Recommendations:
- Do not buy wood from any natural
forest, such as, red cedar or beech.
- Do not buy what you are not going to
use. Think of using second hand wood.
- Recycle.
- Use alternative construction
materials.
- Choose timber from trees planted by
people.
- Think about using eco-timber. This
timber is Greenpeace endorsed and carries a registered
trademark to guarantee its source and environmental
standards. For information you can contact: Greenpeace at
0-800-22-33-43 or their webside at www.greenpeacenewzealand.org.
- Write to U.S. senators and
representatives asking them to support the bipartisan
Endangered Species Recovery Act. Urge that all Pacific
Lumber lands be managed in an ecologically responsible
manner, including permanent protection of all ancient
redwood groves and other habitat necessary for the
conservation and recovery of threatened and endangered
species, as required by the federal Endangered Species
Act. Implement the recommendations of the Recovery Plan
for the Marbled Murrelet. Develop a plan that would
provide for the workers and families dependent upon
Pacific Lumber for their livelihood. Ask for on-site
monitoring of lumber operations by the citizens of the
area.
- Call President Clinton at 202-456-1111
and urge them to help implement a Debt-for-Nature swap
for the Headwaters Forest.
- Call Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
at 202-208-7351 and tell him to do whatever he can to
help preserve the Headwaters as public lands. Ask him to
introduce a bill to end commercial logging of native
forests on public lands.
- Write to the President of Maxxam Corp.
Charles Hurwitz, 5847 San Felipe Suite 2600, Houston,
Texas 77257, and let him know your opinion.
- Surf the internet to get more
information about how to help save these Ancient Forests.
- Do not buy wood from Home Depot. They
get their wood from these forests.
- Introduce a bill to end commercial
logging of native forests public lands. For a copy of the
draft bill, write or call: Chad T. Hanson, The Survival
Center Activist Network, Suite One EMU, University of
Oregon, Eugene, Or. 97403 or call 503-346-4356 or fax
503-346-2573.
- Send donations to Trees Foundation,
Attn: Affiliate Support Coordinator, P.O.B. 2202, Redway,
Ca. 95560.
- Boycott Redwood!
Destruction
of Ancient Forest in Pacific Northwest