California's Redwood Forest 
needs your help !

HELP STOP VINEYARD 
DEFORESTATION PROJECTS !

Gualala River Watershed - Sonoma County, CA
Would you cut down California's remaining 
Redwood Forests to make room 
for more Vineyards?
It doesn't make any sense, but that is exactly what  Vineyard Developers and international corporations are doing to the Sonoma County coastal Redwood Forests. 

"People should not be cutting down redwoods to plant vineyards,'' said Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Reilly, whose district includes most of the Sonoma County coast from Bodega Bay northward.

"It's a tremendous mistake for the wine industry to cut these trees, and I'm sure many of them wish this wasn't happening. But it is, even with the glut of grapes on the market. I hear all the time about new proposals to convert forest land to pinot noir, and we should be looking proactively at it.'' 
(Sonoma County Supervisor Mike Reilly - Press Democrat)

Vast tracts of wild  forest land are being broken into fragments as vineyards spread like cancer destroying every living thing in their path. 

What one day is a rich and vibrant forest  -- months later becomes bare soil with dust blowing in the wind.


 
 
These are not peasant farmers in some "Third World" country cutting down the jungle to plant crops to feed their families.

In 2004 Our Redwood Forests are being destroyed by some of the the richest people on earth hoping to line their pockets and impress their wealthy friends with yet another bottle of wine.


 
 
California's Redwood Forest and the wildlife that live in it have evolved over millions of years.

Do they no longer have a right to exist?

The 
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 
is acting as if they don't !

Wild animals have freely roamed the Redwood Forests since the beginning of time. Now they are being forced out as large portions of their habitat are fenced off and destroyed forever. 

Allan Buckmann, a wildlife biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game, said habitat fragmentation is the biggest
culprit in species extinction. In Sonoma County, he said, much of this fragmentation is caused by grape growers who erect
impermeable fences around their vines. (Press Democrat - December 8, 1999)

First, every tree is cut down. Fires burn for months on end as every root and limb is turned into smoke. The soil is then ripped to a depth of several feet to make sure nothing living remains.

Lime is spread on the soil surface and often poison gasses are used to kill even the microscopic life. 

By the time the soil is ready for planting, 
every living thing has fled or is dead !

The CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY is working hand in hand with the vineyard developers to eliminate the  Redwood Forests that the public has entrusted them to protect and preserve . They have approved almost every Vineyard Deforestation project that has been proposed during the last decade.

Since when is it the job of the CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY to completely wipe out the forest ?

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