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Earthweek rally protests 'attack of forest and earth
By Kathy Taylor
Emerald Contributor
About 150 people marched
from the KMU courtyard to the
Hureau of l-and Management
building downtown Friday to
protest land management poli
cies
The march, preceded by a
noon rally, was held in celebra
tion of John Muir's t51st birth
(lay and was a pari of
Karthweek festivities sponsored
by the Survival Center.
Demonstrators at tiie march
carried signs reading "Protect
World Kain Forests" and "Isn't
•to percent Enough?" and
chanted "Save the old
growth!"
The marchers built an owl
nest out of brush from a HI.M
clear cut during the downtown
protest. Five people dressed as
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tin* nest
Protestors strung a banner
saving "Bureau of Lies and
Mismanagement" across Pearl
Street and a "Save the Old
Growth" banner from a tree
Thev also taped paper to the of
fice windows for graffiti and
threw milk against the door to
represent herhii ide
The at tion caused offii ials to
lo< k doors .it the HIM office
f orest Service doors at the I ed
era I Building were also lor ked
in case the marchers showed
up there
Prior to the march, a rally in
the 1\MU courtyard attracted
about ton people The rails in
i hided singing, speakers and .1
gorilla theater prodilr turn In a
group ot South lingerie High
S< hoo! students
Diane Albino shared a replica
of the flag made (or the Hattie
of Hunker Hill which occurred
when a group of people tried to
save 150 acres of forest about
25 miles out of town The forest
was cut later
Albino said the flag was ap
propriate because "we have
lost a few battles but we will
win the war " She also sang
the "It's not too late yet" old
growth waltz
Tim lngalsbee. a graduate
student in so< iologv and geog
raphy. spoke about the
Hreitenhush and Blue Kiver
cuts He said the cuts were .1 vi
cious assault on the forests and
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Hurt Carroll was one of approximately 150 people who
marched to the Bureau ol hand Management to protest the
agency's land management policies. The march was held in
conjunction with the University's F.arthweek activities.
the earth
Timber companies target old
growth timber even though
there is plenty of second
growth forest and cut logs to
keep mills open. Ingatsbee
said
(ireg Kelver, a University
alumni and tills activist, read a
poem called "The Hoot Owl ”
lie said he was inspired to see
young people once again strug
gling for change.
Matt Snider of the Survival
Center urged people to conduct
the march in a peaceful man
ner "The destruction of the
forest is one of the most violent
ai ts against the earth ever; we
don't want to respond with vio
lent e We are here to say that it
is time to stop the insanity,
time to stop the killing," he
said
Karen Wood of Karth first!
called everyone to action just
before the group marched
dow ntow n She said only eight
percent of our forests remain,
and everyone is responsible to
do something to save it "We
need to speak for the forest."
she said.
Survival Center Director Hit
.in Hoop said the crowd was
the biggest in years. Snider
agreed. "I don't think it could
have gone better, we got more
people than expected, and
there were no problems," Sni
der said.
Hoop said the focus of envi
ronmentalists lately has been
the Forest Service, hut the poli
cies of the lil.M are much more
severeh out of line than those
ol the Forest Service While the
f orest Servii e has made at least
some attempt to change their
policies, the Bl.M has not done
anything, he said.
Snider said the most impor
tant thing is to let people know
the march was not just an an
nual event. He said they will
continue to do what ever it
takes to stop the forest destrut
lion.
"Everyone has a stake in
this The deep rain forests are
where we came from. My de
stroying them we are destroy
ing a part of ourselves," Snider
said.
John Muir, who died in lttl-t
was one of the first people to
fight lor preservation ot forest
lands in the Sierra Nevadas.
Theft workshop offered
Thieves have stolen more
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Ill response to the growing
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Most of the recent thefts from
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The workshop will be held
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