Tree-sit Video Released

Here is a new video from the Humboldt tree-sit in the McKay tract.

Tree-sitter Arrested in Richardson Grove

A tree-sitter that goes by the forest name "Ozark" was arrested early this morning, as he attempted to climb a redwood tree in the southern part of Richardson Grove State Park. The activist whose real name is Lucas Wright was arrested by a park ranger on a misdeameanor charge of climbing more than 10 feet in a tree. Wright was one of the people who sat in trees in Freshwater in 2003.

Green Diamond to Clearcut near Grizzly Creek

Green Diamond Resource Company is proposing several clearcuts in a Marbled Murrelet buffer area near grizzly Creek State Park. Forest defenders that are monitoring timber plans on the North Coast, hiked in three units of THP 1-11-026. Unit A contains several residual old-growth trees, mixed in with 60-80 year old second growth.

May Day at Richardson Grove

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Photos from the Stop CalTrans Rally

Here are some photos that I took yesterday at the rally yesterday at the CalTrans headquarters in Eureka. One protester was arrested after climbing on the roof. She was hoping to lock to other activists, but the police took the ladder down before anyone else could climb it. Some of the protester then marched to the jail to demand her release, but she was let go before they got there.

Lawsuit Delays CalTrans Project

From saverichardsongrove.blogspot.com:

Federal case against Caltrans is awarded injunction until July 2011 in which project bidding may commence unless Caltrans is found to have violated environmental regulations. Which they have, in the Richardson Grove "Improvement" Project(RIP) Environmental Impact Report(EIR).

Bidding for the RIP cannot commence until July 2011 and any type of road work, vegetation removal, etc. for the RIP until after 30 days after the project goes to bid.

Many thanks to EPIC, CATS and The Center for Biological Diversity for their hard work on this very important matter. Please help support the Federal case against Caltrans by donating to these well respected non-profit environmental organizations.

It is very important to continue to put pressure on Caltrans with direct action to stop this project...

Another Rally at CalTrans HQ on Monday

From RGAN: "This Monday, April 18th, at noon in Eureka on the corner of Wabash and Union, we are mobilizing a second mass rally at the CalTrans District 1 Head Quarters. April 18th is when CalTrans has stated it will be conducting the bidding process for sub-contractors wishing to take part in the main phase of construction to widen Highway 101 through Richardson Grove State Park."

Six Arrested Today in Richardson Grove Protest

Six activists were arrested this morning while protesting against the widening of Highway 101, at the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors meeting in Eureka. The Times-Standard has the story and photos here.

Richardson Grove Action Meeting Today

Time	Wednesday, March 2 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location	Eureka First United Methodist Church 520 Del Norte Street (F and Del Norte St.)
More Info	From: Richardson Grove Action Now > Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 4:23:41 PM Subject: Wed, March 2: Richardson Grove Action Now MEETING ...Richardson Grove Action Now [RGAN] invites you to a meeting at 6pm on Wednesday, March 2nd in Eureka. Because we've been receiving phone calls, emails, inquiries and support, and because we want to build a powerful and successful movement of the people to STOP the highway widening through Richardson Grove, we hope you'll participate in this Wednesday's meeting. This is the first RGAN meeting open to anyone interested in stopping CalTrans' federally-funded project through the Grove. Please invite friends, neighbors, co-workers, and family members who are also interested in stopping the project. Time is running... Our communities have varying, yet all critical, reasons to oppose the road widening project. Richardson Grove Action Now has been attempting to expose all of those reasons and believes that the project must and WILL be stopped by many of us taking action, regardless of the different focuses for opposition. Between now and Wednesday, please: 1) talk to more people about coming to the meeting, 2) think about your part in emergency community action to stop CalTrans if CalTrans starts physically beginning work for the road widening. Wednesday's meeting: 6:00pm at the Eureka First United Methodist Church 520 Del Norte Street (F and Del Norte St.) There will be food. Please bring a potluck dish, if you can. Feel free to call us anytime: (707) 602-7551 or email: rgroveactionnnow@gmail.com We are organizing every day.

Banner Hung Across Hwy. 101 at Richardson Grove

People were gathering for a rally in Garberville at noon, when word came of an action starting at Richardson Grove. So everyone got in their cars and moved the rally to Highway 101, where two climbers were sitting in a tree with a large banner stretched across the highway. At least sixty Richardson Grove supporters were there, holding signs and waving to passing vehicles. The banner said " NO ROAD WIDENING. CALTRANS LIES RUINS OUR LIVES." After I left, I heard that calls were coming in that said there were about 20 California Highway Patrol vehicles sitting just south of the grove, with two officers in each vehicle.