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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; California</title>
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		<title>California: They saved Jenner Headlands, 5,630 acres of coastal grasslands &amp; redwood forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/19/california-they-saved-jenner-headlands-5630-acres-of-coastal-grasslands-redwood-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Coastal properties of this size in California are few and far between,&#8221; said Amy Chesnut, the acquisitions director and manager of the project for the Sonoma Land Trust. &#8220;It is biologically rich, and scenically and visually very important.&#8221;


 The old ranch site, east of Highway 1 near the spot where the Russian River meets the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Musician from Metalica donates 300 additional acres to Marin County</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/16/california-musician-from-metaliccs-donates-300-additional-acres-to-marin-county/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/16/california-musician-from-metaliccs-donates-300-additional-acres-to-marin-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>

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Metallica frontman James Hetfield is donating 330 acres overlooking California&#8217;s Lucas Valley for preservation as farmland. The Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimously accepted the donation Tuesday. It follows Hetfield&#8217;s earlier gift to the county of more than 400 acres for open space. Both plots of land are around Hetfield&#8217;s home. Hetfield&#8217;s land use consultant, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Sign up for the Pacific Southwest California Recreation Resource Advisory Committee</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/14/california-sign-up-for-the-pacific-southwest-california-recreation-resource-advisory-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/12/14/california-sign-up-for-the-pacific-southwest-california-recreation-resource-advisory-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get involved]]></category>

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The Pacific Southwest California Recreation Resource Advisory Committee advises both the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management about fees charged for recreation on federal lands in the state. Its recommendations do not supersede the agencies&#8217; decision authority, but the panel helps assess public opinion.

Eight vacancies are expected on the 11-member panel in July [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This week in Voices of Humboldt County!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/10/this-week-in-voices-of-humboldt-county-14-new-posts-1st-week-of-june-09/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/06/10/this-week-in-voices-of-humboldt-county-14-new-posts-1st-week-of-june-09/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watershed planning]]></category>

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Brought  to you by the Humboldt Watersheds Council
http://voicesofhumboldtcounty.com
1) 5 reasons why we need your protective loving voice at the General  Plan hearing tomorrow
http://www.voicesofhumboldtcounty.com/?p=269 
2) River Bar Road Neighborhood to be an industrial gravel transport /  production area?
http://www.voicesofhumboldtcounty.com/?p=246 
3) Do you want Salmon and Healthy  Forests? Klamath National Forest Needs to Hear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Yosemite Park and its origins as modern day 	conservation-based genocide</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/california-yosemite-park-and-its-origins-as-modern-day-conservation-based-genocide/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/california-yosemite-park-and-its-origins-as-modern-day-conservation-based-genocide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genocide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenwashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

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Lafayette Bunnell, American explorer, Yosemite on March 21, 1851: Accompanying him that day was one of the most ferocious militias in western American history, the Mariposa Battalion, commanded by James Savage. A veteran of Indian wars, Savage was there with one blunt aim: to rid Yosemite of its natives. Bunnell, who is remembered today largely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Salvage Logging does more harm, cost more than letting the forest naturally recover</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/california-2/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/10/california-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 06:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salvage logging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Information Center on the north coast  is among those that often files such actions opposing salvage timber  sales on public land in the north state. &#8220;There are no ecological  benefits to salvage logging,&#8221; said Scott Greacen, the group&#8217;s executive  director.

Please value the writer &#38; producer of these words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Bohemian Club&#8217;s destruction is obvious</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/california-bohemian-clubs-corruption-destruction-gets-more-obvious-every-day/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/california-bohemian-clubs-corruption-destruction-gets-more-obvious-every-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endangered places]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
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Read about all forest issues in California: http://forestpolicyresearch.org/category/north-american-tree-news/california/

