We Save Trees

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Raising Awareness About

Corporate Industrial
Forestry Practices
Through Education,
Exploration, and Non-
Violent Direct Action.
Our Mission
 Our Mission
• Protecting Ancient Forest Ecosystems through nonviolent direct action
 Our Mission
• Protecting Ancient Forest Ecosystems through nonviolent direct action
• Educating the public about the effects of corporate industrial logging
and the struggle to stop the destruction
 Forest Defenders Ask Pacific Lumber To
Follow Four Points of Sustainable Forestry.
 Forest Defenders Ask Pacific Lumber To
Follow Four Points of Sustainable Forestry.

•No clearcutting
 Forest Defenders Ask Pacific Lumber To
Follow Four Points of Sustainable Forestry.

•No clearcutting
•No cutting oldgrowth
 Forest Defenders Ask Pacific Lumber To
Follow Four Points of Sustainable Forestry.

•No clearcutting
•No cutting oldgrowth
•No cutting on steep and
unstable slopes
 Forest Defenders Ask Pacific Lumber To
Follow Four Points of Sustainable Forestry.

•No clearcutting
•No cutting oldgrowth
•No cutting on steep and
unstable slopes
•No use of herbicides
 Effects Of Clearcutting
• Increased Siltation
 Effects Of Clearcutting
• Increased Siltation
• Loss of Animal Habitat
 Effects Of Clearcutting
• Increased Siltation
• Loss of Animal Habitat
• Fragmentation of Migratory
Corridors
 Effects Of Clearcutting
• Increased Siltation
• Loss of Animal Habitat
• Fragmentation of Migratory
Corridors
• Loss Of Biodiversity
 Effects Of Clearcutting
• Increased Siltation
• Loss of Animal Habitat
• Fragmentation of Migratory
Corridors
• Loss Of Biodiversity
• Increase in Greenhouse Effects
 Effects of Logging Oldgrowth
• Loss of Habitat for Species that
only inhabit Oldgrowth Forests
 Effects of Logging Oldgrowth
• Loss of Habitat for Species that
only inhabit Oldgrowth Forests
• Loss Of Bio-Diversity
 Effects of Logging Oldgrowth
• Loss of Habitat for Species that
only inhabit Oldgrowth Forests
• Loss Of Bio-Diversity
• Loss of the Only 3% of
oldgrowth remaining
 Effects of Logging Oldgrowth
• Loss of Habitat for Species that
only inhabit Oldgrowth Forests
• Loss Of Bio-Diversity
• Loss of the Only 3% of
oldgrowth remaining
• Loss of irreplaceable anceint
beings
 Effects Of Logging Steep and
Unstable Slopes
• Landslides
 Effects Of Logging Steep and
Unstable Slopes
• Landslides
• Increase 0f silt deposits in
waterways
 Effects Of Logging Steep and
Unstable Slopes
• Landslides
• Increase 0f silt deposits in
waterways
• Loss of Aquatic Species
Habitat
 Effects Of Logging Steep and
Unstable Slopes
• Landslides
• Increase 0f silt deposits in
waterways
• Loss of Aquatic Species
Habitat
• Degradation of
Downstream Water
Quality
 Effects of herbicide use
• Toxins leach into watersheds
destroying animal habitat and
human drinking water
 Effects of herbicide use
• Toxins leach into watersheds
destroying animal habitat and
human drinking water
• Hundreds of gallons of diesel
fuel are used to propel the
herbicides
 Effects of herbicide use
• Toxins leach into watersheds
destroying animal habitat and
human drinking water
• Hundreds of gallons of diesel
fuel are used to propel the
herbicides
• non-english speaking
Immigrants are often employed
to apply herbicides
 The maxxam takeover
• Maxxam ceo, Charles Hurwitz, looted and crashed
a Savings and Loan, costing U.S. taxpayers $1.6
billion!
 The maxxam takeover
• Maxxam ceo, Charles Hurwitz, looted and crashed
a Savings and Loan, costing U.S. taxpayers $1.6
billion!
• With money from the S & L scandel, Hurwitz
engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber
Company in 1985
 The maxxam takeover
• Maxxam ceo, Charles Hurwitz, looted and crashed
a Savings and Loan, costing U.S. taxpayers $1.6
billion!
• With money from the S & L scandel, Hurwitz
engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber
Company in 1985
• Before the takeover pacific lumber was a family
owned business that practiced fairly sustainable
logging for generations
