Putting Clean Water and Old Growth Forests Before Profits
The 157-acre Trapper timber sale, located on the McKenzie District of the Willamette National Forest, threatens the clean water supply of Eugene and Springfield, as well as some of the last native and old growth forests in Oregon. Seneca Jones, a Eugene-based timber company, bought rights to the trees in 1999. The sale has been controversial ever since.
We are an all-volunteer group of citizens working to support the current legal battle to save Trapper by spreading public awareness and pressuring the Forest Service to drop the sale and protect Oregon's clean water and old growth forests. Click the button to the right to tell the Forest Service what you think about logging old growth on public land! Click Get Involved to learn more ways show your support for the campaign.
Urban tree sit at Saturday market
Early Saturday morning a group of activists with Cascadia Rising Tide set up a platform 40 feet off the ground in a tree on the corner of Oak St and Park St. In that same tree, a banner was hung that read "Forest Service: Give Back Trapper. Protect Our Water." The platform was occupied by Grace Warner to inform Eugene of the horrendous logging practices advocated by the Forest Service, as well as threats to the drinking water supply that the Trapper timber sale poses.
Law enforcement kept a comfortable distance, not showing their presence at the demonstration. The group gained support from Saturday Market staff and vendors alike. Check out media coverage on the channel 9 evening news here (starting at 5:50 into the video). Warner stayed in the tree until the end of market and left on her own accord.
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Call Meg Mitchell, Willamette Natl. Forest Supervisor, at 541 225 6300. Call Seneca Sawmill at 541 689 1011 and ask to speak to Rick Rae.
Demand protection of native forests! Demand clean water! Demand that Trapper remain wild!
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