The Biscuit Campaign is Stoked!

Wild Siskiyou Action, 11.07.2005 18:29

The widespread grass-roots campain to save the Siskiyou’s has a long history of civil disobedience and direct action, and our hopes are high for our new site of resistence and tree-sit! This is a great time to get involved if you’ve been thinking of coming out, as we have an action camp starting Tuesday, July 12th. People from all over are gathering together to support the current sit as well as participate in extensive direct action plans.

The Biscuit campaign has been preparing and working to make this new site of civil disobedience and resistence public. Lots of planning and organizing rewards us with making this announcement to everyone interested - we are ready for your help!

We expect things to escalate over the coming week, so please come on out, and be prepared for:
*camping, including fluctuating and sometimes cold/very hot weather
*hiking
*we will have some food to share, but please bring whatever donations you have
*understandably, many folks have very close canine friends - please consider leaving your friend at home as we have had some issues with dogs at camp recently
*inspired folks who want to work together to save the forest!

To The Camp!
* From I5 take the Merlin exit
* Head West on the Galice Rd
you will cross the Rogue river and pass Indian Mary campground
* Left on Forest Service 25 Rd (also known as Taylor Creek Valley Rd, Briggs Rd)
* Go 10.5 miles, take a right at the juncture onto the 2510 rd
* Follow detour signs - the next juncture is about 4 m away - stay straight onto the 2402 rd
* Left after about 3 miles (just follow the detour sign towards the coast)
this is FS rd 23, on some maps it is labeled 34-8-36
* After another approximate 2 miles take a left on the 2411 rd
* Stay Right immmediately after at the Y
* Drive about 1/2 mile until you get to the first quarry. Park and honk, someone should be looking out. If you don't find anyone, hike straight up the hill.

e-mail:: siskiyou@cascadiarising.org
Homepage:: http://02collective.org

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Solidarity 11.07.2005 - 20:36 New tree-sit eh? Nice, keep up the resistance. Just Another Cascadian> Nothing Constructive? Throw a Tantrum! 11.07.2005 - 20:52 I have to wonder what will be the good of a tree sit towards the goald of halting management on public lands. 1) The "take" trees are so far apart in the harvest units, it seems unlikely that a single tree sit would succeed in keeping the fallers from cutting but a few trees that are within the "danger zone" of the tree sit. 2) The Biscuit is a scaled sale. If the purchaser doesn't take the trees, he doesn't have to pay for them. Because of this, the traditional reasoning for staging a tree sit (to cost the purchaser money and thus create disincentive for his purchasing timber sales in the future) doesn't apply. I suspect that, as usual, this action is nothing more than an attempt to gain media attention. Just like a 3-year-old throws a temper tantrum because he cannot properly vocalize what he wants, these activists stage a tree sit because they have nothing constructive to provide to the dialogue. Moon Muffin> Sorry for the sarcasm but 11.07.2005 - 21:13 Your saving the world is getting silly. Is there a purpose or an actual timber sale involved or did we just pick a random dead tree to build a tree fort in? But seriously folks you won & Biscuit is history. The value is all but gone and there has been (in the big picture) almost no activity in the three years since it burnt. But don't take my word for it. That rascally John West is libel to tip the balance of the universe if you all don't march out there in force to keep an eye on the SOB. Hell even with no value those timber kooks might just despoil it for sport. They're all evil ya know. Sap Rotted Flat Head Borer> UPDATE on Directions 12.07.2005 - 10:56 The little steep hill (actually a berm) has been removed by a bulldozer, so unless you keep an eye out for the road cut that the bulldozer made through it, you'll miss it. Better directions: As you're driving down the 027 road, the ridgeline is to your right and the valley is to your left. Right about where the pullout is the uphill side will drop, so it will be downhill on both sides of the road. That's the place to stop. If you drive past the helipad, you've gone too far. Follow the rest of the directions above. Hope that all made sense... WSA-ian> Directions 12.07.2005 - 11:36 ... As you're driving down the 027 road, you'll see and endless snag field to your left and and endless snag field to your right ... Don Juan> Directions Cont. 12.07.2005 - 13:00 ... if you're looking for a harvest unit, you may miss it due to it's extremely small size and the presence of a large number of leave snags. Instead, simply follow the scent of patchouli oil and the sound of banging pots and pans ... Coyote> Again????/ 13.07.2005 - 13:33 Are we going through this again???? Well I hope that the Mother Nature doesn't send out a "Freak Storm" and blow down those trees with weakened roots.... Hey maybe I'll join you....Hey John could you cut the one on the right so I can have a tree to sit on also......Did anyone get parking permits???????? Chane Sau> And the boy did. 13.07.2005 - 21:19 "I don't need very much now," said the boy, "just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired." "Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could, "well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest." And the boy did. And the tree was happy. Moon Muffin> I had 15.07.2005 - 14:29 forgotten about that story. Thank you, I've always loved it. Curious>