Awesome comment.
Yeah dude, it’s crazy what these media outfits are doing. This type of reporting is only obscuring the reality of what’s currently happened in the forests. A major event / public outreach gathering(s) are in order to combat the false messaging….

I said, “The Associated Press isn’t known for it’s accuracy. As long as timber companies are assaulting the forest the timber wars are not over.”

I told him that Green Diamond is rapidly clear-cutting the redwoods, proposing developments, and that they’ve been hiding in the shadow of Maxxam/Pacific Lumber for years.

When I was in mid-sentence, a wing-nut wearing sunglasses and buddhist prayer beads walked up and interrupted me, thought he was trying to get my attention I ignored him and finished.

He then demanded my attention, questioning me about who our target audience was. He also said that if we stopped believing that the forest was going to be cut down then it would stop happening. The reporter grew bored of this and left.

One thing to note is that the tablers weren’t asking for money that day, people were just walking up and handing them donations the tablers. Some people around here are still aware of the seriousness of the situation. Anyone who knows about Green Diamond knows there are still major problems. They have pissed a lot of folks off in this county, esp those who live near their land.

Though the continual decline of the Spotted Owl Species is gaining little attention, people are hearing about the Salmon die-offs through mainstream and alternative media, and word of mouth.

I guess my main point is that the mainstream media appears to be fictionalizing this story. The tree-sitters in Nanning are still there waiting out the logging permit. Clearcutting is still going on and Timber companies are still threatening Old-growth trees.

The Timber Wars didn’t start with the Hurwitz and they didn’t end with his exit.