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Oddly Shaped Forest Clearcut and Replanting Near Mount Lassen, CA - Literally Hundreds of Rectangular Clearcuts... Invisible from the Road... Visible From Space! and the Movie "Clearcut Nation" all about this Land...

 

Streetview CA44 near Mount Lassen
Streetview of Highway 44
Note That You Cannot See the Logging
FROM THE ROAD.

clearcut and replanting near Lassen
Satellite Photo from Far Away

Closer View of the Clearcut and Replanting
Closer View of the Clearcut and Replanting

Note the Shadows: Tall Trees and Newly Planted Short Ones
Note the Shadows: Tall Trees and Newly Planted Short Ones

Satellite View of the Entire Lassen Park and foothills
Satellite View of the Entire Lassen Park and Foothills

Clearcut Nation - the Movie

'Clearcut Nation' illuminates the decades of destructive logging practices which have been approved in the watersheds and forests of California--the watersheds that support all of the life in the state. It focuses on the Battle Creek watershed in Shasta and Tehama counties as an example, but overall is about how we treat, and relate to, the natural world. It includes interviews with author Derrick Jensen, botanist Julie Kierstead Nelson, PhD fire and vegetation ecologist Dennis Odion, PhD hydrologist Tom Myers, wildlife biologist Monica Bond, and rural residents who have experienced the vast changes to the land. This film is based on 8 years of research and field work, as well as decades of life experience in the wild lands of California. More info: www.thebattlecreekalliance.org A film by Marily Woodhouse, Battle Creek Alliance Battle Creek Alliance, northern California, Shasta County


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SE Said:
My dad told me the most interesting story, and I thought I'd share.
There used to be a world famous violinist named Yehudi Menuhin, and at one point in time, he lived in Los Gatos. He spent a lot of time on tour, and he would ship his own personal Steinway piano all over the world to be played by his accompanist in his concerts. After the tour, the piano would be shipped back to Los Gatos. He had the phone number which was later acquired by my family in the 1960's, before my time. My dad said that every once in a while, someone would call and ask, "Where do you want us to deliver the piano?"
To this day, my parents still have that same phone number.

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Many people have their piano shipped from one concert to the next at GREAT EXPENSE - You have to hire a Person to tune it... That's a Full time Job if You're on the road with a Famous Band... All that moving and temperature changes put the instrument out of tune... SO... One Day Stevie Wonder was Talking to Raymond Kurzweil (the man who made a book reader for Blind People) and Stevie Said: Build me a Really Great Portable Electronic Piano... and So... Kurzweil and Moog built one... and TRULY... It's a Fantastic Instrument... and the Piano Tuner Got Laid Off... https://kurzweil.com/

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Photographs of Clearcut Logging in Arcata CA on Fickle Hill Road - and Horses, Goats and Redwood Park - an interesting Drive Up The Mountain...

clearcut satellite imagery google

Drive up 11th street past the Arcata Community Forest about 4 miles.
 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road
If you ever want to have a private conversation, meet your friend at a campfire in the woods. No cellphone surveillance, No email hacking, No spy cameras, No secret microphones... The Campfire is not absolutely required... but FUN! This also works at the Office. Outside there is usually a smoking area near the dumpster, just ask a friend to ‘step into my office’ and go outside for a private conversation. #ELF #EarthFirst! #deepecology #violet #overgrow #purple64ets

Goofy Text Art Man Bicycle Playing Cards FOR SALE.
MirrorFun Cartoon of a Text Art Man on a Lightning Bolt Background...


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


 logging near Arcata, CA on Fickle Hill Road


Successful Logging Protest in Los Gatos, California... Neighbors Against Irresponsible Logging Used Google Earth to Raise Awareness of Logging Plan. From Lexington Reservoir to Lake Ellsman on Los Gatos Creek. 

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/03/logging-protest-in-los-gatos-california.html



Redwood Park near Arcata, CA
Redwood Park in Arcata, CA
NOT Logged


Redwood Park near Arcata, CA
inside Redwood Park looking at a HSU office building


Redwood Park near Arcata, CA

Tree Sit Ecology Protest at Freshwater, near Eureka, CA 2003 - Earth First! - Complete Text of a Newspaper Article I wrote for the Humboldt State University Lumberjack. and Photographs...

