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9, 1998 Contacts: Angela Wartes or Jeff Davis, Earth First! 707/ 825-6598 Grizzly Creek Treesit Raided EarthÊFirst! calls for Community Response At about 11:30 this morning, Humboldt County Sheriffs deputies and employees of the Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Company (Maxxam/PALCO) arrived at the Grizzly Creek Treesits to evict the activists occupying trees in the area since David ÒGypsyÓ ChainÕs death on September 17th. Chain was killed while protesting an illegal logging operation by a tree which was purposely felled in his direction by a PALCO logger. Two of the Maxxam/PALCO employees are tree climbers who have ascended the trees to remove equipment and food and to dismantle the platforms that the treesitters were using. The two activists in the trees have locked themselves to branches using metal sleeves and are refusing to leave. Earth First! has maintained a presence in Grizzly Creek to preserve the crime scene where David ÒGypsyÓ Chain was killed and to pressure the state into conducting an independent investigation of his death. So far, we have been successful in keeping the Sheriffs department and Maxxam/PALCO from hauling out the trees or further logging in the area. Earth First! activists and community residents plan to meet at Grizzly Creek at 6 AM tomorrow morning, December 10th, to respond to this attempted eviction and possibly engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. Grizzly Creek is located 17 miles east of Highway 101 on Highway 36. Maxxam/PALCO had its timber operators license suspended by the California Department of Forestry due to the companyÕs extreme disregard for and repeated violations of the rules and regulations that govern forest practices in California. Earth First! is determined to bring attention to these violations until the state and federal regulatory agencies hold PALCO fully accountable for their actions. ######## Northcoast Earth First! P.O. Box 28 Arcata, CA 95518 Please visit these websites to find out more about Headwaters and Earth First! http://www.net-code.com/headwaters http://www.monitor.net/monitor http:/www.igc.org/epic
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