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Lance: Bohemian Grove members Killing Redwoods for Peanuts
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Though the authour of the article sees the Bohemian Grove members as simply boisterous (and we all know better), the fact that they are cutting down their redwoods for a paltry sum, pretty much sums up the fact that these people have diseased minds. Why don't the white hats release a virus or something during their weird weekends? A whole lot of nut jobs gone in one strike!
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I am here to investigate reports that the Bohemians have been desecrating their own bower. That nothing is sacred with these guys anymore. Everything is fair game. But how could the Bohemian Club, where California’s forest-preservation movement began, be logging its own land, which includes the largest stand of old-growth redwoods in Sonoma County? That’s what it did quietly from 1984 to 2005—11 million board feet, roughly 11,000 prime redwoods and Douglas firs. I imagine they don’t need the money. It costs $25,000 to join the club and $5,000 a year after that. A 150-foot redwood with a 27-inch D.B.H. (diameter at breast height) fetches only $850 these days, and a similar-size Douglas fir $450. Critics say to sacrifice these jewels for such small change is unconscionable. And for the last three years they have been trying to double the harvest.
To me, redwoods are like whales. At this point, they shouldn’t be harvested under any circumstances. Virgin, old-growth redwoods are growing on only 4 to 5 percent of their original range, a 450-mile band along the Pacific coast, from Big Sur to southern Oregon. They are the tallest and among the most massive (sequoias beat them there, but they are not as tall) and longest-living organisms on earth. Some individual trees have been here for 3,000 years.
The family that redwoods belong to, the Taxodiaceae, is 250 million years old. We humans appeared less than half a million years ago. There were redwoods when Tyrannosaurus rex was the top dog and everything was gigantic. Sixty million years ago, there were more than 40 species in the Taxodiaceae, and their forests blanketed much of the world. Today, only three remain: the coastal redwood; the sequoia, in the southern Sierra Nevada; and the dawn redwood, in one valley in China. The biggest redwoods are up in Humboldt County, reaching 375 feet—about 35 stories. In my mind, redwoods are among the planet’s greatest glories, and all that are left should be protected.
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http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/05/bohemian-grove200905
I wonder how long this guy will last?
Though the authour of the article sees the Bohemian Grove members as simply boisterous (and we all know better), the fact that they are cutting down their redwoods for a paltry sum, pretty much sums up the fact that these people have diseased minds. Why don't the white hats release a virus or something during their weird weekends? A whole lot of nut jobs gone in one strike!
SNIP
I am here to investigate reports that the Bohemians have been desecrating their own bower. That nothing is sacred with these guys anymore. Everything is fair game. But how could the Bohemian Club, where California’s forest-preservation movement began, be logging its own land, which includes the largest stand of old-growth redwoods in Sonoma County? That’s what it did quietly from 1984 to 2005—11 million board feet, roughly 11,000 prime redwoods and Douglas firs. I imagine they don’t need the money. It costs $25,000 to join the club and $5,000 a year after that. A 150-foot redwood with a 27-inch D.B.H. (diameter at breast height) fetches only $850 these days, and a similar-size Douglas fir $450. Critics say to sacrifice these jewels for such small change is unconscionable. And for the last three years they have been trying to double the harvest.
To me, redwoods are like whales. At this point, they shouldn’t be harvested under any circumstances. Virgin, old-growth redwoods are growing on only 4 to 5 percent of their original range, a 450-mile band along the Pacific coast, from Big Sur to southern Oregon. They are the tallest and among the most massive (sequoias beat them there, but they are not as tall) and longest-living organisms on earth. Some individual trees have been here for 3,000 years.
The family that redwoods belong to, the Taxodiaceae, is 250 million years old. We humans appeared less than half a million years ago. There were redwoods when Tyrannosaurus rex was the top dog and everything was gigantic. Sixty million years ago, there were more than 40 species in the Taxodiaceae, and their forests blanketed much of the world. Today, only three remain: the coastal redwood; the sequoia, in the southern Sierra Nevada; and the dawn redwood, in one valley in China. The biggest redwoods are up in Humboldt County, reaching 375 feet—about 35 stories. In my mind, redwoods are among the planet’s greatest glories, and all that are left should be protected.
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http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/05/bohemian-grove200905
I wonder how long this guy will last?
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