I just got these pictures from the protest in the Elliott State Forest along with this update from Cascadia Forestdefenders: Report just in :
Police staging area spotted, more then 40 multi agency trucks, Cherry Picker, and FBI involvement.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Protesters Block Logging Roads in Oregon
From Cascadia Forest Defenders:
Tuesday, July 26th, Coos County , Oregon
Early Tuesday morning a number of activists with Cascadia Forest Defenders, and Cascadia Earth First! unfolded a series of road blockades in the Elliott State Forest, located in Coos County, closing access points to timber sales along the west fork of the Millicoma River. The blockades consist of an array of Tree-sits and ground level locking devices. The activists are prepared to block logging in this sensitive eco-system for as long as necessary.
The sales are all slated for clear-cut logging, and are areas of native forest that have never before seen a chain saw. They exist on steep slopes where erosion from logging threatens to further damage Salmon habitat, as well as devastate already dwindling numbers of protected species such as the Marbled Murrelet and the Northern Spotted Owl. Native forests refers to forest that has never before been logged, but can include forests that have experienced wildfire. Please see www.forestdefensenow.com for regular updates on this developing situation.
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