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Action is the Antidote for Despair! Earth First!

Welcome to the North Coast Earth First! Website

North Coast Earth First! is a non-violent movement, based in Humboldt County, CA, focused on saving old growth Redwood and Douglas Fir forests in the Pacific Northwestern area of the U.S.

We also seek to shift logging practices away from corporate industrial liquidation logging and towards selective and responsible forestry.

Our movement has had a long history of fighting for civil rights and exposing corruption, both in the courts and in the media, and these missions continue to this day, in 2008. Your help is needed to keep it all going! Read on to find out how....

A Bit of History

In 1985, Maxxam Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, took over the Pacific Lumber Company, in Humboldt County, California. This takeover was accomplished with consolidated shares and junk bonds, and then Maxxam dumped a huge sum of its debt onto Pacific Lumber, forcing the company to log it's forests at an unprecedented rate, and targeting the Old Growth Redwood and Douglas Fir forests.

In response, the North Coast Earth First! movement was formed, in the non-violent civil disobedience and direct action traditions of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, and Rosa Parks. Well over one thousand people have been arrested in defense of these forests, and people are risking their lives, at this very moment, to save these ancient wonders.

Click here to read the full timeline

Nanning Creek/Spooner Tree-Village

Timber harvest plan #05-097, named "Bonanza" by Pacific Lumber Co., contains at least a dozen Old Growth Redwoods, which are slated to be destroyed by Maxxam Corp./Pacific Lumber Co. Located in the Nanning Creek area of the Eel River watershed, "Bonanza" sits just above the company-owned town of Scotia, home of the Pacific Lumber headquarters and one of their three mills in Humboldt County, CA. "Bonanza" is home to an Old Growth Redwood named "Spooner" by activists, and is said to be one of the largest, tallest trees that some long-time activists have ever seen.

Fern Gully

Timber harvest plan #01-446, named "Fern Gully" by activists, is in the Freshwater Creek watershed, which drains into the Humboldt Bay and then into the Pacific Ocean. Fern Gully is home to several Old Growth Redwoods, making it potential habitat to the marbled murrelet, a federally listed endangered seabird. Under the Endangered Species Act, this area should already be protected, yet it is currently threatened by Maxxam/PL. "Fern Gully" stands above Garfield Elementary School, yet another reason to save this rare and ancient grove.

Represent! 

New Earth First! T-shirts, now available!

100% organic cotton!

Available in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, and XX-Large

Available for a $20 donation, which includes shipping & handling.

Notice: I'm back in the office again, so the t-shirts are now available for immediate shipping. Thank you. -Shunka Wakan

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Donations go towards supporting the North Coast Earth First! movement, and just wearing the shirt helps to spread the Earth First! movement worldwide!

North Coast Earth First! Media Center

The NCEF! Media center is protected by the First Amendment, supporting freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, and is a way for people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. We also support freedom of religion, although we have no particular religious agenda.

The NCEF! Media office is located in Arcata, California, and is a valuable resource center for Earth First!ers and other community activists. We maintain this website, make and distribute videos, music, fliers and handouts (on 100% post-consumer recycled and flax paper). We provide a place for activists to check their e-mail, use the phone, make tabling materials, do outreach, educate ourselves further about important issues, generally assemble, and maybe even relax for a minute. The NCEF! Media office needs your support to help keep it going strong.

We always need more people who are willing to come to Humboldt County, CA, to participate directly, yet, if you can't make it, then you can help support from where you are, and you can make a huge difference! Through our website, you can sign up for automatic monthly donations, or make a one-time donation, and help keep the NCEF! Media office going, which exists to support and get the word out about the ongoing tree-sits and campaign of North Coast Earth First!

On our donations page, you'll find PayPal buttons for one-time donations and for our automatic monthly donation plan. Participation of 100 people, at even just $5 per month, would set us up on a strong and stable foundation to do the work we need to do. It's a minimal sacrifice each month, and, with enough people participating, it would mean a world of difference to the effectiveness of our movement. We just need the critical mass of supporters, on a regular basis, to remove the basic stresses from our movement and allow us to dedicate more time to the work we need to do for the forest.

Click here to see the German TV piece, which aired on April 20th, 2008, prime time, all across Europe! The segment appeared on a show called, "The World Mirror."

Just click on the video link to the right of the article, and please forward the link far and wide! Earth First!

Check out our streaming video here!

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