"The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was pressured by activists to remove an area with ancient trees that was set to be logged as part of the Poor Windy project"
“This tree sit has exposed the inexcusable malpractice of the BLM and demonstrated the power of community organizing. Direct action is the last line of defense…"
I created some new photo art this morning. 2 new pieces; 1 b/w piece here.
They're visual contrasts between devastating logging #clearcuts & world famous #OldGrowth tree, Big Lonely Doug. These creations are sparked by my lifelong love of ancient #forests & the need to keep protecting them, against government lies & #ecocide industry greed.
Visual contrasts between devastating logging clearcuts & world famous #OldGrowth tree, Big Lonely Doug. These creations are sparked by my lifelong love of ancient #forests & needs to keep protecting them, against government lies & #ecocide industry greed.
Also related, this #LongNow foundation talk about Mother Trees, the social forest and fungal networks by Suzanne Simard, who's also featured in the above docu:
I was 16 yrs old, hadn't showered for over 2 weeks, been arrested/detained shortly before this concert in the woods, by - #MidnightOil - from #Australia. I'll forever remember that protest for #OldGrowth forest protections & free concert in support of the cause of saving old growth forests & support of us, activists🎵 ❤️🌲🌲❤️🌲🌲❤️🎵
War in the Woods was my very first hardcore activism work. I lived up in trees for several days. Chained myself to excavators & logging trucks.
The climate clock ticks toward midnight, yet Canada keeps chopping down its carbon-absorbing #OldGrowth forest and boosting fossil fuel production.
Many protestors see civil disobedience as the only rational response.
And the courts are listening.
Saw a 'young’ #oldgrowth (80+ yrs?) or old second growth Douglas Fir on the drive today. This logging truck appears to be holding the entire tree. The bottom of the tree is the dark log on the top left. Resolution isn’t high enough to see the rings.
I admit I have a hard time with all of it these days. Mostly because I know none of the management is anywhere near sustainable or responsible from an ecosystem perspective.
We spent over a year of our lives in bushes of #VancouverIsland#OldGrowth forests to try & save them. Many of us risked our entire lives to stand up for what's right.
I did 1st of over 100 treesits to try & protect #BritishColumbia old growth from being clearcut. 1993 was 1st time I ever got arrested.
I've been arrested over 200 times since with only 2 charges that stuck.
I am still fighting back against #BCGovernment to this day.
"The Biden administration is moving to conserve groves of #OldGrowth trees on federal land by revising management plans for #NationalForests and grasslands across the U.S. as #ClimateChange amplifies the threats they face from wildfires, insects and disease.
Older forests offer crucial wildlife habitat and other environmental benefits. The timber industry has fought against #logging restrictions on government-owned lands."
What the hell is going on with this country? How do we vote against a cease fire? How do we arrest people for being homeless? Why do we continually subsidized billion dollar corporations? How do we cry poor mouth and claim we can't help people who need assistance while sending billions and billions for one foreign nation to blow up another country?
Three years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the province has made three big recent announcements. 🪵 A Tyee explainer from Zoë Yunker. #OldGrowth#BCPoli
These irreplaceable old growth forests continue to be logged across British Columbia. Over 1,200 people have been arrested trying to keep them standing. #environment#oldgrowth#BC#bcpoli
Much forest has been lost the past 100 years. Not lost like your car keys. But taken, almost all of them by humans, and mostly at an industrial scale that imperils our existence.
Ian Gill’s Q&A with the “Canopy of Titans” authors is in The Tyee.
“In the past 10,000 years, the Earth has lost about a third of its forest, which wouldn’t be so worrying if it weren’t for the fact that almost all that loss has happened in the past 300 years or so.
As much forest has been lost in the past 100 years as in the 9,000 before.”
Industrial #logging companies in California, Oregon, Washington, #BC and Alaska have been world leaders in savaging #OldGrowth forests. They need to stop.