The Fall 1996 MEC Newsletter #22

Bear Lincoln Trial Postponed Until February by Sara Jacobelli

Update on case of Bear Lincoln, accused of the shooting death of a Mendocino County Sheriff's Deputy in April, 1995.

Call to Action by Gary Ball

Info about rally to save six ancient groves totalling 60,000 acres of Pacific Lumber land.

Call to the Desert by Jennifer Viereck

About the October 11-14, 1996 Healing Global Wounds Spring Gathering at the Nevada Test Site.

CATs and MEC File Lawsuit to Block Pests by Patty Clary, CATs

Californians for Alternatives to Toxics and the MEC file suit to block imports of longs and other unmanufactured wood from outside North America.

Debt for Nature Update by Kathy Glass, Trees Foundation

After the September 15, 1996 deadline called the "official" end of the marbled murrelet nesting season, Pacific Lumber can go into ancient redwood forests and do salvage logging of "dead, dying, or diseased" trees.

Dow Chemical - Garlon by Sara O'Donnell

A story about meeting some workers who had been spraying Garlon.

Eel River Clean-Up 1996 by Beb Ware

5th annual 4-H PG&E River Clean-up on Saturday, October 12, 1996.

Greenwood Creek Watershed Road Survey by Mary Pjerrou

Watershed group is doing a survey to plan restoration projects for Greenwood Creek watershed between Philo and Elk.

Hemp Update by Vicki Oldham

About Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act on the November 1996 ballot.

Irradiation Action Alert by Food and Water, Inc.

The government is about to approve red meat irradiation.

It Does Take A Village by Betty Ball

Response to the Republican criticism of the concept of "It takes a village."

Leonard Peltier's Clemency by Carol M. Reed

Call for continued support of Peltier who was denied parole again on March 11, 1995.

MEC Board of Directors Election by Gary Ball

Call for members to run for the this year's MEC Board of Directors election.

Native American Radio and the Human Genome Diversity Project by Annie Esposito

About the Human Genome Diversity Project to collect and sample the DNA of indigenous peoples.

Negotiations: by Kathy Glass, Trees Foundation

Maxxam, the US Government, and the Grassroots Public. Discussion of efforts to reach agreement to save Headwaters. This article was written before the agreement made by Hurwitz and the Federal and California government officials.

Pollution by Bruce Haldane

Thoughts on the whole issue of pollution in our lives.

Protecting the Coho Salmon and the Northern Buffer of Headwaters Forest by Kathy Glass, Trees Foundation

Concern for lost of coho habitat in the land adjacent to Headwaters.

Salvage Logging Law - Plundering the Public's Forests by Susan Hope Brown

A look at the inequities the Salvage Logging Rider.

Salvage Logging Threatens Headwaters Ð Again by Kathy Glass, Trees Foundation

Salvage Logging in the Owl Creek Grove of Headwaters.

The Case of the Disappearing Mendocino County Airport Forest by Linda Perkins

The story of the county's Little River Airport timber harvest.

The Case of the Vanishing Russel Brook Old Growth by Linda Perkins

How a plan to cover up the existence of Old Growth Redwood in a THP was discovered.

The Enemy Within by Jay M. Gould

Book review of the High Cost of Live Near Nuclear Reactors.

The Significance of the Owl Creek Victory by Kathy Glass, Trees Foundation

The significance of the Marbled Murrelet vs. Pacific Lumber case over Owl Creek.

To Be(ef) or Not To Be(ef)? by Jon Spitz

A look at Mad Cow disease and beef in the United States.

Ward Valley Update - September 1966 by Ernest Goitein

Update on proposed nuclear waste dump site near the Colorado River.

Why I Support Nader by Dan Hamburg

Dan Hamburg's disaffection with the Democrats and why he is workng on the Nader campaign.