The Fern Gully tree-village is still up and running, as we move through the summer of 2005. Fern Gully, located in the Freshwater Creek watershed, is home to several old-growth redwoods, endangered plants and animals, and several tree-sitters. The spirit of non-violent civil disobedience and direct action lives on!
Our media collective continues to reach out beyond the realms of Humboldt County, with a recent July 6, 2005, front-page article in the Los Angeles Times entitled "That Tree Meant So Much." We are meeting up with a German television crew and have had recent inquiries regarding other documentary films for major networks. The word is getting out, and our NCEF! Media office and collective is helping to facilitate media opportunities like never before.
Logging in the Freshwater Creek and Elk River watersheds has been curtailed for the year by the California State Water Resources Control Board, in a unanimous decision. Very rarely does a regulatory agency actually stop logging, so this has been a real surprise to many people. It seems that the voices of the people are finally being heard, at least by the Water Board, and a stand is finally being taken.
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber has filed a lawsuit against the Water Board, yet tree-falling has been halted in those two watersheds for this year. Maxxam/PL can still haul fallen trees out, however, and can still log in the Van Duzen and Mattole River watersheds.
We still need a lot of help to maintain our front-line resistance, so please support this action if you can. Earth First!
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TOC for Forest & River News, Summer 2005