REDWOOD ALERT!

Headwaters Forest needs your help!

Headwaters Forest is one of the last major stands of unprotected old-growth redwoods in the world. Located in northwest California near the Pacific coast in Humboldt County, Headwaters has been the focus of environmental activists for a decade since it was discovered to be important habitat for several listed endangered species, including the Marbled Murrelet, Coho Salmon, and Spotted Owl. It is one of the most amazing forests left on Earth, with trees that have lived for thousand of years. These trees influence the weather patterns by transpiring water into the air and creating fog that in turn influences the amount of fair weather in other parts of the country. Yet Headwaters is still being logged at an unprecedented rate, causing irreversible damage to this complex ecosystem. Your immediate action is needed to save this amazing place.

What YOU can do:

JOIN OUR MUSIC CAMPAIGN

kicked off April 1 on the first day of Marbled Murrelet nesting season, with a sing-along rally outside MAXXAM headquarters in Houston. See Redwood Songbook and help us to cast celebrity look-alikes to produce a fundraising concert and music video campaign!
In Houston: (713) 867-5998 or e-mail Emily; In Austin: (512) 478-7666 or e-mail Chris.

MAKE IMPORTANT PHONE CALLS:

Bill Hogarth, Regional Director of National Marine Fisheries, at (562) 980-4001 and Mike Spear, Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Services, at (503) 231-6118

BOYCOTT REDWOOD PRODUCTS

Especially Pacific Lumber and any old-growth redwood products. For futher boycott info, contact the Rainforest Action Network at (415) 398-4404 or www.ran.org.

SUPPORT THE STEWARDSHIP PRESERVATION PROGRAM

proposed by the Trees Foundation. (See www.envirolink.org/orgs/headwaters/HFSP/summary.html or www.callamer.com/macronet/earth_advocate/forests/headwaters.html.) Write to children- and family-oriented corporations, such as McDonald's and Walt Disney, and ask them to donate funds to save the redwoods for the children; or lobby Congress to declare the redwoods the national tree! (See Giant Redwood Song or other links.)

VOLUNTEER WITH OTHER GROUPS WORKING NATIONWIDE

Join Earth First! in stopping destruction of the wildlands and the environment: (512) 236-0144. Donate to the Environmental Protection and Information Center (EPIC) which uses all their resources to save Headwaters through public education and enforcement of the Endangered Species Act: (707) 923-2931

See last year's Houston Coalition for Headwaters mission statement.

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