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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-08-04 · 19:00 UTC

#BorderWall Construction Triggers Tree Sit to Save Ancient #Arizona #Cottonwood

For Immediate Release, July 29, 2026
Contact: Russ McSpadden,

LOCHIEL, Ariz.— "Protesters today climbed into an ancient cottonwood tree in Arizona’s #SanRafaelValley to stop the Trump administration from cutting it down for construction of two parallel 30-foot-tall border walls.

"The action comes after Department of Homeland Security contractors cut down three neighboring Fremont cottonwoods estimated to be 200 to 250 years old.

" 'Destroying these ancient cottonwoods is a death sentence for an entire ecosystem,' said Russ McSpadden, Southwest conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'These magnificent cottonwoods survived centuries, nourishing wildlife through floods and drought, only to be bulldozed for the Trump administration’s disastrous border wall. The San Rafael Valley is one of the most biologically rich landscapes in North America. It’s both a refuge and crucial corridor for #jaguars, #ocelots, #BlackBears, #pronghorn and hundreds of bird species.'

Today’s action is believed to be the first tree sit aimed at stopping U.S. border wall construction.

"The three cottonwoods cut down earlier this week stood along a rare stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border where mature trees once formed a #transboundary canopy. The trees provided nesting habitat, shade and shelter within an increasingly scarce riparian #ecosystem that supports hundreds of animal species. One #protester was arrested Monday while trying to protect those trees and nesting #MigratoryBirds .

"Federal officials said preconstruction surveys would be conducted during Arizona’s active #nesting season, but observers at the site reported that no surveys for nesting migratory birds were completed before the trees were destroyed.

"The area also contains prehistoric #ArchaeologicalSites that preserve evidence of thousands of years of #Indigenous presence in the borderlands. Ongoing construction threatens cultural resources that would be permanently lost if disturbed.

"The Department of Homeland Security is constructing the #BorderWall under authorities that waive dozens of the nation’s cornerstone environmental and cultural resource protection laws, allowing construction to proceed without reviews normally required under laws including the National Environmental Policy Act, the #EndangeredSpecies Act and the National #HistoricPreservation Act.

"In a letter sent today to the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Center called for an immediate halt to construction in the #Lochiel area. The letter urged the agencies to conduct comprehensive biological and cultural resource surveys, consult with Tribes with ancestral and cultural connections to the San Rafael Valley, protect the remaining ancient cottonwoods, and assess the ecological and cultural resources at risk."

Source [includes link to materials]:
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/border-wall-construction-triggers-tree-sit-to-save-ancient-arizona-cottonwood-2026-07-29/

#OldGrowth #NestingBirds #USPo #TrumpsBorderWall #RespectTheTreaties #LandBack #IndigenousCulture #ProtectTheSacred
#CulturalGenocide #EndangeredSpecies #TreeSitters

