Page 3? RAIN November/December 1984 z 0 (f} 7 L.1.1 co co 0 co Pacific Northwest Bioregion Report Peace Community Planned A working group of writers, educators·, and peacemakers from all walks of life have formulated plans to establish a Peace Community in the Pacific Northwest to serve as a m.odel for other such communities to be established in Hawaii, Europe, South America, and other locations around the world. Spearheaded by A. D. Lehmann, author of To111orrmu's World (DOVES Publishing, Newport, Oregon, 1983), the group just released the initial draft of its manifesto. Its constitution and by-laws will be formulated in spring . 1985. Groundbreaking for the first Peace Community is scheduled for 1986. . For more information about the Peace Community project, send $1 to cover copying costs and 54¢ in stamps to A. Lehmann, c/o PEACE, Box 110, Yachats, OR 974,98. Direct Action Network .Forms A meeting to establish the Northwest Direct Action-Network was held . in Portland on August 18. Approximately 70 people attended, representing more than 30 environme,ntal, peace, and women's organizations from Ashland, Oregon, to Vancouver, B. C. The goals of the network are as follows: to coordinate major regional civil-disobedience actions that bring together many kinds of issues and organizations; to establish an emergency-response network for immediate. widespread response tq sudden events such as a U.S. military invasion of a foreign country; and to coordinate simultaneous actions throughout the region. The network has planned its· first major regional action at Ft. Lewis for October 25, the first anniversary of the invasion of Grenada, to protest U.S. militarism. For further information about the network, contact Northwest Action for Disarmament (a member group of the network), 408 SW 2nd Avenue, Room 428, Portland, OR 97204; 503/295-2101. Blockades Continue in Middle Santiam Speaking of direct action, the Cathedral Forest Action Group continued its campaign of no11Violent civil disobedience throughout the summer to stop logging in 80,000 acres of oldgrowth forest in the :vtiddle Santiam region of the Willamette National Forest in Oregon. In additio11 to blockades in the forest itself, the group also organized rallies at the U.S .. Forest Service offices in Portland and Eugene in late August to ~raw public attention to the issue, and an Old Growth Gathering was held in late September, with Gary Snyder as one of the featured speakers. Snyder has tried to put the significance of these old growth stands into perspective. "Even people in the Northwest might not realize what an . extraordinary planetary treasure the old growth forests of the Pacific Slope are. .. . These are the most amazing temperate rainforests in the world. There's more biomass in the temperate rain forests of the Northwest than there is even in the tropical rain forests . It is an absolute planetary treasure, and an extraordinary piece of ecological history to see the patches of these forests still standing." The Cathedral Forest Action Group is doing everything it can to defend these ancient, precious forests. Group members consider such areas to be our sacred places-hence the name "Cathedra) Forest." They say they will not quit until the Santiam forest is legally protected. If you would like to help, write or call the Cathedral Forest Action Group at 824 SW 10th, Corvallis, OR 97333; 503/754-9151, or call Thelma Perry, 5031342-3250 (Eugene),
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