[SustainableTompkins] Saving the FL Nat'l Forest

[Jan Quarles]

Hi All,
re: saving the old growth pines of the FL Nat'l Forest:
Please let us know if there are any protests planned. If so, we'll be there, 
with a bunch of friends!
Thanks,  - Jan Quarles
JanQ at zoom-dsl.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elan Shapiro" <elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>
To: <sustainabletompkins at lists.mutualaid.org>; 
<village-plus at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SustainableTompkins] FL Nat. Forest -talk helps, keep it up


> Hey Elan:
>
> Thanks for the heads up - I spoke with a person at the forest service
> who said he was taking a hi volume of calls and that the trees are
> already MARKED! He said he promised that nothing would happen to the
> trees until there was a resolution. He said there had been a public
> comment stage and no one had raised any objections - I asked how that
> could have happened given the current response and he said- "Well,
> that is suspicious - I promise we will get to the bottom of it."
>
> Thanks again- David
> (dsaiia at ithaca.edu)
>
> Elan Shapiro wrote:
>
>>Well-known and highly respected ecological forester Mike DeMunn has
>>asked me to distribute his urgent message below. Please distribute
>>this widely.
>>Tony Ingraham
>>owlgorge at earthlink.net <mailto:owlgorge at earthlink.net>
>>  Urgent Message to All Conservationists
>>The Finger Lakes National Forest is preparing to put out to bid a
>>timber sale (the Cotton-Mill sale) which includes cutting all of the
>>last OLD GROWTH white pine on the Finger Lakes National Forest,
>>despite the fact that they gave their word that they wouldn't do it!
>>Call or email the Finger Lakes National Forest and demand that none
>>of the white pine be cut for this or any future timber sale. Act on
>>this now!
>>Call: Finger Lakes National Forest, Hector, N.Y. Phone: 607-546-4470.
>>http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/contact/index.htm
>>Contact Mike DeMunn at 607-546-4902 for further information.
>>
>>Those who care about the environment need to be alerted to the
>>pending deplorable action of the U.S. Forest Service in the Finger
>>Lakes National Forest.
>>Within a planned timber sale, there are old growth white pine trees
>>marked for cutting! These trees are very large and awesome to behold
>>and are likely over 200 years old. They are by far the largest and
>>oldest of their species on the entire 17,000 acres of the Finger
>>Lakes National Forest and perhaps in all of western Schuyler County
>>and beyond.
>>
>>The trees are located on the top of Burnt Hill Road in Hector-Logan,
>>N.Y. They can be seen from miles away towering above the rest of the
>>forest on the Hector ridge and give the viewer a glimpse of what the
>>ancient virgin forest looked like centuries ago. These white pines
>>are beyond question the crown jewels of this national forest and it
>>is unthinkable that ALL of them would be marked for logging!
>>
>>The white pine is the sacred tree and symbol of the Iroquois Indian
>>nations. These trees are survivors from the time the Indians
>>inhabited this area. Old growth white pine is the rarest of the rare
>>because it was so sought after for building purposes since
>>settlement times. From a forest management perspective, there is not
>>a single reason to cut these ancient trees, except they are big,
>>old, and have at best some minor economic value.
>>  These old white pine trees do not belong to the U.S. Forest
>>Service. They belong to the American people, to natural history.
>>They are every bit as rare and important to ecology and human
>>society as any endangered species would be. The people of the future
>>have a right to see these living trees, and not just the stumps of
>>where they once stood for centuries.
>>
>>The U.S. Forest Service was asked to NOT cut these old white pines
>>and they gave their word that they would leave them alone. Time is
>>now of the essence and all conservationists must act quickly by
>>contacting the U.S. Forest Service at 607-546-4470 (Finger Lakes
>>National Forest) and expressing your outrage at this senseless act.
>>Let us hope there has been "miscommunication" on their part instead
>>of deliberately breaking their word. ACT NOW on this matter.
>>Contact Mike DeMunn at 607-546-4902 for further information.
>>
>>[Mike is a native of the Finger Lakes area. He has worked in various
>>parts of the country for both the US Forest Service and the National
>>Park Service, and he is an expert on old growth forest. He works as
>>a private forestry consultant, helping landowners manage their woods
>>with sustainable forestry practices. He is a leader in land
>>conservation in the Finger Lakes area, and he is an author. He lives
>>in Burdett, N.Y. near the Finger Lakes National Forest.
>>I hope to get some photos of these trees soon. Tony Ingraham.]
>>
>>--
>>
>
> -- 
> Elan Shapiro
> Sustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair
> Sustainable Living Associates, Principal
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>
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