And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 6:14 PM >Subject: HOME DEPOT SHAREHOLDERS PROTEST LOGGING OLD GROWTH > > >>Subject: LANDSCOPE, News and Views from American Lands >> >>HOME DEPOT SHAREHOLDERS PROTEST LOGGING OLD GROWTH >> >>"Home Depot is selling away our nation by the board foot," said Chief >>Qwatsinas of the Naxalk Native American tribe from British Columbia, >>Canada in a press release at the annual Home Depot Shareholders meeting >>in Atlanta on Wednesday. Home Depot denied Qwatsinas the chance to >>address shareholders, saying that he was not a legitimate spokesman for >>the tribe, wrote The Wall Street Journal. Despite this, 11.7% of voting >>shares favored a resolution to end the sale of old-growth wood by Home >>Depot. Meanwhile in British Columbia, Greenpeace activists covered a >>recent clearcut with a 10,000-square-foot mock Home Depot logo, reported >>The Atlanta Constitution and Journal. >> >>. . .While shareholders questioned Home Depot's business practices, the >>company's suppliers continued to clearcut thousand-year-old trees in >>British Columbia, destroying the largest unprotected ancient temperate >>rainforest in the world. Please fax a letter to Authur Blank, Home >>Depot CEO, 770/384-2337, and urge Home Depot to stop selling old growth >>wood products. >> >>Falsified Forest Data Discovered: The Clearwater National Forest plans >>timber sales using false information on remaining old growth forests >>according to a study by conservationists. The study found that only >>8.5% of the forest remains in an old growth condition, less than the 10% >>minimum requirement established by the Clearwater Forest Plan. An >>analysis conducted by Amy Haak, a geographic information system mapping >>specialist, shows Clearwater's claims of old growth are not supported by >>aerial photographs or their own forest inventory data. Comparisons >>between Clearwater maps and the photographs show harvested units, bare >>rock, saplings, and roads are present in areas the Forest Service claims >>to be old growth. For more information contact Larry McLaud at >>208/882-1010 or Laird Lucas 208/342-7024. >> >>New Plan Proposes Ban on Logging in Watershed: Under a new plan proposed >>by Seattle Mayor Paul Schell, every tree in the 90,546-acre Cedar River >>Watershed would be protected by becoming part of an ecological reserve >>reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Watershed is home to >>old-growth trees, loons, bald eagles, spotted owls, and threatened >>salmon in addition to being the primary water source for Seattle and its >>suburbs. The habitat proposal would guarantee more in-stream flow for >>fish, add fish hatchery production, and restore damaged habitat in the >>city's part of the watershed and beyond. "This means for the first time >>in history, we will put fish first," said Schell. >> >>Logging Rules Fail to Protect Water: U.S. Forest Service geologist >>Leslie Reid, in research not endorsed by her agency, accuses the >>California Department of Forestry of lax enforcement of the Forest >>Practices Act, the principal state law governing logging. She claims >>the CDF has allowed widespread tree cutting resulting in mud slides, >>damaged water supplies, the endangerment of fish and wildlife. "Timber >>Harvest Plans do not accurately examine the long-term impact of human >>activity, namely logging," said Reid. >>-- >> >> >>To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send a message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] along with your complete contact information >>(name, org, address & phone #) >> >> >>Steve Holmer >>Campaign Coordinator >> >>American Lands >>726 7th Street, SE >>Washington, D.C. 20003 >>202/547-9105 >>202/547-9213 fax >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.americanlands.org >> >> > Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