The Bohemian Club is applying for is an NTMP which confers a permanent right to log the   property without further public or scientific review ever.  Club president Mancini states that the plan &#8220;prohibits the harvesting of old growth   trees.&#8221; This is a half truth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Industry written amendment helps eliminate state&#8217;s endangered species protections</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/california-industry-written-amendment-eliminates-states-endangered-species-protections/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/05/03/california-industry-written-amendment-eliminates-states-endangered-species-protections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 21:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letters needed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[California is on the brink of allowing commercial interests to hamstring California&#8217;s endangered species protections. A  proposed amendment to the California Forest Practice Rules would  eliminate the requirement for a state employed biologist to oversee  Timber Harvest Plans. Instead, the amended language would allow a  &#8220;spotted owl expert&#8221; to assess the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Redwood Canopy Ecology</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/04/15/ancient-redwood-canopy-ecology/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/04/15/ancient-redwood-canopy-ecology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 04:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court allows logging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All photos titled &#34;Sillett&#34; are from here: 
http://www.humboldt.edu/~sillett/redwoods.html
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Photos titled Brett Lovelace are from: 
Brett Lovelace who can be reached at: 541-796-2124
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Marbled Murrelet photos are from:
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All photos starting with the title Deane are by me!
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 See and download the full gallery on posterous
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		<title>California: Preservation ranch has become a hell a developer wants to cover in housing &amp; pavement</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/california-preservation-ranch-has-become-a-hell-a-developer-want-to-cover-in-housing-pavement/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/california-preservation-ranch-has-become-a-hell-a-developer-want-to-cover-in-housing-pavement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redwoods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ironically named &#8220;Preservation&#8221; Ranch project is the 20,000 acre vineyard conversion project near Annapolis, Sonoma County. Among other environmental impacts, roughly 1700 acres of forest will be permanently converted to vineyards. The project materials are still being submitted to  Sonoma County Permits and Resource Management Department, after which the EIR phase will begin.
Get full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Triple-the-cut liquidation forestry still passes for a 	certified &#8220;professional&#8221; in forestry</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/california-triple-the-cut-liquidation-forestry-still-passes-for-a-certified-professional-in-forestery/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/27/california-triple-the-cut-liquidation-forestry-still-passes-for-a-certified-professional-in-forestery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evil-doers to trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[timber industry decline]]></category>

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Maxxam minions and where-are-they-now: California Board of Forestry has made a  mockery of itself by christening ex-Scotia Pacific honcho Jeff Barrett  as Registered Professional Forester No. 2896.

Scotia Pacific suffered the same bankruptcy and dissolution as Pacific Lumber after years of liquidation logging toppled the timber giant. Such practices were rigorously defended by Barrett [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Sierra Pacific is destroying a public &amp; private roadless 	forest on Underwood Mountain, help us stop &#8216;em!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/24/california-sierra-pacific-is-destroying-a-public-private-roadless-forest-on-underwood-mountain-help-us-stop-em/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/24/california-sierra-pacific-is-destroying-a-public-private-roadless-forest-on-underwood-mountain-help-us-stop-em/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth First! History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roadless Areas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USFS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USFS Tavel management]]></category>

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Notorious timber baron Red Emmerson of Sierra Pacific Industries has filed a new logging plan in the native forest of Underwood Mountain. Their new plan aims to wipe out most of the remaining square quarter mile private inholding of forest land nestled in the public Underwood Roadless area. Last year, SPI built a much contested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: US Fish &amp; Wildlife says it&#8217;s green-minded to sell out 	future survival of Spotted owls on Van Eck land</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/23/california-us-fish-wildlife-says-its-green-minded-to-sell-out-future-survival-of-spotted-owls-on-van-eck-land/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/23/california-us-fish-wildlife-says-its-green-minded-to-sell-out-future-survival-of-spotted-owls-on-van-eck-land/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate policy forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government corruption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Safe Harbor Agreement gives the Fred M. van Eck Forest Foundation, and the Pacific Forest Trust that manages the property, some endangered species leeway. Since the trust is looking to grow timber, as part of being the state&#8217;s first forest carbon emissions reduction project, it may attract more spotted owls than the pair already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: USFS proposes more Tahoe thinning which may affect future forest health &amp; fires</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/23/california-usfs-proposes-more-thinning-which-may-affect-future-forest-health-fires/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/23/california-usfs-proposes-more-thinning-which-may-affect-future-forest-health-fires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letters needed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logging never mimics wildfires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinning harms forests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Forest Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to reduce
hazardous fuels and restore forest health near several communities on
Lake Tahoe&#8217;s East Shore. Forest Service officials expect the proposal
to be released later this week and will host two public meetings on
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, to explain the proposal and answer questions.
Get full text; support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Spy Rock Ranch, along Hwy 101, acquired by the Wildlands 	Conservancy</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/22/california-spy-rock-ranch-along-hwy-101-acquired-by-the-wildlands-conservancy/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/22/california-spy-rock-ranch-along-hwy-101-acquired-by-the-wildlands-conservancy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation priorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grazing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Wildlands Conservancy acquired the 5,832-acre Spy Rock Ranch. The
scenic Spy Rock Preserve has five miles of Eel River frontage and
draws its name from the 540-foot conical rock promontory that rises
from its eastern shore.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://rare-earth-news.blogspot.com/2009/03/wildlands-conservancy-saves-5832-acre.html

