North Coast Earth First!
August 20, 2005
The Fern Gully tree-village is still up and running, as we move through the summer of 2005. Fern Gully, located in the Freshwater Creek watershed, is home to several old-growth redwoods, endangered plants and animals, and several tree-sitters. The spirit of non-violent civil disobedience and direct action lives on! (read more)


North Coast Earth First!
April 4, 2005
As we move through the winter of 2004-2005, the tree-sitters in the Freshwater Creek and Mattole River watersheds continue to maintain their vigils. A tree-sitter named "Willow" has surpassed his one-year anniversary (Nov. 11, '04) in "Jerry," one of the old-growth redwood trees remaining in the "Upper Village" of Freshwater Creek. In addition to the Jerry tree, three more ancient redwoods stand in Upper Village, so close to a public road that they are most likely in the public easement, yet Maxxam/Pacific Lumber claims to own them and plans to destroy them. (read more)


North Coast Earth First!: Aradia Tree-Sit Comes To An
December 8, 2004
On September 25th, 2004, the Aradia Grove on Gypsy Mountain was raided by Maxxam Corp./Pacific Lumber Co. Three activists were forcibly removed by the contract extraction team (led by Eric Schatz), and the Aradia tree, along with the surrounding pristine grove, was clearcut. (read more)


North Coast Earth First!
September 6, 2004
This summer has seen constant vigilance in the treetops, with several ongoing sits in the Freshwater and "Gypsy Mountain"/Van Duzen River watersheds. Tree-sitters in the "Jerry," "Everstine/Diversity," "Anastasia," and "Presidia" trees, all in Freshwater, and "Aradia," on Gypsy Mountain, have continually occupied the canopies of these old-growth redwood trees, doing everything in their power to save these ancient wonders. (read more)


Earth First! Keeps Up Its Forest Defense
July 17, 2000

While Governor Davis continues to add Corporate Timber dollars to his war chest, the forests of the North Coast continue to be ravaged by chainsaws. The Hole in Headwaters is one of many areas sacrificed by the Headwaters deal, and as other stories in this Update report, a timber harvest plan is pending here. North Coast Earth First! (NCEF!) is prepared to defend the 705-acre area, home to one of the five remaining Coho salmon spawning runs in the state. (read more)



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