To paraphrase St. Francis of Assisi, “Preach nonviolence at all times. Use words if necessary.” In the early morning of Tuesday, July 26, the Cascadia Forest Defenders, Earth First! and other activists put up tree...
Read MoreAfter days of unanswered phone calls to Jim Young of the local district Oregon Department of Forestry office, Barbara Shamet has taken her plea to court. This morning Shamet dropped of a petition for an injunction to stop the logging at the Millicoma Between Sale citing a 2009 pre-op report that lists this location as a ‘high landslide hazard’ that threatens her home.
Read MoreThe question becomes who is ODF really working for? Clearly they are not working to obtain the maximum amount of revenue for the Common Schools Fund and they seem to have no conscience about creating a high landslide hazard by clear cutting a rainforest with high carbon sequestration value that will endanger adjacent homeowners.
Read MoreA major weakness with State Forest timber sales is that they are routinely purchased by the same large corporations. Comparatively low award prices reflect a lack of competition which fosters collusion and price fixing. Scott Timber (Roseburg Forest Products) and Swanson, two of the largest public timber sale purchasers, were the only “qualified bidders” listed for Elkhorn. Scott bought the sale for $273.52 per MBF for the Doug-fir, the bid species, and Swanson was second at $272.88. How conveniently close!
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