pacific Lumber
2005-06-15 REMINDER-- - Forest Update
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2005-03-15 March 10, we alerted this list regarding the Wednesday, March 16 North Coast Regional - Big Timber's Last Stand. PL vs. Water Board
2005-03-14 Latest Tree War Pits Pacific Lumber's Logging Plan Against an - Public hearing on Maxxam/PL logging MARCH 16
2005-03-11 The hearing will begin at 9 am. Come early to get a seat! We recommend being there by 8 am. See http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast - Water Board OKs Fifty Percent of PL's Logging in Disputed Watersheds
2005-02-26 Water Board OKs 50 percent of PL's Logging in Disputed Watersheds - Pacific Lumber: It keeps heating up
2005-02-21 REDCREST, Calif. - Whenever Pacific Lumber Co. planned to dispatch helicopters forest activist - Pls. comment: SPI proposes giant clearcut in old growth
2005-02-18 comment SPI proposes giant clearcut in old growth - article on Maxxam/PL
2005-02-18 Eureka Reporter, an interview with the president of the Humboldt Watershed Council. - Eureka Reporter on Palco
2005-02-10 North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, and separately with PALCO's bank lender - Maxxam tries extortion to get logging approved-Letters needed
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2004-11-19 auction forest headwaters - PL & state ordered to pay $6 million on SYP case
2004-09-30 Pacific Lumber pay 6 million on SYP case headwaters - Ancient Redwoods on Gypsy Mt. Cut by PL - 4 arrested
2004-09-27 Ancient Redwood Trees Cut On Gypsy Mountain Tree Sitters Extracted; Four Arrested - Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial Ends in Jury Deadlock
2004-09-23 Pepper Spray By Q-Tip Trial Ends in Jury Deadlock - Pepper Spray Trial delayed ONE DAY
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2004-08-20 Humboldt county sheriff deputies forced pepper spray into the eyes of non-violent Headwaters Forest activists with Q-tips - A BILL TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA'S OLD-GROWTH TREES IS STUCK IN A
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2004-03-25 The Heritage Tree Preservation Act is alive and kicking! We have never been so close to protecting California's old-growth trees, but we need your help to make it a reality! Please join us in Sacramento on Wednesday, April 14th for Old-Growth Lobby Day. You can sign up at www.ancienttrees.org. - FOREST BENEFIT Mark your calendars for FRIDAY APRIL 2...and we aren't fooling!
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2004-03-11 Citizen lawsuits have halted logging for the last 4 years. Now, we are on the verge of permanently protecting Jackson State Forest - The people spoke! Maxxam did not succeed in booting the District Attorney of Humboldt county out of office in a very dirty recall campaign.
2004-03-04 Gallegos Headwaters Forest Palco Maxxam Corp recall. - Increased harassment of Humboldt DA-second break-in at his house
2004-02-23 Pacific Lumber and their spooks step up the campaign against the DA who is trying to bring them to justice - News Alert from the Redwoods
2004-02-06 Maxxam's Pacific Lumber is financing 93 percent of the campaign to recall Humboldt County (CA) District Attorney Paul Gallegos in the last reporting period. D.A. Gallegos filed a $250 million lawsuit against Pacific Lumber, alleging fraud - Tree-sitter at State Capitol in Sacramento lobbies for bill
2004-02-05 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. - Challenge to Pacific Lumber's recall campaign needs support
2004-01-22 This is an alert about the outrageous recall effort underway, largely financed by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber to oust the Humboldt county District Attorney Paul Gallegos, who filed a fraud legal case against PL a number of months ago. (See story in our last newsletter, on our website, for background). - Jackson State Forest needs your letters NOW!
2004-01-21 California state law now says that Jackson State Forest shall be logged for maximum timber production! This must be changed if our public forest is to be saved for our children! - MAXXAM AND PACIFIC LUMBER'S BANKROLLING OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY RECALL
2003-02-25 Houston-based Maxxam Corp., parent company of Pacific Lumber Co., this week put another $75,000 into the recall of District Attorney Paul Gallegos.
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