Photo by Nadananda, of Friends of the Eel River, who got a call about the banner and hurried out there to check it out.
Amy Arcuri — she of that peacemaking, old-growth treesitting crew
who forged love-and-promises ties
with the new owners of Pacific Lumber Company last summer — called this afternoon to let me know that if I were to drive south on Highway 101 right now, down into Richardson Grove, and if I were to look through the middle of my windshield and really high up into the trees just after I’d passed the visitors’ center, I’d see a huge, huge banner.
“It says Respect Old Growth Roots,” Arcuri said.
Oh? Did she put it up?
“No, I personally didn’t…but I might know a few birds who did,” she said, laughing. “And I believe it’s only been up since last night.”
But she, like those birds, believes that Caltrans’ proposed
Richardson Grove widening project
is untenable as it stands.
“We shouldn’t cut any of the old growth roots at all,” she said. “And we can’t even pull back that pavement because it’s going to rip out all the roots when it’s peeled back. So, a more progressive method needs to be come up with for that area.
“I think Caltrans is trying hard to please everyone, but they still can’t commit to not cutting the old growth roots.”
This article appears in State of Panic.
Simple way to save the roots, cut the tree down, leave the stump. Roots saved!
Good work forest activists! Capdiamont should apply for a job at Caltrans – he thinks like they do!
They do think that way? Why would I want another job?
Lets take up a notch, lets cut that tree down, finger print the sign, and charge those protesters with the cost of doing so.
Since we like the rebel attitude quality of Humboldt, lets extend it to the logging, and construction industries. In a day or two, we could have all those nasty trees that keep killing people down, with enough room to make a four lane freeway through there. It is all the matter of which laws you want to obey, right, town dandy?
No, no, no — it’s which laws you want to have.
Personally I love this stretch of road, it is my gateway to Humboldt county. I know I’m close to home when the speed limit slows down and the trees get bigger. This is a unique area, mostly because we are cut off from corporate America. Lets keep it small, slow down and enjoy what we have. We don’t need to join the rat race, I believe most of us reside here because we have escaped it.
poll, at above url, weather or not Richardson’s Grove project should proceed.
Your poll lost, Cap.
http://capdiamont.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/richardsons-grove-project-poll-should-it-proceed/
The people have spoken. Admit defeat, and hug a tree 🙂
build a bridge and put the highway on the other side of the river, then reggae gets some shade.
muito bom u qui a amy fais pela floresta e pela as arvores.si tivessimo mais pessoas comu ela o mundo estaria bem melhor…congratuletions