It is 11 air miles northwest of Covelo in pastoral Round Valley and 10
river [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Encinitas Tree Sitter makes city address it&#8217;s tree 	carelessness</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/20/california-encinitas-tree-sitter-makes-city-address-its-tree-carelessness/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/20/california-encinitas-tree-sitter-makes-city-address-its-tree-carelessness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[urban forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Treesits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that guy who staged a weeklong sit-in in a tree in Encinitas (and how it was subsequently chopped down right after he flew the coop)? That tree he roosted on may be long gone, but it looks like the city has decided to give trees a little bit more respect, according to the North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Last chance to get Hurwitz for, among other things, 	thieving 16,000 acres of ancient redwood forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/california-last-chance-to-get-hurwitz-for-among-other-things-thieving-16000-acres-of-ancient-redwood-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/17/california-last-chance-to-get-hurwitz-for-among-other-things-thieving-16000-acres-of-ancient-redwood-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redwoods]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Financier Charles Hurwitz, who took over Pacific Lumber Co. in 1986
and touched off a storm of protest with his tree-cutting practices,
must go to trial in a lawsuit filed by a former state forestry
director accusing him of defrauding the federal government into paying
$250 million for the pristine Headwaters Forest, a federal judge has
ruled.
Get full text; support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: State Fish and Game backs down on faux Fisher protection 	planning</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/california-state-fish-and-game-back-down-on-faux-fisher-protection-planning/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/15/california-state-fish-and-game-back-down-on-faux-fisher-protection-planning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old growth dependent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Reversing its August 2008 decision, the California Fish and Game
Commission recently voted to grant candidate status to the Pacific
fisher under the California Endangered Species Act. This begins the
review process to determine if full protection is warranted.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://unearthed.earthjustice.org/2009/03/oldgrowth-critter-gets-some-good-news.html

More info on Fishers in California here:
http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/04/california-fisher-relocation-is-ultimate-in-fake-species-restoration-without-habitat-allocation/
The fisher (Martes pennanti) lives in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Citizen&#8217;s want to Halt Green Diamond&#8217;s subdivsioning and 	clearcutting</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/13/california-citizens-want-to-halt-green-diamonds-subdivsioning-and-clearcutting/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/13/california-citizens-want-to-halt-green-diamonds-subdivsioning-and-clearcutting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subdividing the forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treesit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Clear-cutting by any name equates to a radical change in the
landscape, on a grand scale,” said Kerul Dyer of the Environmental
Protection Information Center (EPIC). “By eliminating the canopy in
the redwoods, Green Diamond impacts overall forest function. How can
they consider this antiquated logging technique sustainable?”
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://yournec.org/index.php?module=pagesetter&#38;func=viewpub&#38;tid=3&#38;pid=659

In May 2004, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Mendocino County Women Taking the Lead to Save Our 	Planet!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/california-mendocino-county-women-taking-the-lead-to-save-our-planet/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/california-mendocino-county-women-taking-the-lead-to-save-our-planet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth First! History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;We Mendocino women know that we are a part of Gaia and we feel her strength in each other,&#8221; Burnstad said when she got to the stage. &#8220;There are many extraordinary people in our country who live and work with Mother Earth in mind every day.

