Since Feb 15, 2019, we – activists from the Hambach Forest – have been occupying the Eppenberg Forest. An area of 40 acres is supposed to be cut down for an industrial area despite the fact that there are industrial areas nearby that have large, unsold parts.
…Tropical deforestation would the third-largest contributor to global warming if it were considered a country, outpacing the entire EU.
A 15.6 cutblock, featuring old-growth forest with monumental redcedars and Douglas-firs, is being logged by Teal Jones Group and adds to the over 75 hectares of old-growth forest the company has logged on Edinburgh Mountain since 2016.
Please help us stop extensive logging of large trees and old growth forest, and destruction of watershed integrity and habitat for marten, Threatened Steelhead and Bull trout, Sensitive Columbia Spotted frogs, and more. Located in the Malheur National Forest, about 9 miles North of Prairie City, OR lie the Ragged Ruby timber sale. Despite past heavy logging in parts of the this “project area,” the area still contains magnificent creeks with critical habitat species such as Threatened Steelhead and Bull trout.
While Trump and his administration steadily mount new offensives against wild lands and the environmental regulations that are meant to protect them, the news of planned ecological devastation is overwhelming. Yet those of us working with Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project are organizing rather than just mourning. We are developing effective legal strategies, planning to increase our capacity as an organization to take on a greatly increasing workload, trying to reach more people in person and through social media, and engaging in movement-building.
submitted to the Earth First! Newswire from IndyBay Nov. 19, 2018 Humboldt County, CA—After putting up a tree-sit 100’ high in an active Sierra Pacific Industries‘ (SPI) logging plan last Thursday, about a dozen forest defenders were on the ground in the plan this morning, resulting in the shutting down of the logging activity. The […]
Today Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) declared its territory to be an Indigenous Sovereignty and Protected Area. The new “Grassy Narrows Land Declaration” bans all industrial logging in Grassy Narrows’ Territory and asserts that Grassy Narrows will make their own land use decisions.
Logs, branches and leaves blocked the door of Bogota’s Prosecutor’s Office Wednesday after activists erected an “environmental graveyard” in a demonstration against deforestation in Colombia’s Amazon.
Suddenly a big rig truck with its bed folded up came from the mill and without slowing, plowed through the 15 ft. long banner, being held by people at either side, with others gathered around the banner.
Information will be updated on the Save the Mattole Ancient Forest Facebook page, and at the action line: 707-336-2231.