#borderwall #arizona #cottonwood #sanrafaelvalley #jaguars #ocelots

💧🌏 Greg Cocks @[email protected] · 2026-07-14 · 03:14 UTC

Mapping Multifunctionality In Remote Patagonian Forest Landscapes Reveals High-Value Ecosystems Beyond Protected Areas
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03515-x <-- shared paper
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H/T @Peter Potapov | Researcher at the World Resources Institute (WRI)
“This paper is] a strong example of multifunctionality analysis applied to conservation planning. The study mapped six ecosystem functions, including carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity. [The author] combined satellite data, field soil sampling, and spatial modeling for this comprehensive analysis.
Two findings stand out.
1. Old-growth forests had the highest multifunctionality index of any land cover type.
2. 78.5% of the top multifunctionality hotspots fall outside the region's protected areas, even though PAs already cover more than 54% of the territory.
Together, these results make a clear case for expanding conservation of the remaining Intact Forest Landscapes and primary forests in Patagonia and elsewhere…”
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“Remote forest landscapes provide critical references for understanding ecosystem functions (EFs) under low anthropogenic pressure, yet their capacity to sustain multiple EFs simultaneously remains poorly understood. [They] assessed landscape multifunctionality in western Patagonia by integrating satellite indicators, field data, and spatial modeling. Six EFs (carbon storage, nutrient availability, water regulation, erosion control, habitat quality, and ecological connectivity) were mapped, and their spatial relationships and hotspot distribution within and outside protected areas (PAs) were analyzed. Old-growth and secondary forests showed the highest functional performance. Strong synergies (ρ ≥ 0.6) between carbon storage and nutrient availability covered >50% of the landscape, whereas strong trade-offs (ρ ≤ –0.6) were spatially limited ( < 6%). Notably, 78% of multifunctionality hotspots occurred outside PAs, indicating that high-functional-value areas extend beyond formal conservation boundaries. These findings reveal spatial mismatches between multifunctionality and protection status and provide a replicable framework for integrating multifunctionality into conservation planning under global change…”
#Patagonia #chile #aysen #coyhaique #landcover #mapping #spatial #spatialpatterns #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #forest #vegetation #oldgrowth #secondgrowth #shrubland #grassland #steppe #ecosystem #habitat #nutrients #water #hydrology #erosion #multifunctionality #multifunctionalityanalysis #protectedareas #landuse #conservationplanning #conservation #ecology #carbonstorage #nutrientavailability #waterregulation #erosioncontrol #habitatquality #ecologicalconnectivity #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #modeling

#patagonia #chile #aysen #coyhaique #landcover #mapping

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2026-01-06 · 13:14 UTC

My #PhotoArt tribute to #BigLonelyDoug - one of the biggest #DouglasFir #trees in the world.

Learn more about this lonely #OldGrowth tree:
"It has the third highest tree score and third widest diameter of any known Douglas-fir in Canada, following the Red Creek Fir in the nearby San Juan Valley and the Bonin Giant in the Coquitlam River watershed in British Columbia's Lower Mainland"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug

#SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #PortRenfrew #Pacheedaht #Dididaht #TreeLovers #fir #EarthNeedsGuardians #nature #CarbonSink #Climate #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CapitalismKillsEverything #Environmentalist #PhotoEdit #VisualArt #ThickTrunkTuesday

#photoart #biglonelydoug #douglasfir #trees #oldgrowth #saveoldgrowth

Mountain Mindset @[email protected] · 2025-12-09 · 13:21 UTC

A lot of my purpose with this account has been about letting go of my past pains, embracing change and sharing some example for moving forward as I personally keep noticing healing & connection with nature. Exploring, what can we learn from that? Feeling an end of this era, a new chapter to create. Im changing my lifestyle to some degree, a place Ive come to know. This feels strange to admit but this little box on wheels has been more of my home than anywhere else Ive lived these past five years. Ive worked many seasonal & remote jobs to create time for a nomadic lifestyle. I took a minimalist approach; recognizing & experimentally embracing you can do more with less. Slowly discovering many cross over philosophies with technology enthusiasts who love to embrace terms like FOSS, Libre, FLO and others alike. Pondering if many in technology fields seem to share similar views & values with ski bums, dirtbags and nomads? Ive met so many incredible people along the way and experiencing how healing it is when we genuinely connect.

The change for me now is of great importance to reflect. To follow through on realizing the healing wouldn't be complete without helping more people ahead. The silence was good, the isolation had peace but the final words of Chris McCandless still strike me deep: "Happiness is only real, when shared." Nothing lasts forever but letting go does feel uncomfortable. Setting my own intention for a mountain mindset based around sharing an appreciation, a love & respect for the land & people. I might have taken a simple approach to experiencing a complex world. And if theres anything Id still like to learn... is it better in life to ask questions than to give answers?

#deepthoughts #questioneverything #idontknow #philosophy #reflecting #questions #life #healing #natureheals #connection #nomadic #lifestyle #learning #change #deepthinking #mountains #oldgrowth

#deepthoughts #questioneverything #idontknow #philosophy #reflecting #questions

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 19:51 UTC

#BritishColumbia province-wide #protest demanding a halt to #oldgrowth #logging next Tuesday, November 18th.
Please boost for wider reach 🌲💚🌲✌️

Please check the website for more details on different locations for these #MassMobilization protests - all across BC.
https://savewhatsleft.ca/protest

#WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #SaveOldGrowth #SaveWhatsLeft #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ForeverForests #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #biodiversity #nature #AncientForests #OldGrowthRainforest #ClimateAction #OneEarth #NoPlanetB #SacredForests #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CrimesAgainstHumanity #neoliberalism #Decolonization #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #AbolishRCMPCIRG

#britishcolumbia #protest #oldgrowth #logging #massmobilization #worthmorestanding

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2025-03-04 · 22:03 UTC

#ThickTrunkTuesday

This beautiful, ancient yellow #cedar tree has a massive, moss covered trunk. It is estimated at over 500 years old. There are very few #ElderTrees of this scale found outside of protected parks on Southern Vancouver Island now. The few remaining unprotected old growth forest tracts should be conserved for stability & longevity of our wild, ancient ecosystems & for the future generations to enjoy/admire/study.

The need to protect old growth forests has been the case for decades but even more important in present times because of accelerated climate change & the increased greedy desperation of corporate ecociders & our governments who aid/abet the pillaging which destroys wild environments that are essential for humans to sustain our lives on Earth. Valuable medicines are found & several medicines have yet to be found in these old growth, coastal temperate, wild rainforests. We need to protect these ancient forests for the above listed & many more important reasons.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #SaveOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #BCpoli #VancouverIsland #StopDeforestation #AncientTrees #OldGrowth #CedarTreeOfLife #WildFirst #NatureFirst #ProtectTheWild #ForestsForever #TreesOverGreed #StopEcocide #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Environmentalist #OneEarth #BCNDP #Cowichan #ProtectOldGrowth #Degrowth #BigTreesOfBC #CoastalTemperateRainforests #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #TreeLovers #Arbor #Trees #TreeHugger

#thicktrunktuesday #cedar #eldertrees #saveoldgrowth #bcforestryreform #bcpoli

DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2025-01-08 · 15:55 UTC

Boo hiss! If I were Biden, I'd be passing all sort of stuff -- and freeing #LeonardPelltier!

#Biden administration withdraws #OldGrowth #forest plan after getting pushback from industry and GOP

https://apnews.com/article/biden-old-growth-forests-climate-change-e365debe64acf791f16de2ce75cb9342
#USPol #SaveTheForests #FreeLeonardPeltier #GrowABackboneJoe

#leonardpelltier #biden #oldgrowth #forest #uspol #savetheforests

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-09-12 · 20:48 UTC

The #BCNDP #BCgovernment has said no to a proposal to create a #ProtectedArea for an area of #OldGrowth #cedars near #DuncanLake.

"At this time, #BCParks is not considering including this area in the provincial protected areas system," wrote Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship #NathanCullen in a letter to Grant Trower of Howser, B.C., on Sept. 3.

Trower is the founder of the group #WildlifeHabitatsForTomorrow that has been advocating for the protection of a 531-hectare grove and wetland.

He wants #BritishColumbia to declare the #CedarGroves a protected area, which is a category of protection just short of a full-fledged provincial park.

“There are many #trees in this grove that are well over 1,000 years old, and one that is estimated to be 2,100 years old,” said Trower. “They are the largest trees in the whole southern interior #rainforest. It isn’t just old growth. It’s #ancient old growth.”

He told the Nelson Star that Cullen's letter will not deter him.

"The advocacy is ongoing to ensure this special place will remain for our kids and grandchildren, for this grove is unique and easy to experience," he said, adding that the next steps will include media attention, targeted field trips and obtaining #FirstNations #endorsement.

https://www.nelsonstar.com/local-news/bc-parks-rejects-protected-status-for-duncan-lake-cedar-grove-7523100

#BCpoli #SaveOldGrowth #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ForestsForTheFuture #AncientForests #AncientTrees #Conservation #CarbonSinks #ClimateChange #ProtectOldGrowth #Cascadia #BCInterior #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #PacificNorthwest #CDNpoli #Canada #PNW #TreesOverGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #ElectionsBC2024 #BCVotes2024 #BCElection2024 #NeverVoteConservative #NeverVoteNeoliberal #BCNeoliberals

#bcndp #bcgovernment #protectedarea #oldgrowth #cedars #duncanlake

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-09-12 · 17:36 UTC

#RCMP was ‘unreasonable’ when setting up exclusion zones around Fairy Creek protest
By Leanne Sanders
Sep 11, 2024

The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP - #CRCC says that the RCMP was unreasonable in setting up broad #ExclusionZones and checkpoints while enforcing a civil #injunction covering the #FairyCreek area in #BritishColumbia, home to #OldGrowth #forests and a #protest led by people trying to save them.

