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BACH in Earth Island Journal, plus this Sunday: Music Benefit for Climate Justice & Direct Action

May 7, 2019April 24, 2019 by Karen Pickett

NOTE: There was just an article in Earth Island Journal looking back on the Headwaters Forest Campaign, and in particular the women involved, who were campaign leaders, on the 20th anniversary of the protection of the 7500-acre Headwaters Forest Reserve. You can read it here. Reminder–this Sunday! Join us! Music Benefit for Climate Justice and Direct Action in Oakland–early show– The show will feature great music and lots of activist fun! including… – Casey Neill & the Norway Rats – Loretta Lynch – Wayfairy WHERE: Elbo Room, Jack London Square, 311 Broadway, Oakland CA [venue …

Send comments today for the forests in the Mattole! We’ll tell you how!

May 7, 2019April 16, 2019 by Karen Pickett

You can have a voice in protecting the forests at the headwaters of the North forks of the wild Mattole River in Humboldt County. We want to alert you to a new timber harvest plan (THP) that threatens the Rattlesnake Creek tributary of the Mattole. The public comment period on this THP–Humboldt Redwood Company’s newest logging proposal on Rainbow Ridge— (photo at right) will close at the end of the day on April 19 (this Friday!). Comment guidelines: While public comment alone may not stop the destruction, it opens the door to environmental lawsuits on issues that would …

Tell Gavin Newsom what you think of post-fire salvage logging in our wounded forests!

May 7, 2019April 11, 2019 by Karen Pickett

So-called salvage logging has been around for decades—promoted by the timber industry and vehemently opposed by forest advocates—after insect infestations, die-off due to drought, and most often after forest fires. But really, it’s generally about satisfying the market. Given the history of large fires in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, salvage logging proposals are on the table in a big way again, in California, right now. >>Send a message today to lawmakers urging them to prioritize public (tax) money going into Fire safety efforts, Toward controlled burning and “home-hardening” efforts in wildfire zones, not logging trees. Any thinning and/or brush …

Mattole Action Camp; Richardson Grove Back in Court

May 7, 2019March 11, 2019 by Karen Pickett

GATHER FOR the MATTOLE ~ IN the MATTOLE! This Action Camp and skill sharing will be a great time to plug in with other forest defenders on the North Coast, find out what is on the horizon for this spring and summer, and hike in some beautiful forest. You can contact BACH at our email for details and car-pooling and we will try to help. Find out why people are so passionate about protecting the forests in the Mattole River Watershed! Info in Humboldt: efhum@riseup.net; Save the Mattole’s Ancient Forest on FB Richardson Grove in Court (again) March …

Forest and Species Issues Making News in Northern California

May 7, 2019February 11, 2019 by Karen Pickett

Forest and Species Issues Making News in Northern California Mattole Forests The intrepid Mattole Forest Defenders are organizing an action training camp in the Lost Coast area for mid-March. Stay tuned for more details as local activists gear up for the logging season. Contact efhum@riseup.net, or us at bach@headwaterspreserve.org. In the same neighborhood, another hard-working group of local residents in the Mattole River Valley—the Lost Coast League—is in the midst of challenging Humboldt Redwood Company’s (HRC) heavy use of herbicides and their THPs (Timber Harvest Plans) filed in ” legacy forests” via a different avenue. That route is a formal challenge to the “certified as sustainably …

Richardson Grove court report; Forests & Climate hearing this week!

December 19, 2018December 3, 2018 by Karen Pickett

Update: Richardson Grove Court Date A number of us were in Federal Court last Wednesday to hear arguments from both defendants Caltrans, and environmental organization plaintiffs in the Richardson Grove court case, back before a judge once again. This has been a long saga. After extensive arguments and many questions from the court, Judge Alsup took those arguments under consideration, and will deliver a decision sometime in the foreseeable future. There was a post-court radio story with an interview with Karen Pickett on KMUD radio here: https://soundcloud.com/kmudnews/litigation-continues-for-richardson-grove-expansion and a press release from the Center for Biological Diversity, a plaintiff in the case: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2018/richardson-grove-11-28-2018.php Courthouse News also …

Actions in the Forest, plus Forests in Court

December 19, 2018November 20, 2018 by Karen Pickett

New Tree-Sit and Forest Occupation in the Mattole Shuts SPI Down Humboldt County Forest Defenders have been occupying a Sierra Pacific Industries’ (SPI) logging plan in the Mattole River watershed, effectively shutting down operations there. A tree-sitter has been perched 100 ft. up, joined in the last couple days by more activists who turned back heavy equipment and trucks on site to haul the giant logs out. The area is deep in the forest, and the activists are calling attention to corporate logging of large, fire resistant trees, damage to water quality and other destructive environmental impacts. For more than six years, protestors have …

Visit BACH’s booth at Indigenous Peoples’ Day Oct. 6!

December 19, 2018October 3, 2018 by Karen Pickett

Come Visit Our Booth ~ at Indigenous Peoples’ Day Pow Wow and Indian Market Sat. Oct. 6, 10 am – 6 pm MLK Civic Center Park, Berkeley (2 blocks w. of dwntwn BART, next to Farmers’ Market The BACH / Earth First! booth will have the latest information about the on-going campaign for the Mattole forest, awesome stickers and t-shirts, Earth First! Journals and other literature, gear from the Buffalo Field Campaign…and more! This is an amazing event in its 26th year! See IPD powwow for more info. There is scheduled exhibition and contest dancing, honor songs, and much more …

Buffalo Field Campaign Roadshow in Berkeley

September 25, 2018September 20, 2018 by Karen Pickett

WHAT: A Night for the Buffalo Marking over 20 yrs of front line action for the wild buffalo, the 2018 Buffalo Field Campaign Roadshow is coming to the Bay Area. When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 pm Where: the Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley Buffalo Field Campaign co-founder Mike Mease will bring captivating stories and striking film footage direct from the land of the buffalo, with music by flutist Mignon Geli and songs of the buffalo by Karaj. The Buffalo Field Campaign works to end the slaughter and harassment of the last wild herds of buffalo in their native habitat in West Yellowstone, Montana. BFC uses video documentation, non-violent …

Week of Action for Mattole Forest Wraps Up with Demonstrations at Corporate Offices and Mill. Then…Log Truck Rams Through Protesters With Banner at Mill, Nearly Mowing People Down

September 25, 2018September 2, 2018 by Karen Pickett

Photos of the truck barreling through the line of people are available; video of the incident can be found at https://youtu.be/0g_qUy6EThM or photos can be found at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1K1bismy_qxjlFZoKO0dVHIF4w6o6TEXY?usp=sharing A “Week of Action for the Mattole Forest” wrapped up with demonstrations and rallies at the Humboldt Redwood Co. (HRC) corporate offices in Scotia, CA, and then heated up with road blockades nearby at HRC’s lumber mill, as semi-trucks loaded with trees rolled into the facility. Activists held large banners reading “HRC Out of the Mattole,” and “Hack n’ Squirt = Fire Hazard and Puts Communities at Risk,” referring to the practice called hack …