Oxygen Collective presents: The Fire and Forests Roadshow 2004

Fire has become the latest government excuse to log our precious public lands. "Thin 'em before they burn, salvage 'em after they burn," says the Forest Service. We are told that wildfire is unnatural and an imminent threat; that a burned forest is dead forever.

The issue has gone critical in Southern Oregon with the Bush proposal for the largest timber sale in modern history! From the heart of the world's most diverse conifer forest, there is a plan that would fill a line of loaded log trucks bumper to bumper from Mexico to Canada. The big lie known as the Biscuit Fire Recovery Plan is the greatest threat the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area has ever known.

In the face of these poisonous lies, the O2 Collective appears on the scene like a truth serum for the befuddled. They are bringing evidence, science and spirit to the issue of fire in the forest. In their wake they will leave a trail of people informed, inspired and empowered to protect the land we all love.

But this Roadshow is more than just two hours of entertainment and information. In most locations they will spend a second day giving free public trainings and classroom presentations on a dozen different topics, from ecology to economics, on media and activism. See the calendar below.

For more information on the Siskiyou Wild Rivers or the Biscuit Burn and the plan to log it check out http://www.kswild.org
or http://www.siskiyou.org. To learn more about the Oxygen collective try http://www.o2collective.org. Please circulate this announcement to everyone that needs to know. Thank you.

Schedule:

April
1 Takilma Presentation Dome School 7pm
2 Chico Presentation
3 Chico Community trainings
4 Sebastapol Presentation 6pm
5 Santa Rosa Presentation New College 7pm
6 Santa Rosa Community trainings and classroom presentations New College
7 Davis Presentation UCD Lecture Series 5pm
8 Davis Community trainings and classroom presentations UCD
9 Bay Area
10 Bay Area
12 Arcata Presentation HSU 7pm
13 Arcata Community trainings and classroom presentations HSU
14 Portland Presentation PSU 7pm
15 Portland Trainings & classrooms PSU Presentation Reed College 7pm
16 Bellingham Presentation WWU 7pm
17 Bellingham Community trainings and classroom presentations WWU
18 Olympia Presentation 6pm Evergreen State College
19 Olympia Community trainings and classroom presentations ESC
20 Eugene Presentation UO 7pm
21 Eugene Community trainings and classroom presentations UO
22 Corvallis Presentation OSU 7pm
23 Corvallis Community trainings and classroom presentations OSU
24 Bend Presentation
30-May 2nd Ashland "Act For The Earth" conference SOU

Please see http://www.o2collective.org for updates