News

March 16, 2021

A ton of moss – forest defense report back

SLINGSHOT NEWSPAPER

https://slingshotcollective.org/a-ton-of-moss-forest-defense-report-back/

August 4, 2020

Tsurai Ancestral Society 'Cautiously Optimistic' about the upcoming removal of cell tower structures on Tsurewa

REDHEADED BLACKBELT

https://kymkemp.com/2020/08/04/tsurai-ancestral-society-cautiously-optimistic-about-the-upcoming-removal-of-cell-tower-structures-on-tsurewa/

December 16, 2020

Photo story about RFD and Mattole forest defense

BUZZFEED NEWS

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katebubacz/treetops-logging-protesters-photos

November 5, 2020

Trinidad Coastal Land Trust to receive grant for purchasing easement over Strawberry Rock and trail

REDHEADED BLACKBELT

Funding secured to protect and make publicly accessible an area defended by treesitters for several years.

https://kymkemp.com/2020/11/05/state-parks-recommends-giving-400000-for-strawberry-rock-redwood-forest-trail-acquisition/

September 24, 2020

Tree sitters defend forest near Strawberry Rock

THE LUMBERJACK

https://thelumberjack.org/2020/09/24/tree-sitters-defend-forest-near-strawberry-rock/

July 31, 2020

Clear Cutting a redwood forest. Trinidad, California

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QLBHA1QiawY

radiofreesunroot.com/2020/06/17/ep-19-interview-with-a-tree-sitter-feat-lupine/

May 9, 2020

"Interview with a Tree-Sitter" feat. Lupine

RADIO FREE SUNROOT

https://radiofreesunroot.com/2020/06/17/ep-19-interview-with-a-tree-sitter-feat-lupine/

May 9, 2020

Walter & Lupine discuss another treesit raised to stop clearcut logging

KPFA WEEKEND NEWS

https://soundcloud.com/user-940666748-19481516/redwood-forest-defense-on-the-kpfa-weekend-news

April 24, 2020

Tree Unit

RADICAL PEOPLE PODCAST

In this episode of Radical People, Eamon talks with Lupine and Walter from the Redwood Forest Defense campaign currently underway in Humboldt County in Northern California. Right now, near Strawberry Rock, tree sitters have taken to the canopy to protect a section of land slated for clearcutting by Green Diamond Resource Company. The unit has already been partially cut, but the presence of blockaders has stifled further work.

https://soundcloud.com/ranger-danger-379084944/28-tree-unit

April 16, 2020

In the redwoods, logging and tree sitting continue, even as the pandemic shuts mills

BY SUSANNE RUST

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-16/tree-sitters-protest-logging-as-a-virus-lays-waste-to-the-timber-industry

April 10, 2020

Green Diamond Timber Harvest Protesters Shelter in Place in Tree Sit

KMUD NEWS

Currently a timber harvest plan in the Trinidad area near Strawberry Rock is being opposed. You can find out more about the resource company's practices at greendiamond.com. You can find out more about the ongoing nonviolent resistance on Instagram and Facebook @redwoodforestdefense or send them email to redwoodforestdefense@protonmail.com . KMUD's Tanya Horlick reports...

https://soundcloud.com/kmudnews/green-diamond-timber-harvest-protesters-shelter-in-place-in-tree-sit

April 2, 2020

Lupine On Redwood Forest Defense

SOJOURNER TRUTH WITH MARGARET PRESCOD

We continue our COVID-19 coverage on both the environmental and poverty fronts. In Northern California's Humboldt County, Redwood Forest Defense is participating in a tree-sit to oppose logging in the area. Our guest is Lupine, an active Redwood Forest Defender.

https://soundcloud.com/sojournertruthradio/lupine-on-redwood-forest