Group uses ancient tree to protest Bush policies (Ancient Forest Roadshow

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Hauling a slice of a 420-year-old Douglas fir to downtown Charleston, W.Va., yesterday to protest Bush Administration forest policies, members of the Ancient Forest Roadshow are traveling the country to raise public awareness of threats to public orests

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/Today/2004072028

A slice of the past

Group uses ancient tree to protest Bush policies


By Ken Ward Jr.
Staff Writer

Forest Berg hauled a slice of a 420-year-old Douglas fir to downtown Charleston Tuesday to protest Bush administration forest policies.

Berg is part of the Ancient Forest Roadshow, a group that is traveling the country to raise public awareness of threats to public forests.<snip>

But in 2002, the tree was cut down, as part of the Berry Patch timber sale.

John King, a roadie with the Ancient Forest Roadshow, said that Berry Patch is “just one example of more than 150 planned timber sales that target nearly 80,000 acres of mature and old-growth forest in western Oregon and Washington.”<snip>