Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap
Still Time to Support Forestry Reform Bills!
Posted by Mary Bull (chalicenew@earthlink.net)
Friday, May 21, 1999
California Forest Defenders!
CA Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Keeley's office told me yesterday that the vote
on CA Forestry Reform Bills AB 717 and AB 748 has been postponed till next
Wednesday. SO... If you haven't called or emailed the Appropriations
Committee members, let your voice be heard!!!
Contact info and sample letters follow.
Carole Migden, Chair: Assemblymember.Migden@assembly.ca.gov
Susan Davis: Assemblymember.Davis@assembly.ca.gov
Louis Papan: a19@assembly.ca.gov
Darrell Steinberg: assemblymember.steinberg@assembly.ca.gov
Helen Thompson: helen.thomson@assembly.ca.gov
Roderick Wright: Assemblymember.Wright@assembly.ca.gov
Herb Wesson: herb.wesson@asm.ca.gov
Patricia Wiggins: patricia.wiggins@asm.ca.gov
Robert Hertzberg: robert.hertzberg@asm.ca.gov
John Longville: Assemblymember.Longville@assembly.ca.gov
Gloria Romero: Gloria.Romero@assembly.ca.gov
May 21, 1998
The Honorable _________________
Assembly Appropriations Committee
Re: Support for AB 717 and AB 748 (Keeley)
Dear Assemblymember ____________________
Years of liquidation logging in Mendocino County has left the redwood
ecosystem on the verge of collapse there and its endangered species on the
brink of extinction. The timber companies have reaped enormous profits at
the expense of our natural trust resources. They have ignored the Forest
Practice Act mandate to log sustainably—to produce continuous, high quality
yield. They have reduced the ancient forest in Mendocino, which once
occupied a million acres, to a few thousand at best. Coho, which once was
scooped by the wagonload from Elk Creek, Mendocino County are now down to
“10 or fewer” in a 150-square mile region (1995--96 Louisiana-Pacific
survey).
The magnificent redwoods and their rare dependent species—the heroic coho,
the reclusive marbled murrelet, and so many others—are all of California’s
legacy! Serious reform is long overdue to save the little that’s left.
AB 717 is a good first step toward creating some balance between commercial
and environmental goals in our forests. AB 748 saves the State money by
making timber companies pay for their permits like everyone else.
Both these bills have my strong support and I hope they have yours!
Thank you!
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