🚀 go-pugleaf

Nevada City just witnessed a similar logging/raping operation brought to
you by the lovely CDF. There are so many private land timber plans being
submitted at the moment that these folks are basically rubber-stamping
everything that crosses their desk. The reason for this is probably
because greedy and ethics-deprived landowners know that once Clinton/Gore
are elected, the logging zeitgeist in this country is going to dramatically
shift to more conservative land use.

Your only hope is to throw everything you have at them. First, organize.
Then contact lots of lawyers, find someone who is willing to go to bat
for you. Start filing for extensions to the plan. Contact the CDF, fax
them letters, call them, visit their offices, make it so they can't get
any other work done. Blanket your community with leaflets. Organize
protests, and get the media involved. We did all of these things, but
after a few extensions the logs fell anyway. If this happens to you,
the next step is to get your county supervisors to ammend their general
plan so that all future logging operations must be approved by the
county gov't. Then elect supervisors who are sympathetic to your views
so this won't happen again.

The main thing is, it's time to lay down the gauntlet. This will polarize
your community, but denial is no option either. Those of us believe that
the western forests are disappearing at an alarming rate must act now.
For those of you who don't, take an airplane ride up the coast. Look
down at the destruction. Then we'll talk.

								MPA