I can think of no better way to honor Judi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: With Water Board rulings of recent years loggers are 	pressured to curtail winter logging</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/california-with-water-board-rulings-of-recent-years-loggers-are-pressured-to-curtail-winter-logging/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/10/california-with-water-board-rulings-of-recent-years-loggers-are-pressured-to-curtail-winter-logging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stream protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watershed planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Decades of legal battles against logger-caused water pollution from silting, and logger-caused high water temperatures from lack of streamside shade is starting to take away loggers&#8217; freedom to log forests year round. See, California&#8217;s winter-time rainy season is when logger pollute the streams most. And because of the tireless work of forest and fish defenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Oak forest on 29 acres of Ranch land near San Luis Obispo 	is protected</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-oak-forest-on-29-acres-of-ranch-land-near-san-luis-obispo-is-protected/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-oak-forest-on-29-acres-of-ranch-land-near-san-luis-obispo-is-protected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County was honored by the Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos (DANA) for their collaborative community partnership which resulted in the permanent protection of 29 acres of land directly surrounding the historic Dana Adobe. The project was completed just prior to the current State of California budget freeze which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Effort underway to &#8220;Preserve&#8221; 871 acre Stewarts Point 	Ranch as &#8220;Working Forest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-effort-underway-to-preserve-871-acre-stewarts-point-ranch-as-working-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-effort-underway-to-preserve-871-acre-stewarts-point-ranch-as-working-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation priorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinning harms forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working forests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pacific Forest Trust is working diligently to complete the purchase of Stewarts Point Ranch, an 871-acre property considered one of the most important unprotected coastal redwood tracts in Sonoma County. PFT would hold and manage the property as an educational center and working model of forest stewardship that sustains wood, water, wildlife and a well-balanced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Expanding Taylor Territory preserve &amp; suspicions of HCP 	planning in Napa</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-expanding-taylor-territory-preserve-suspicions-of-hcp-planning-in-napa/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-expanding-taylor-territory-preserve-suspicions-of-hcp-planning-in-napa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation easement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habitat restoration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The East Bay Regional Park District is buying 153 acres of hilly grasslands and oak forests to expand the Morgan Territory Preserve in the park system&#8217;s first joint purchase with the new East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy. The regional park board agreed Tuesday topay $803,900 to buy the land along Marsh Creek and on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Irresponsible land users deserve to lose Private property rights!</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-irresponsible-land-user-deserve-to-lose-private-property-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/09/california-irresponsible-land-user-deserve-to-lose-private-property-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landslide murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local control of resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[losing property rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“At some point you forfeit your right to say ‘no’ you can’t come on my land,” Lovelace said, adding that he supported the staff  recommendation to allow warrants “in the strongest possible terms.” Humboldtians David and Penny Elsebusch and Bonnie Blackberry spoke against the warrant inspections, saying there was no need for it. The Supes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: RIP: Wukchumni elder Melba Whitebird</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/california-rip-wukchumni-elder-melba-whitebird/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/08/california-rip-wukchumni-elder-melba-whitebird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 07:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is with sorrow that we announce that Melba Whitebird, 60, Wukchumni elder and member of the SFK Advisory Board, passed away on Friday, Jan. 9. She was beautiful, intelligent, and talented. I have known Melba and her family since the 1970&#8217;s. Her funeral was filled with American Indian ceremony, prayers, and song that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Got an angry voicemail for &#8220;causing&#8221; the Shutdown of 	Quincy&#8217;s Sierra Pacific Sawmill</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/07/california-got-an-angry-voicemail-for-causing-the-shutdown-of-quincys-sierra-pacific-sawmill/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/07/california-got-an-angry-voicemail-for-causing-the-shutdown-of-quincys-sierra-pacific-sawmill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Court halts logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal logging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday morning I got an angry voicemail message from a man who blamed me for the loss of 150 jobs that the timber industry eliminated because they were unable to produce forest products without destroying the ecosystem that very modest / weak environmental laws were created to protect. He didn&#8217;t just blame me, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: 10 years after we saved world&#8217;s largest unprotected 	ancient Redwood forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/05/california-10-years-after-we-saved-worlds-largest-unprotected-ancient-redwood-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/05/california-10-years-after-we-saved-worlds-largest-unprotected-ancient-redwood-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Direct Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth First! History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trees & Water]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, on March 1, 1999, the federal government and the state of California agreed to pay Charles Hurwitz of Maxxam Corp. $380 million for an imperfect and yet miraculous 7,472 acres of Pacific Lumber Co. land east of Humboldt Bay between Fortuna and Eureka. The acquisition of that nearly 7,500 acres &#8212; 3,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Citizens to stop Sierra Pacific&#8217;s plan to clearcut one 	million acres of Sierra forest</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/california-citizens-to-stop-sierra-pacifics-plan-to-clearcut-one-million-acres-of-sierra-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/04/california-citizens-to-stop-sierra-pacifics-plan-to-clearcut-one-million-acres-of-sierra-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boom bust economies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industry science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[species extinction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Machine grabs pine tree with its claw, severs it from the ground in
one, quick motion, shears off its branches, drops it to the ground and
reaches out to devour the next tree. At a pace of under a tree a
minute, one man and one machine rapidly ravage 20 acres of pristine
Sierra Nevada forest, leaving a barren [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: High Sierra Rural Alliance&#8217;s Settlement agreement with 	Sierra Pacific Ind.</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/califronia-high-sierra-rural-alliances-settlement-agreement-with-sierra-pacific-ind/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/califronia-high-sierra-rural-alliances-settlement-agreement-with-sierra-pacific-ind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuit filed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit settled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poorly planned development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The High Sierra Rural Alliance announced the successful settlement of
a lawsuit the group brought against the County of Sierra and Sierra
Pacific Industries. HSRA had challenged the County’s approval to
rezone over 7000 acres of forested lands from a zone which limited
development to a zone which would encourage development.
Get full text; support writer, producer of the words:
http://www.highsierrarural.org/high-sierra-rural-alliance-vs-sierra-pacific-industries/settlementprotectsforestlandsfromprematuredevelopment

