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EPFW Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2007

Sustainable Logging Uses "waste not" Ethic Video (MSNBC)

California Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in EPFW's case against CDF and SPI on March 5, 2008. See calendar for details....

Over 100 local businesses sign a letter asking SPI to stop clearcutting.

SPI'S Clearcuts in Sierra Nevada. See for yourself.

Anti-clearcutting demonstrationin Sacramento on November 17, 2007. Watch video.

EPFW IN THE NEWS

Amador Ledger Dispatch, Valentine's Day press conferences zero in on SPI's logging practices, Monday, February 25, 2008, At Valentine's Day press conferences in Murphys and Redding earlier this month, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch and Forest Ethics, an international nonprofit, released the results of an ongoing business sign-on campaign to lobby Sierra Pacific Industries to end clearcutting practices. Read more....

Mountain Chronicle. On Thursday February 14th, Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch honored four local businesses with unique Valentine’s Day awards. Bridges Construction, Twin Rivers Trading Post, S.N.A.C. (Sierra Nevada Adventure Company and Sustenance Books of Murphys received the "Businesses with a Heart" commendations at an afternoon ceremony at the Murphys Library. Read more...

The Union Democrat. Businesses join fight against clearcuts. Published: February 14, 2008 By JAMES DAMSCHRODER Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch has gotten 125 Calaveras County businesses to sign a request directed at California's largest private landowner, Sierra Pacific Industries, to stop the clear-cutting of the area's forest. Read more...

YubaNet.com. Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch Celebrates Valentines Day by Honoring "Businesses with a Heart", Published on Feb 15, 2008 , Murphys, CA, Feb. 14, 2008 - Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch (EPFW) is releasing results today of their ongoing business sign-on campaign, a joint effort with the international non-profit Forest Ethics, at a Valentine's Day reception and press conference. Representatives from several businesses will be honored for their commitment and leadership. The honorees will speak about the relationship of clearcutting to them and their businesses. Read more...

ThePineTree.net. Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch Celebrates Valentine’s Day by Honoring “Businesses with a Heart”~ By Josh Bridges. Read more...

EPFW NEWSLETTER

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Spring/Summer 2008 Newsletter Studies Show Clearcutting Increases Global Warming, EPFW/CSERC Case Goes to State Supreme Court, Local Businesses Take a Stand for Healthy Forests, Save the Date for Potluck Barbecue and Election, Valentine’s Concert Fills the House

Winter 2007 Newsletter Looking back at the Year, 2007: A year of Expansion and Outreach, State Legislators Briefed, Education Efforts Expanded, New, Old Friends Contributed, Festival Goes Wild for Fourth Time

Fall 2007 Newsletter Clearcuts and Plantations Increase Fire Risk, Educating State Lawmakers Shows Promise, EPFW Elects New Board

Spring 2007 Newsletter Sierra Sleuths on the Move, Oaks and Development on Collision Course, A Birthday Gift of Love, EPFW Election in June, ETbbetts Pass Scenic Byway Memberships Available, and more..

PRESS RELEASES

Press Release, May 22, 2008, State Supreme Court releases long-awaited decision on clearcutting litigation

For Immediate Release. February 14, 2008. Over 100 local "businesses with a heart" sign a letter to SPI aksing the company to stop clearcutting the Sierra.

EPFW makes Timber Harvest Plans available in local libraries

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