Greenpeace: Defending America's Ancient Forests: Klamath Siskiyou

June 16, 2004
Meeting with the Bureau to Land Management

The action that we did yesterday was to highlight the destruction on public lands and to show the American people the result of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timber sales. Which is essentially clearcuts for the public, and profits for the timber industry.

The Soukow timber sale area that we blockaded yesterday is currently in three phases. One is cut, another is cut but with logs remaining to be removed, and another is standing ancient forests that will be cut. Kelsey Whisky, where the Forest Rescue Station is located, stands to see the same fate unless the proposed timber sale is cancelled.

On Monday, June 16, 2004, we met with the Bureau of Land Management to talk about the Forest Rescue Station and the permit we applied for. That day, they gave us a two week extension to allow time for the permit to process. The permit pertains only to the area of where the Rescue Station is, which is at the edge of the proposed Kelsey Whisky Timber sale.

In the permit guideline we were not suppose to block roads or build more structures at this site of the Rescue Station, which is located in the Zane Grey Roadless area.

They said in local media that we have betrayed their trust by doing the action yesterday, but we feel they have been betraying the American public by cutting down our last remaining old-growth forests.

Today the BLM is coming up to the Rescue Station to discuss the situation.

Stay tuned as the story unravels.

Ginger Cassady
Greenpeace


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