Polar bears dying out in Russian region: expert
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Author: postMigrator
Protect Ancient Forests and Wild Salmon, Take Action Today!
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[siskiyou] Gov. Kulongoski needs to hear from you!
From: “Shane Jimerfield, Siskiyou Project” <shane@siskiyou.org> Date:
Mon, October 27, 2008 3:46 pm
To: siskiyou@lists.onenw.org
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October 27, 2008
View as web page <http://www.siskiyou.org/action/index.html> .
Protect Ancient Forests and Wild Salmon, Take Action Today!
The Oregonian printed an opinion-editorial from former U.S. Congressman Les
AuCoin on the BLM’s Western Oregon Plan Revisions entitled,
<http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/10/an_environmental_legacy
_for_th.html> “An environmental legacy for the taking.” AuCoin represented Oregon in
the U.S. Congress for 18 years. The editorial reads, in part:
These towering forests are at the heart of Oregon’s identity. They define our state.
Our communities rely on pristine forests for clean drinking water. Ancient forest
groves are some of our best places to recreate and find solace. Over the years, we
have come to learn the important role our mature and old-growth forests play in
providing habitat for endangered salmon and other unique species. Recent research is
confirming that preserving and restoring our old-growth forests is vital to the
effort to combat climate change.
Resource: Filmmaker Rebecca Sommer-Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, the UN, & REDD
Rebecca Sommer is a German artist, journalist, photographer, documentary
filmmaker, and human rights activist. She is the representative for the
Indigenous Department USA of the Society for Threatened Peoples [2], an
international NGO in special consultative status to the United Nations
(ECOSOC), and in participatory status with the Council of Europe. She
founded Earth Peoples [3], a global circle of indigenous peoples working
together to promote the natural and human rights of indigenous peoples.
Rebecca Sommer earns her living as an artist, with works in beauty,
fashion, print and film, and has worked as the editor-at-large for
magazines such as Scene, Madison, and Spirit while living in Germany,
India, Great Britain, Brazil, South Africa and the USA.
For a listing of her current & past film documentaries:
http://www.rebeccasommer.org/press.html
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Drought, Beetles, Disease Killing Western Forests…Watch Out For Big Timber Scams!
“Forest thinning”? Maybe…but better leave big timber outfits out of it-or else.
ASW
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“… tree mortality is likely to rise …”
“Forests are in deep trouble,” said Ron Neilson, a Forest Service
bioclimatologist and a professor at Oregon State University.
“Tom Coleman, the Forest Service entomologist who announced the
discovery of the oak borer in August …”The very worst-case scenario
is that we see a massive die-off of our hardwood forest. . . .”
“The same dynamic is at play everywhere on the planet,” Neilson said.
“In Central California, forests have been scourged by a disease
called sudden oak death since the mid-1990s. British Columbia has
been hammered by red band needle blight. Forestry experts say heavy
summer rains promoted the spread of both infections.
“In Alaska, the deaths of millions of yellow cedars are linked to
earlier snowmelt, which exposes shallow roots to spring freezes.”
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San Diego Union-Tribune
October 25, 2008
Drought, beetles killing forests
More than 10,000 oaks in S.D. County affected
By Mike Lee
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Bugs and diseases are killing trees at an alarming rate across the
West, from the spruce forests of Alaska to the oak woodlands near the
San Diego-Tijuana border.
Several scientists said the growing threat appears linked to global
warming. That means tree mortality is likely to rise in places as the
continent warms, potentially altering landscapes in ways that
increase erosion, fan wildfires and diminish the biodiversity of
Western forests.