HEADLINE: 8 arrested March 18th in Freshwater tree-sit. Trees chainsawed to death.




goats
Goats on Fickle Hill Road - Arcata, CA


horses
Horses on Fickle Hill Road - Arcata, CA

It's a Sunny and Warm Climate up there on the Mountain. These pictures were taken on a day that was Foggy and Cool down here in the Tsunami Zone.


reflection of me in the Schatz Lab Window on HSU Campus
self-portrait at the Schatz Energy Research Center Humboldt State University Arcata CA. Double Pane Windows cause a Visual Echo.


Photo on Campus at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA
Looking at the greenhouse and dome from the top of the hill behind CCAT on HSU campus in Arcata CA


Photo on Campus at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA
Campus Center for Appropriate Technology at Humboldt State University in Arcata CA


Photo on Campus at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA
CCAT HSU


Photo of Beautiful Houses Near Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA
Beautiful Houses in Arcata CA


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Tree Sitters Protest Lignite Coal Mine in Germany - German Energy Giant RWE Agrees to Halt Logging in Hambach Forest... The Protests Worked!



Photo of a Truck hauling a Big Grey Box at PGE Atomic Power Plant on the Humboldt Bay, Eureka, CA - It's Decommissioned


I wonder where they are taking the atomic waste in those Big Grey Boxes...
They move about six boxes a day...

While decommissioning the building they have to dispose of the materials that they built the power plant with... Concrete, steel and plastic...

That's what's in the big grey boxes that travel North from Eureka


Seven Explosions Happened near the Transformers at the Top Right of the Photo late one night.
I checked with PG&E via Email and they said that there was NO LEAK of Radioactive material.
They store spent fuel rods in a pool.

7 Explosions at Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant.near King Salmon, CA. I saw 4 green explosions on the South Side of the PG&E Plant then about 10 seconds later three white Explosions. The electric power went out in King Salmon and Humboldt Hill. It is now restored. April 12th 2016 9PM California time.
Parked there for an Hour on 4/6/2016. About 12 trucks a day leave King Salmon, CA
In my opinion... The power plant gets overloaded whenever people start up a Marijuana Grow House. The farmers steal electricity for their grow lights and that unregulated surge blows up the transformers.

PG&E Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant after 7 Explosions 4/12/2016

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Tree Sit Ecology Protest at Freshwater, near Eureka, CA 2003 - Earth First! - Complete Text of a Newspaper Article I wrote for the Humboldt State University Lumberjack. and Photographs...

HEADLINE: 8 arrested March 18th in Freshwater tree-sit. Trees chainsawed to death.

clearcut logging
Freshwater Clearcut Logging near Eureka, CA

This morning I drove to Beautiful Freshwater (near Eureka, California) to visit the Tree Sitters. There were 10 sheriff's cars and 5 highway patrol cars. I saw 3 people handcuffed and then put in a sheriff's van. One person down the road was handcuffed and in the custody of a different sheriff. This lady was wearing "press" dogtags and was complaining that all she was doing was taking photographs. There were about 40 people standing around, talking on cell phones and playing drums. I could hear the sound of chainsawing. Then a large tree fell over. It makes a tearing sound then a big thump and a wail arose from the people. When four highway patrol cars stopped in the middle of the crowd and turned on their spinning lights, I left.(I was afraid of the police...protect and serve...corporations) As I was walking to my truck I noticed another highway patrolman writing tickets. I asked a citizen what that was all about and he said "don't worry about getting a parking ticket, none of these people will pay them anyway". I am concerned about the highway patrol being there. THERE CLEARLY WERE NO HIGHWAY RELATED PROBLEMS THERE. What's up with parking tickets? We were in the middle of the forest.


