I am sending this to all my contacts in the Bay Area, in case anyone there is
concerned, as I am.
Best,
romi
P.S. This is a REAL message, from ME. Earlier today some spambot ("Zopia or
something like that) invaded my Contacts Lost and WITHOUT MY PERMISSION emailed
an invitation to everyone on it. If you got it, please accept my apologies for
it!
________________________________
From: Ed P
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=11361#more
FEMA Plans Clear-Cutting of 85,000 Berkeley and
Oakland Trees
by Randy
Shaw‚
Beyond Chron: May.
16‚ 2013
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is moving
to chop down 22,000 trees in Berkeley’s historic Strawberry and Claremont
Canyons and over 60,000 more in Oakland. This destructive plan is rapidly
moving
forward with little publicity, and FEMA cleverly scheduled its three public
meetings for mid and late May while UC Berkeley students were in finals or gone
for the summer. UC Berkeley has applied for the grant to destroy the bucolic
Strawberry and Claremont Canyon areas, claiming that trees pose a fire hazard.
The school has no plans to replant, and instead will cover 20% of the area in
wood chips two feet deep. And it will pour between 700 and 1400 gallons of
herbicide to prevent resprouting, Including the highly toxic herbicide,
Roundup.
People are mobilizing against this outrageous proposal, which UC Berkeley has
done its best tokeep secret.
When I heard this week that the federal government would be
funding the clear-cutting of 85,000 beautiful Berkeley and Oakland trees,
including 22,000 in historic Strawberry and Claremont Canyon, my initial
reaction was disbelief. I then wondered how the feds have money for this
destructive project while Head Start and public housing programs are being cut
due to the sequester.
The trees in Strawberry and Claremont Canyon have
been there for decades and hardly constitute a “hazard.” But pouring 1400
gallons of herbicide on the currently pristine hills will create a real hazard,
and UC Berkeley even plans to use the highly toxic herbicide “Roundup” to
squelch the return of non-native vegetation.
This is true horror story
that will happen absent public opposition. I know that many will find it hard
to
believe that this could occur in our pro-environment San Francisco Bay Area,
but
UC Berkeley may be counting on this attitude to get all the approvals they need
before people find out the truth.
Please read “Death
of a Million Trees,” which provides all of the facts, figures and background
about the Strawberry and Claremont Canyon proposed clear cutting as well as the
tree destruction plans for the East Bay. The last public hearing will be held
Saturday, May 18, 2013, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., at Claremont Middle School,
5750 College Avenue in Oakland.
The public has until June 17 to submit
written comments on the project. You can do so through the website:
http://ebheis.cdmims.com, or via email at [email protected]
There
are countless destructive attacks on the environment that Bay Area activists
cannot impact. But this is occurring in our own backyard, and activists must
make sure that this cannot happen here.
Randy Shaw is the Editor of
BeyondChron and loves hiking in the impacted areas. He is the author of The
Activist’s Handbook and Beyond
the Fields: Cesar Chavez, the UFW and the Struggle for Justice in the 21st
Century
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