“There is nowhere they could log right now. There are tree-sits - TopicsExpress

“There is nowhere they could log right now. There are tree-sits covering an entire section to be logged,” said Jason Gonzales, spokesperson for the Cascadia Forest Defenders. Anywhere from five to 30 protesters at any one time are occupying a “tree village” effectively preventing any logging to occur at the White Castle timber site. The aerial blockade has been continuously occupied for 3 months now. “We are unable to operate on it because of the tree-sitters and serious fire risks,” said Scott Folk, the vice president of resources with Roseburg Forest Products. “We would be logging right now, assuming conditions were better.” The Bureau of Land Management wants to close to the public more than 2,000 acres of forestland east of Myrtle Creek to keep out environmental activists trying to stop logging. Read more here: forestdefensenow/ https://earthfirstnews.wordpress/2013/08/14/blm-wants-to-close-public-forest-to-keep-out-enviromental-activists/ Here is the open call from Cascadia to join them in the trees! https://earthfirstnews.wordpress/2013/08/10/cascadia-calling/