“In its review, the CRCC found that the broad exclusion zones and checkpoints used by members of the RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group #CIRG were unreasonable,” said the report released on Wednesday. “The review determined that the RCMP’s demand to search the complainant at a checkpoint on a public road was unfounded, and his arrest, after refusing to agree to the search, was groundless.”

C-IRG is a low-profile RCMP group tasked with responding to protests and other public order events about resource based #industrial projects like #logging and #pipeline construction.

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/civilian-complaints-commission-releases-final-report-crcc

#AbolishCIRG #CorporateMercenaries #PublicTaxMoney #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #SaveOldGrowth #CriminalCops #CorporateGreed #BanCorporateLobbyists #RCMPCriminals #Ecocide #EbyTheEnabler #HorganizedCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #StopDeforestation #BanClearcutting #environmental #ACAB #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfDueProcess #CriminalsWithBadges #ThinBlueLineCriminals #RCMPThugs #CDNpoli #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VancouverIsland #PortRenfrew #VanIsle

#cdnpoli #rcmp #crcc #exclusionzones #injunction #fairycreek

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-07-25 · 15:26 UTC

"The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.

Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.

Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.

#SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

#wildfires #drought #foreststewardship #oldgrowthforests #forestry #clearcutting

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-07-02 · 14:32 UTC

#ThickTrunkTuesday
2023.

#OldGrowth #cedar #tree covered in lush #moss & #usnea #lichen in deep woods of #CowichanValley.

#VancouverIsland #nature #RedCedar #AncientTree #hiking #Forest #DisabledPhotographers #YYJphotographers #PacificNorthwest #BritishColumbia #Canada #photography #NatureLovers #trees #PNW #VanIsle #woodlands #GetOutside #Trees #NaturePhotos #TakeAHike #GreatOutdoors #ProtectOurForests #LeaveOnlyFootprints #TreesAreEarthsLungs #SaveOldGrowth #SaveTheForests #environmental #ecological #ecosystems #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveBCOldGrowth #arbor #TreeHugger #DefendTheForests #WorldInMyEyes #ProtectWhatYouLove

#thicktrunktuesday #oldgrowth #cedar #tree #moss #usnea

Ms. Que Banh @[email protected] · 2024-06-21 · 01:54 UTC

Please do not ever forget us.
We fought for you & for our #Oldgrowth #forests & #environment. We are still fighting! I was first arrested at #Clayoquot Sound. It was my very first #environmental #blockade. I have been arrested multiple times since. I refuse to stop fighting for #MotherEarth.

This is a lifelong commitment for many of us longtime activists.

https://youtu.be/Z9A-VK3B8EM?si=rGZ1BgvYe6_xxV_A

Decades later Clayoquot, after Squamish violent standoffs & after the fight for #Walbran #Carmannah ancient forests; I was at Fairy Creek:
https://youtu.be/MPTP4lFVYes?si=IK2KK7MJYqYihsjx

The #RCMP #StateViolence was increased on us at FC, because RCMP #CIRG was only created in 2017. After multilple huge #Indigenous stand-offs against govt assisted ecocide on unceded native lands for over 3 decades in #BritishColumbia. #RCMPCIRG is a voluntary #CorporateMercenaries unit, funded by public #Canadian taxpayers' monies & it should be #ABOLISHED.

#BCNDP #CrimesAgainstHumanity #BCpoli #CDNpoli #ResistanceAgainstEcocide #KKKanada

#rcmp #stateviolence #cirg #indigenous #rcmpcirg #kkkanada

PhoenixSerenity @[email protected] · 2024-05-27 · 14:40 UTC

#BCNDP is still lying about this. Former #Forestry minister lied through her entire time in that portfolio. She approved more #glysophate spraying #ecocide in #BritishColumbia & told people it's safe. She agreed to help #JohnHorgan commit many #CrimesAgainstHumanity.