Editor’s note: “There is an ambitious plan to ‘protect’ Northern California’s Plumas National Forest from wildfires. Their plans were aimed at making communities safer and forest stands more ‘resilient’ to drought, insects, and other climate-driven disturbances. Community protection was the first priority, forest resilience the second. The urgency of imminent wildfire caused the Plumas Forest officials to pare down the environmental analyses required by the National Environmental Policy Act. Instead of conducting full environmental impact statements, with scrutiny of cumulative impacts and years-long public comment periods, officials used less rigorous environmental assessments. Work on at least 70,000 acres was fast-tracked under emergency declarations, which eliminate public objections. NEPA processes that would normally take as long as seven years took an average of about 20 months. Forest Service officials have held few public meetings and refused to provide basic details of the project with reporters.”

Court Support for Sentencing: Uphold Land Defenders! https://www.yintahaccess.com/

We are coming up to the final court date for Sleydo’, Shay and Corey. Sentencing for their criminal contempt charges will be October 15-17, 2025 in Smithers, BC.

Since winning the Abuse of Process application brought against the RCMP and proving they violated their Charter Rights, Judge Tammen stated it will be considered during their sentencing. Over the three days we anticipate that the Crown and Defence will make court arguments for their positions and then a decision will be made.

By Tom Murphy / Do the Math

Whenever I suggest that humans might be better off living in a mode much closer to our original ecological context as small-band immediate-return hunter-gatherers, some heads inevitably explode, inviting a torrent of pushback. I have learned from my own head-exploding experiences that the phenomenon traces to a condition of multiple immediate reactions stumbling over each other as they vie for expression at the same time. The neurological traffic jam leaves us speechless—or stammering—as our brain sorts out who goes first.