Forest & River News - Winter 2009 New name, same great newsletter!* Editor's Note: Cereus Fund 2009 Defending Public Lands: New Era of Yosemite Protection Defending Public Lands: Defending Richardson Grove: A Tribal Perspective Take Action!: Stop a Highway Project Through the Ancient Redwoods Defending Public Lands: The Redwood Curtain Bicycle Run, Part I Wildfire Effects: Wanted Dead or Alive: Fire Scars and Cavities in Old-Growth Trees Diggin' In: The Gienger Report Community-based Forestry: Redwood Transect--The Challenge and the Opportunity Cereus Fund 2009 Book Review: The Rebirth of Environmentalism: Grassroots Activism from the Spotted Owl to the Polar Bear by Douglas Bevington, Published by Island Press Trees Foundation awarded 2009 Sempervirens Award for Lasting Achievement in Environmental Advocacy and much much more...

Upcoming Events Every Friday and Saturday! - SPAWN's Native Plant Nursery February 27, 2009 to November 13, 2010 14th Annual San Francisco Flyway Festival February 5, 2010 to February 7, 2010 Feb 3 - SPAWN monthly meeting in Point Reyes January 3, 2010 to February 4, 2010 • view all upcoming events

Northcoast News Center Botched Logging Around Orleans December 16, 2009 New Water Conservation Partnership Between SPAWN and MMWD Will Promote Rainwater Harvesting in Marin December 3, 2009 Old Growth Protected on Former Pacific Lumber Lands August 19, 2008 • read more from the News Center