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		<title>California: 2,800 acres of oak woodlands in San Rafael Wilderness 	Area foothills protected</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/california-2800-acres-of-oak-woodlands-in-san-rafael-wilderness-area-foothills-protected/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/27/california-2800-acres-of-oak-woodlands-in-san-rafael-wilderness-area-foothills-protected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oak forests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 2,800 acres of largely oak woodlands in the San Rafael Wilderness Area foothills will be protected permanently with the finalization of a conservation easement on the Midland School property, Santa Ynez Valley. The Trust for Public Land, Land Trust for Santa Barbara County and Midland have been seeking state grants and local donations to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Hike to the top of Sonoma mountain with me</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/california-hike-to-the-top-of-sonoma-mountain-with-me/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/26/california-hike-to-the-top-of-sonoma-mountain-with-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gov does good]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the very top of Sonoma Mountain, there is a ranch, and in the middle of that ranch there is a meadow, and in the middle of that meadow there is a cairn of rocks. If you stand on those rocks, as a contingent of visitors did on Dec. 30, you can see, roughly, forever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California: Land trust conference &amp; land trust history links</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/california-land-trust-conference-plus-history-of-land-trust-links/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/02/25/california-land-trust-conference-plus-history-of-land-trust-links/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizen defenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation easement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of deforestation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land trust]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 4th annual statewide Land Trust Conference will be hosted by the California Council of Land Trusts this year  in Sacramento on February 24-25. Karen, our Executive Director,  will be attending “Land Trust Accreditation from A to Z” and “New Legal  Rules for Non-profits.”   Serena and Mary, our Outreach crew, will be  attending [...]]]></description>
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