Members of California State Senator Noreen Evans' staff, including her resident guru on environmental policy issues, Jeff Tyrell, visited The Warbler's tree sit on Feb.…
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Had it not been for a direct action last week by supporters of The Warbler's tree sit south of Willits, this would have been the…
Ever since The Warbler rigged herself to a rope and harness in the early morning of January 28, then hoisted herself precisely 71 feet high…
This is a round-up of the latest developments regarding three major stories I've been writing about for the Anderson Valley Advertiser in the last few…
As the first tree sit Mendocino County has seen in perhaps 13 years enters its second week, there appears little indication either that the tree…
The Warbler, a charming and hard-working 24-year-old goat and vegetable farmer who lives in the Willits Valley, scaled a large ponderosa pine tree in the Bypass Southern Interchange area in the wee morning hours of January 28th in an effort to block sawing of the trees.
As with so many places in the American West that have been struck by the flash-flood of capitalist development since the mid-19th century, that which…
Walking through the chalky gray ashes and charred remains of the lifeless shrub forest that spans the canyons and slopes of North Cow Mountain, the…
The Kashia Pomo of northwestern Sonoma and southwestern Mendocino Counties refer to it as “Chishkale,” meaning “beautiful tree.” Northern California pioneers selected their name for…
It was 520 years ago this week that a lost Italian seaman flying the Spanish flag washed ashore on the Bahama Islands, three-quarters of a…
The forests of the world are in deep trouble. One especially sobering illustration is as follows. 1970 is commonly cited (erroneously) as the year environmental…