Apparently, more focus can be on the persons in the tree, than those on the ground.

How many folks are needed on the ground usually, to support one person in the tree?

Cheers,

M. D. Vaden of Oregon

http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_climbing.shtml

i miss nanning like nothing else by alaska, and i hope to see fern gully one day. there’s nothing like the morning view from grandma.

Was there any kind of negotiating before everyone hopped in bed with the media and HRC/MRC?

We had a chance to protect the groves forever. Why did the people who were involved at that crucial point in time blow it?

I promise, I’m not a complete pessimist. I’m stoked about our victories and how they will inspire others to take action.

But the energies that went into defending both actions were not meant to make a greenwashed company more money from a better public image. Furthurmore, the media message that we “Saved the Redwoods” again just like with Julia Butterfly, Headwaters, etc. furthur confuses the public into believing that our redwood forests are protected.

As you know SF, they are not protected. And HRC/MRC is not a green company. I will not compromise to herbicides and clearcuts for a photo op with a snake.

The message that our actions were trying to convey the past 3-6 years was never picked up by the major media because the public was already saturated with Treesits and Butterflies from the past two decades.
Our big opportunity to propel our message of the continued assault on our redwoods turned into a Chevronesque feel good advertisement for the GAP.

That’s what makes me sick.

But we did it. We saved Spooner. And Libertal. And Grandma. And Her Majesty. And the minute amount of big trees left on PL property. And I’d do it again if I knew that this would be the outcome. No matter what the outcome, it is still a victory worth every effort that we made.

See you at action camp:)

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated. I look forward to meeting you and talking about the movement in person. Congrats on the success! I know that you were/are a major part of the defense throughout the years.

Let’s hear it for ALL of the hundreds of people that have been involved with Nanning and Fern Gully over the past 3-6 years.

Most importantly, let’s remember the thousands of those who have been saving Humboldt’s forests over the past two decades, and pay our respects to those who have given their lives for our trees, such as Jungle and Gypsy.

Everyone knew the Nanning and Fern Gully THP’s would eventally time out and expire. That was the minor goal.

The major goal was to permenantly protect these areas, aside of course from token verbal promises from a salesman representing a greenwashed corporation that is still clearcutting on steep slopes and using herbicides.

How is that a victory? What kind of compromise is that for an EarthFirster!?

Nothing has been set in stone as far as permenant protections for these two groves. If HRC was serious about saving the last large stands of Old Growth left on Old PL property, they would take permenant steps to protect the future of these groves.

MRC came to Humboldt to make money. When the importance of profit shifts from their focus on public relations, they will change their “green” tune.

See you for the 5-7 year THP renewal reunion.