August/Septe mber 1977 RAIN Pagc 3 RAIN is a monthly information access journal and reference service for people developing more satisfying patterns that increase local self-reliance and press less heavily on our limited resourcesWe try to give access to: * Solid tecbnical support for evaluating and implementing new ideas. Ecological and pbilosopbical perceptions that can help create more satisfying options for living, working and playing. Up-to-date information on people, evenrs and publications. Coalition for Economic Altematives ' Box 323 Ashland, WI 54806 CEA is a private, non-profit community development corporation involved in generating more appropriate forms of economic development in northwest Wisconsin. They are currently involved in development of a woodsworker cooperative to better match work and workers in the local forest products industry; encouraging the U.S. Fore st Service to replace chemical techniques with labor-intensive ones in pine-release programs; education on the use of wood for home heating and other projects. Membership is $5/year. -TB High Eleaation Regeneration of Western Oregon Forests, Randal Lee O'Toole, 1976, $1 from' Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants 1604 N.E. 48th Portland, OR972l3 Timber companies cut thousands of acres without replanting, then turn around and accuse the government of putting loggcrs out of work by preserving our last remaining remnants of 1000year-old redwood. forests. Nitrogenfixing alder is killed by herbicides so Douglas fir can grow faster, then nitrogen fertilizcr has to be applied. We're far fr,rm rcally sane forcstry practices applicable to our quite varied topography and climate conditions. This booklet is a start-a careful analysis of actual reforestation success and failure at higher elevations. It concludes that clearcutting should not occur above 1300 meters, and above 1000 meters should occur only in areas with protection from the afte rnoon sun; only in areas away from rockslides, ridgctops and other locations with thin, rocky soil; only without broadcast burning of residuc; and only where immediatc rcplanting takes place . -TB TRANSPORT Burley/Oakg Bicycle Trailer P.O. Box 155 Creswell, OR 97426 These folks have designed a simple bicycle trailer made from steel tubing and aluminum castings that has a very low center of gravity and an improved hitch to the bicycle for use with heavy or bulky loads. Will rake 24" ro 27" whcels and either front or rear hubs. Recommended load limit-8o lbs. Trailer retails for $55 without wheels. -TB Tbe Way of a Sbip, Alan Villiers, 1953, $5.95 from, Charles Scribner's Sons 597 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10017 This was referred to several times in the Seriatim article on Dynaships (Rl1N, luly'77), so we checked it out and found it to be a fascinating and defini tive starting place for anyone interested in further evolution of the commercial usc of wind-powered ships. Covers the design, rigging. operatit-rn, cconomics, performance and navigation of the great square-rigged sailing ships still in commercial use in the 1930s and the dYnamics of the ir usurpation by low-cost fuels. -TB MeruDeru HAUL ! ) ( =O+..tFr Tecrc r ( z I \ tlro!o a.utolttr[. I lH l Cathy Macdonald Steve Johnson Typesettrng: ter Printins, Times Lirho RAIN Tom Bendcr S'IAFF, Lane deMoll CONTRIBUTING EDITORS, Marcia Johnson Lee Iohnson Bill Day
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