Camp out to oppose old growth logging!
Laurel, 28.02.2005 16:41
The campaign to stop the largest logging project in modern history is entering a critical new phase- and Southern Oregon forest defenders are calling on all allies who are able to gather for a camp out at the Green Bridge on the Illinois River. Logging is set to begin in designated old growth reserves on Monday, March 7th. Gather for a ho-down campout sunday the 6th and wake up for a colorful demonstration Monday morning.
Green Bridge over the Illinois River
Green Bridges
The campaign to stop the largest logging project in modern history is entering a critical new phase- and Southern Oregon forest defenders are calling on all allies who are able to gather for a camp out at the Green Bridge on the Illinois River. The Green Bridge is a symbolic and literal gateway to the expansive roadless wildlands of the Siskiyou Mountains beyond. This is an inclusive and ongoing encampment ready to receive helpful people now. Specifically, folks are asked to sleep by the river Sunday March 6th and attend a mass demonstration Monday morning, March 7th, the day the first-ever logging within designated old growth reserves is set to begin.
The Green Bridge is a rallying point for those who wish to show their opposition to the so-called Biscuit Fire Recovery Project, an extreme logging scheme that would remove tens of thousands of log trucks from remote regions of unmanaged native forest. A small group of local organizers are camping beneath the bridge on the bank of the picturesque Illinois River. The camp is becoming the public face of a growing campaign that is increasingly supported by old timers and locals who bring food, warm clothes and camp fire songs to share with those gathered.
This serpentine wonderland surrounding the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area is ground zero in the Bush Administration's aggressive attempts to gut hard fought legal protections for old growth reserves, inventoried roadless areas and salmon-bearing streams. This is a crucial moment in an historic campaign that will set precedent for forest policy for decades to come, and we need your help now.
The Green Bridge is located a few miles up the Eight Dollar Road which leads into the Babyfoot Lake Trailhead entrance to the Siskiyou Wildlands, also known as the Fiddler Late Successional Reserve Timber Sale. From Grants Pass in Southern Oregon, take highway 199 west about 25 miles between Selma and Kerby, then turn onto Eight Dollar Road. Go until you see the green bridge. There will be caravans leaving the ELAW conference in Eugene on Sunday the 6th. Please organize ride shares from your area.
For more background on this issue and the campaign see www.o2collective.org.
Laurel@o2collective.org (541) 301-8963
e-mail:: laurel@o2collective.org
Homepage:: http://www.o2collective.org
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Video from Feb. 5th Rally, speakers, exitemen 01.03.2005 - 11:34 
Rally Video and reality tour from Feb. 5th 2005 -
Those folks rock! If you like videos, check out this great 5 min short explaining what is happening in the SIskiyou Wild Rivers area, hear from passionate speakers, and dance with the salmon people and ancient trees.
Justin> e-mail:: justin@siskiyou.org
Homepage:: http://siskiyou.org
Great, but... 01.03.2005 - 15:54 The announcement suggests that Fiddler is the "first ever" LSR logging sale. Wrong-o. Remember the salvage rider? Clinton logged the damn LSRs. We blocked those roads, too. See you Monday. Been there> campout, not blockade 01.03.2005 - 15:56 hey dufus, this is a campout, not a blockade. do that on your own. here now> Agressive? 02.03.2005 - 18:53 Over 95% of the Biscuit will never be touched by chainsaws. Thinktivist> let's make it... 02.03.2005 - 21:19 100 % of the Biscuit untouched. thinktavator> Ah-Hah! 03.03.2005 - 10:25 And your true motives are revealed: 100% shutdown of all public lands. Dave Rosgen> boo hoo 03.03.2005 - 13:01 Nah, I just like to get your goat. And you fell for it straight away, as usual. It's so easy to get you guys fired up. I actually support increased thinning and logging on previously harvested lands. But I've seen enough bad political forestry to know that when you guys say 95 % untouched that it translates to 25% untouched on the ground. This is because most forestry professionals suscribe to the George W. Bush Method of Public Opinion Manipulation: say one thing and then do the total opposite. And after it's done there's nothing left to do but bemoan the fact that our forests have once again been robbed and raped because you can't get it back once it's cut. Anyone remember the Millenium Grove Sale years ago? That was the one that changed my mind forever and will never allow me to trust anything that you people say. So bite me. Dave's best friend> Another good reason 03.03.2005 - 16:59 to keep the goat in the barn. Its just amazing a person could use so many words and not say a damn thing. Who are the "you people" of which you refer. What a narrow minded point of view. Any body you dissagree with is "you people". I've always wondered if it wasn't the forestry some folks objected to but the people. Blinded by anger. Sounds like bigotry to me. Curious> Naw, Man ... 03.03.2005 - 23:09 ... I totally DON'T rembember Garden Grove. Wow, dude! Don't be such a burn-out. HippieFest1974> |