Richardson Grove Court Hearing in San Francisco Nov. 10

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Alert from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters ::: Nov. 4, 2010 Court hearing on Richardson Grove case in SF needs support: Please attend on Nov. 10 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: We need whomever can make it to SF on Wednesday morning to be in the courtroom for a 9:30 am hearing to show support for the great legal team who filed suit against Caltrans concerning their highway-widening project through Richardson Grove State Park. Caltrans has filed a change of venue motion, opposed by our environmental attorneys, and it will be argued in SF Superior Court, Dept. 301, 400 McAllister St. (at Polk) …

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Campaign to Save Richardson Grove Resolution Before Albany City Council

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We have been working with an Albany City Councilperson on a resolution to be brought before the Albany City Council in support of Richardson Grove, urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to rescind the Highway 101 widening project that would compromise the majestic ancient redwoods of Richardson Grove in Humboldt County. The resolution will come before the Council next Monday, and you are urged to be there to show support! Monday, Sept. 20, 7:30 pm Albany City Council Chambers, City Hall 1000 San Pablo Ave. Albany, CA The item will be on the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. Hope to see …

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Save Richardson Grove! Get involved in the Bay Area

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Let’s Bring the Campaign for the Redwoods to the Bay Area! On June 30, the California Transportation Commission approved the funding of the widening and straightening highway project through Richardson Grove State Park (to the tune of $7 million), approved by Caltrans in June with the release of the final EIR. (For background, see EPIC’s website and the Coalition’s Save Richardson Grove site.) Arcata-based EPIC, the champion of north coast forests, filed suit against Caltrans in June using the California Environmental Quality Act, and were joined by the Center for Biological Diversity, Californians for Alternatives to Toxics and several individuals. …

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Join us on Judi Bari Day

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::: We hope you will join us on May 23 and 24 for very special events ::: Revolutionary Ecology The 20th anniversary of the pipe bomb attack on Judi Bari, Darryl Cherney and attack on Earth First! on May 24, 1990 will be recognized in events in the Bay Area over the course of 2 days: (May 24 in the City of Oakland is Judi Bari Day, so voted by the City Council) Revolutionary Ecology a commemoration and a celebration of revolutionary resistance and movement solidarity Sunday, May 23, 7 pm La Pena Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck, Berkeley) Speakers include …

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Forest Update – January 2010

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**Highway 101 Widening Through Richardson Grove **Logging Approved for Bohemian Grove **Grassroots Media Project **Want To Get Involved? There has been a Caltrans project working its way through the public agency process to widen highway 101, the state highway that winds its way up the coast of California through the redwoods. The segment of highway Caltrans wants to straighten and widen runs through Richardson Grove State Park in the Avenue of the Giants. Many people and organizations in Humboldt County have been fighting it based on not only ecological grounds, but issues of local economics, traffic congestion, pollution and the …

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Tree Spiker book and Richardson Grove

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WHAT: TREE SPIKER Book Release and FUNDRAISER for the fight against mountaintop removal WHEN: Friday Nov. 20, 2009 from 5pm-9pm WHERE: 111 Minna; San Francisco $10-20, sliding scale (no one turned away for a lack of funds) Evening will include an auction, music, book readings and cash bar. Here is a great opportunity to stop mountaintop removal mining, support important American literature, and party with Mike Roselle, co-founder of Earth First!, Rainforest Action Network and the Ruckus Society, now working in West Virginia against mountain-top removal coal mining. Join us on November 20th for the party of the season in …

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Headwaters Restoration hikes: Sept. 26 & 27

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We have scheduled our Headwaters Reserve field trips that we emailed you about previously and hope you can make the dates we have chosen (based on feedback). These site visitations and discussions with the BLM people overseeing management of the Headwaters Reserve and with local watershed activists will be an opportunity to witness an old growth redwood forest coming back–healing from excessive logging and bad corporate management. Sites to visit include forest and stream areas under restoration,recovering Marbled Murrelet and Coho habitat, and logging roads being “put to bed”. Please let us know if you can join us. The dates …

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More on U.S. vs Hurwitz / Maxxam

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For those who desire to go beyond the bare details into the full story of the face-down in federal court with Charles Hurwitz, here are some sources: KMUD radio in Humboldt carried updates from court most days (interviews with myself, Remedy, Ken Miller) on its 6 pm news (starting on 4/20; no story on 4/22). At end of trial, news director Cynthia Elkins did an excellent story (4/28) with interviews with jurors and plaintiffs. It is all available at http://kmud.org/site001/program-schedule/302.html the most comprehensive article was written for the Northcoast Journal: cover story 4/30/09. Other stories: Headwaters lawsuit settled for $4 …

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Old Growth Protected on Former Pacific Lumber Lands

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Tree Sitters Descend When New Owners Humboldt Redwood Co. Deliver Message Directly to Them Eureka, CA-Community residents and forest activists from the redwood region and far beyond Humboldt County in Northern California, were relieved and elated as news spread of an unprecented commitment by Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) owners of what was Maxxam/PL land to spare the Nanning Creek and Fern Gully ancient groves where tree-sits have been keeping chain saws at bay. The message was delivered directly to tree-sitters and included a commitment to further protect from future cutting all old growth 250 years old or more. “Old Growth …

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It’s a Done Deal: Maxxam Out of the Redwoods

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Pacific Lumber Redwoods ALERT It is a done deal. By the end of the day today, new owners will have taken over the Pacific Lumber Co. and the town of Scotia, through proceedings ending in bankruptcy court in Texas. The new company will be called Humboldt Redwood Company. The resolution ends two decades of aggressive industrial logging in this precious ecosystem by Maxxam Corporation and Charles Hurwitz, and two decades marked by an incredible outpouring of support for the forest and its species: a campaign characterized by the best of grassroots organizing and legislation, tree-sits, massive rallies, boycotts, shareholder organizing, …

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