The MEC Newsletter: Issue 15 - Spring 1994

The FAC Is Back! by Hans Burkhardt

To Deplete, Or Not To Deplete . . .A second chance for Mendocino County to adopt the recommendations of the Forest Advisory Committee, which would sustain maximum productivity of our forest lands.

State Actions Against Masonite Corporation by Garry A. Flint and Julie Cook

Masonite stonewalls its requirement to abide by the Toxics Hot Spots Act and make public its sources of toxic emissions and toxic pollutants.

MEC Election Results by Gary Ball

Election results.

Real Goods Censored! by Betty Ball

Real Goods gets a phone call from Masonite lawyers when its owner prints the name of one of the toxic chemicals used by Masonite in a letter to the editor of the Ukiah Daily Journal.

A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Old Growth Go Down by Roanne Withers

History of the Option 9 Northwest Economic Development Plan.

California Forestry Association Petitions to Remove Spotted Owl by Steve Volker, Attorney, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund

CFA, representing the timber corporations, petitions the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the northern spotted owl from the endangered species list.

FBI Files Reveal New Civil Rights Abuses in Earth First! Bombing Case by Judi Bari

Center for Constitutional Rights Joins Legal Defense, after documents released by FBI show how they used the car bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney as an excuse to conduct a sweeping campaign of surveillance of environmentalists.

Headwaters Forest Act Moves Forward by John Kaufman and Kathleen Kempter, Forests Forever

Progress of the Headwaters Forest Act, co-authored by Dan Hamburg and Pete Stark.

SCLDF Submits Forest Plan Comments by Steve Volker, Attorney for Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund

Sierra Clug Legal Defense Fund, the MEC, WEC, and other environmental organizations filed comments on several National Forest plans.

WAFC Views The Option 9 SEIS by Jim Owens, Western Ancient Forest Campaign

Information on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Option 9 plan.

Riparian Habitat Protection Ordinance by Doug Strong

Friends of Navarro Watershed have attempted to develop an amendment to the County General Plan and a zoning ordinance to protect environmentally sensitive riparian zones.

The Solid Waste Franchise and the Environment by Jonathan Shepard

There is a howl arising from the deserts of Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and Southern California in opposition to plans being unveiled by the corporate haulers for mega-landfill pyramids of garbage on a 24 hour a day, 365 days schedule that stretches well into the next century.

Healing Global Wounds 1994 by Jennifer Viereck, Program Coordinator

"One Water, One Air, One Earth" - April 1-3, 1994 Unity Gathering to focus on issues of environmental damage, radiation poisoning, and the sovereignty and land rights of Native Nations.

Alternatives To Wood by Vicki Oldham

A look at alternatives to cutting forests to supply wood for building materials and paper products.

Indian Peace Caravan to Chiapas

California Indian Delegation to Deliver Indian to Indian Aid to Mayan People in Chiapas

Russian River Public Access Study by Doug Strong

A comprehensive study of the Russian River watershed in Sonoma and Mendocino counties authorized by the Boards of Supervisors of the two counties.

Russian River in Peril

A Conference hosted by Friends of the Russian River (FORR) focusing on fisheries, stream restoration, planning and management and gravel mining intervention.

Sierra Club Inland Conservation Committee by Doug Strong

Summary of the first meeting of what is hoped to be quarterly meetings of local activist and grassroots groups under the umbrella of the Sierra Club

Speak For The Fish!

An Urgent Message from the National Marine Committee of the Sierra Club, concerning the renewal of the 1976 Magnuson Act, whose original purpose was to conserve and manage fisheries. The call is to push for amendments which would prohibit commercial overfishing.

Famed Anti-Nuclear Environmentalist Helen Caldicott

Nuclear activist Helen Caldicott to speak at the first annual Mendocino Enviro-fest on April 2, 1994.