 The maxxam takeover
• Maxxam ceo, Charles Hurwitz, looted and crashed
a Savings and Loan, costing U.S. taxpayers $1.6
billion!
• With money from the S & L scandel, Hurwitz
engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber
Company in 1985
• Before the takeover pacific lumber was a family
owned business that practiced fairly sustainable
logging for generations
• After the takeover maxxam tripled the rate of
logging for the quick cash hurwitz needed to make
his pressing junk bond payments
 The maxxam takeover
• Maxxam ceo, Charles Hurwitz, looted and crashed
a Savings and Loan, costing U.S. taxpayers $1.6
billion!
• With money from the S & L scandel, Hurwitz
engaged in a hostile takeover of the Pacific Lumber
Company in 1985
• Before the takeover pacific lumber was a family
owned business that practiced fairly sustainable
logging for generations
• After the takeover maxxam tripled the rate of
logging for the quick cash hurwitz needed to make
his pressing junk bond payments
• Hurwitz simultaneously raided Pacific Lumber's
worker pension fund, removing $55 million from
the retired loggers and millworkers' nest egg
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
• the pacific lumber company/maxxam
obtained:
– Sustained yield plan (syp)
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
• the pacific lumber company/maxxam
obtained:
– Sustained yield plan (syp)
– Habitat conservation plan (hcp)
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
• the pacific lumber company/maxxam
obtained:
– Sustained yield plan (syp)
– Habitat conservation plan (hcp)
– Incidental take permit (itp)
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
• the pacific lumber company/maxxam
obtained:
– Sustained yield plan (syp)
– Habitat conservation plan (hcp)
– Incidental take permit (itp)
– Stable slopes alternative 25
 The headwaters “deal”
• march 1, 1999
• The headwaters forest - 7,470 acres of
mixed growth forest (42% oldgrowth)
• $380 million paid by the state of
california and the Federal Government
• the pacific lumber company/maxxam
obtained:
– Sustained yield plan (syp)
– Habitat conservation plan (hcp)
– Incidental take permit (itp)
– Stable slopes alternative 25
– 17,000 acres opened for logging
 Litigation
• Humboldt county district
attorney paul gallegos
 litigation
• Humboldt county district
attorney paul gallegos
• Environmental protection
information center (epic)
 litigation
• Humboldt county district
attorney paul gallegos
• Environmental protection
information center (epic)
• Residents who live near Pacific
Lumber land
 Types of forest defense
• Tree sit
 Types of forest defense
• Tree sit
• Road blockade
 Types of forest defense
• Tree sit
• Road blockade
• Worker outreach
 Types of forest defense
• Tree sit
• Road blockade
• Worker outreach
• Creating awareness
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
• Food
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
• Food
• Ground support
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
• Food
• Ground support
• Traversing
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
• Food
• Ground support
• Traversing
• Lock box
 Treesitting
Treesit life
• Gear
• Food
• Ground support
• Traversing
• Lock box
• The other bucket
 Treesit extractions
Pacific lumber hired
climbers
• Are not deputized
 Treesit extractions
Pacific lumber hired
climbers
• Are not deputized
• Do not perform a citizen’s
arrest
 Treesit extractions
Pacific lumber hired
climbers
• Are not deputized
• Do not perform a citizen’s
arrest
• Have been outlawed in
other counties
 Treesit extractions
Dangerous Methods
used
• Pain compliance
 Treesit extractions
Dangerous Methods
used
• Pain compliance
• grinders
 Treesit extractions
Dangerous Methods
used
• Pain compliance
• Grinders
• Death threats
 Treesit extractions
Dangerous Methods
used
• Pain compliance
• Grinders
• Death threats
• Excessive force
 We Save Trees
Contact Information
• [Link]
• treemail@[Link]
• 707-845-5491
• P.O. Box 28
Arcata, CA 95518