Freshwater update

On the morning of Thursday, April 17 Pacific Lumber hired climbers to forceably remove another tree sitter from the lower tree sit village of the Freshwater watershed in Freshwater, California. The sitter, dubbed 'Nudie', was removed, lowered to the ground, arrested and transported to the Humboldt County Correctional Facility. Within minutes of Nudie's arrest Pacific Lumber employees cut down the tree Nudie had been defending. The tree, and 800 year old redwood named Poseidon, thundered to the ground, shattering it's top upon impact. As the the tree was being cut, a group of non-violent protesters stopped a passing logging truck, loaded with three huge tree trunks. One of the protesters crawled underneath the truck and 'locked down' to the front axle, slowing traffic on the road to a crawl for over an hour. Sherrif's deputies arrived on the scene. The protester was eventually arrested. The Lower Village of the Freshwater tree sits has been severely cut in the past month, little of it remains, and what is still standing is hardly recognizable. The tree that was fallen today was about ten feet from the public road, on a steep slope. There is a concern that now that the tree is dead it's roots will rot. The strong and deep root base of the trees linning the road provide support for the concrete. If the roots do indeed rot we can expect to see the road wash out in the rainsover the next five to ten years. Today's events were a continuation of Maxxam Corporation's (the owner of the Pacific Lumber Company) liquidation logging practices here in Humboldt County. As we stand and watch trees fall and habitat be destroyed we must RISE UP! in defense of our Mother Earth. Please send your blessings and prayers to the trees.
May the forest be with you.