Tree Sit Ecology Protest in Freshwater California Near Eureka. Photograph by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan - EARTH FIRST! - Save the Redwoods

Tree Sit Ecology Protest in Freshwater California Near Eureka. Photograph by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan - EARTH FIRST! - Save the Redwoods

Tree Sit Ecology Protest in Freshwater California Near Eureka. Photograph by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan - EARTH FIRST! - Save the Redwoods

Tree Sit Ecology Protest in Freshwater California Near Eureka. Photograph by gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan - EARTH FIRST! - Save the Redwoods

...this part written later that night...
We went to a protest to defend redwood trees today. There are 8 people that are camping at the top of redwood trees to prevent loggers from chainsawing the trees. The owners of the forest (Palco/MAXXAM) hired a guy (eric schatz)to climb up the trees and forcibly evict the trespassers. Then the Humboldt county sheriff's arrest the tree-sitters and send them to jail. Yesterday, there were 7 tree sitters and the police arrested 3 people. Then, during the night, 4 people went up. The grand total of people INCREASED. The loggers started chainsawing at the bottom of a tree that had people camping in it. This action enraged the crowd. We feel that if a logger cuts down a tree with a person in it that it is dangerous to that person. The loggers cut away a 2 foot circle of bark all the way around the tree. Someone said that was called "girthing" and the purpose was to kill the tree. My wife decided that some medicine was needed for the tree, so we went to the hardware store and bought a bucket of "tree wound" compound. It is used to seal the bare wood after pruning. We drove back to the ecology protest and she (with help from others) spread the healing compound on the bare wood. I got to spend a lot of time talking to a knowledgeable fellow named "Atilla". He said that the MAXXAM corporation has to cut down redwood trees in order to pay the interest on a giant "junk bond" debt. MAXXAM, a texas corporation, purchased the Pacific Lumber Company about 10 years ago in a hostile takeover financed by "junk bonds" that they got from Mike Milken. (remember, Ivan Boesky and Mike went to jail for wall street fraud) I saw on the News tonight that our governor, Gray Davis, has ordered the highway patrol to work 12 hour shifts to help defend the state of California from "terrorist" attacks. GEE, WHY WERE ALL THOSE CHPs OUT IN THE FOREST TODAY ? WHAT TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE THEY DEFENDING US FROM ? Atilla also told me why there were large trucks that look like they carry sand. They are used to haul gravel to build logging roads. After I left the protest in the morning, I drove way back into the woods and noticed large orange trucks with PALCO on the doors. The reason Palco hired a subcontractor (eric schatz)to do "tree service" is to protect themselves from lawsuits in case anyone gets hurt.
How to get there: From highway 101 traveling North, Take the Myrtle ave exit in Eureka and drive to Freshwater road. Take a right and then an IMMEDIATE left onto Greenwood Heights road. Drive 2 miles. When you see all the sheriff cars, you are there. From Arcata, travel south on 101 to Indianola cutoff. Take a left and drive to Myrtle ave. Take a right on Myrtle. Left on Freshwater road.
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Pile of Wasted Trees


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Logging Road near Eureka, CA


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View of Humboldt Bay from Greenwood Heights Road, Freshwater, CA
MEME gvan42 Trees

Great Books: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Illustrated by Robert Crumb


This Book Inspired the Ecology Organization Earth First!
Read it and be inspired too. 



Two members of the Ecology Group Earth First! were bombed by the FBI in Oakland. There was a Trial and the FBI agreed to award the Survivor a large cash settlement but denied doing anything wrong. Judi Beri died and  Darryl Cherney Survived. He has retired from Activism but still performs as the leader of a musical group. They sing satire protest songs...

Interesting Movie: Who Bombed Judi Bari? 
Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for Redwood Summer. They sued the FBI for violations of the First Amendment, claiming the FBI knew they were innocent but arrested them to try to silence them. Having survived the bomb but now stricken by cancer, Judi Bari, a leader of the movement to save California's old growth redwoods, gives her on-camera, deathbed testimony about the attempt on her life and her colorful organizing history with the radical environmental movement Earth First.
—Anonymous

Who Bombed Judi Bari? is an American historical documentary about an assassination attempt on the life of Judi Bari, an American environmental and labor activist, which occurred on May 24, 1990.[1]
While driving through Oakland, California on their way to a benefit concert for the Redwood Summer campaign to save California's coast redwood trees, Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were injured when a pipe bomb detonated under the driver's seat of their car.[2] Bari, who was driving, was critically injured. Oakland police and the FBI approached the explosion as a terrorist incident, arrested Bari and Cherney, and tried to prove that they were transporting their own explosive device which accidentally detonated. The two were never charged with a crime. In 2002 they won a lawsuit and were awarded $4.4 million for civil rights violations by the FBI and Oakland Police Department.[3] The authorities allegedly did not investigate any other suspects.[1] Discovery during the lawsuit revealed crime scene photos that clearly showed the bomb was located under Bari's seat, not in the back seat as investigators had alleged.[1]
In 2012, a federal judge ordered the FBI not to destroy another pipe bomb that had only partially detonated at a lumber mill about a week before the car bombing, which investigators agreed had been built by the same bomber. Attorney for Darryl Cherney, Ben Rosenfeld, had requested that an outside lab perform DNA testing on the Cloverdale bomb, which the FBI claimed it had never performed, a request which the judge upheld.[4]


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Photographs of Antique Logging Equipment in Eureka, California - Steam Driven Machines used in the Timber Industry. Including the Dolbeer Steam Donkey.

An Exhibit by the Timber Heritage Association

https://timberheritage.org/

Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Antique Tractor used to Haul Logs

Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Buffalo Springfield Paving Machine
The Band Named Themselves After a Tractor...
I Guess That Made Sense in the Sixties...


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Machine designed to Pick Up a Log


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Chopping Competition - Hand Ax


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Dolbeer Steam Donkey
a Machine designed to haul logs out of the forest
replaced animal power


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Steam Train used to haul logs


Antique Logging Equipment Show in Eureka, CA - photograph - Redwood Acres Fair Ground - gvan42
Dolbeer Steam Donkey
Let's use The Bark from Redwood Trees to Prevent Weeds instead of RoundUP! We use Bark in our garden and it works great. AND! It doesn't kill people... It's a One Time Cost for the Farmer and the Money is Kept within the State of California... Currently, a Giant Barge of Redwood Bark and wood chips Leaves Eureka, California Every Week headed for China... We also ship entire logs... They don't want the logs sawed up into boards because they have their own sawmills... and it's cheaper to employ Chinese Slaves to do the Work. 

Farmers have to pay for RoundUP every year and The Costs of all those Lawsuits MUST be passed on to the Farmers and the people that buy the Food. AND! We Eat That Poison! We could have healthier Food if we just used Redwood Bark and Wood Chips to Prevent Weeds. 


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BIOMASS Electric Power Plants Could Dispose of the Millions of Dead Trees in California that are a Fire Hazard. Before we have another Disastrous Wildfire like we had in Paradise last summer, we could remove the fuel from the forests and use it to generate electricity. 

"The number of biomass plants, another option for disposing of trees, has fallen to about two dozen from 66 in the 1990s, in part due to the expiration of government price subsidies." - according to the California Energy Commission.


Why not REOPEN those unused BIOMASS plants and clean up our forests before we have a Disaster? 

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Photographs of the Avenue of the Giants - on the Eel River Humboldt County California - Chainsaw Carving of Bigfoot - Dolos make the Harbor Jetty


Mom's Car under the trees

Eel River

Chainsaw Carving of Bigfoot at the Elfin Glen Gift shop on Highway 101

July 4th Carnival

Dolos - giant Concrete Shapes
used to Make The Jetty Protecting
the Channel into Humboldt Bay

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OX
at the Trees of Mystery

Mural of St Francis in Willits

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Sculptures at the Trees Of Mystery - Roadside Attraction - Highway 101 Northern California - One Adventure That I Failed to Do was RIDE the SKY RIDE... It's Gondolas That Float thru the Redwood Trees High above the Ground... OOPS! Next Time I Go I'll Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride!

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OX


Mural of Salmon at
The Forest Cafe across the street

Redwood Trees 

https://www.treesofmystery.net/

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