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<p>EPIC is a great group that has sued Caltrans for trying to run a road through the Sequoias that will kill the drive-through Trees! It is unnecessary and another boondoggle even worse that the Willits Bypass, which cost us $426 Million dollars and barely
helped traffic, while damaging the wetlands.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> epic=wildcalifornia.org@mail.salsalabs.net <epic=wildcalifornia.org@mail.salsalabs.net> on behalf of Wild California <epic@wildcalifornia.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 24, 2017 6:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> annxpress@live.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> BREAKING: EPIC Files New Lawsuit Defending Richardson Grove + Win for Owls!</font>
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For 10 years, we have successfully protected the ancient redwoods in Richardson Grove State Park from Caltrans' destructive highway widening project. Now the project is back on the table, and EPIC and our allies will continue to ensure that the Grove is adequately
protected by challenging the project in court. <br>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Pptvpn05%2BkfrNZTY%2BN95%2BsnwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><img width="150" height="108" align="right" alt="" src="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/images/Richardson%20Grove%20Photo%20by%20Amber%20Jamieson.jpg">Breaking:
EPIC Sues to Stop Richardson Grove Project Again</u></span></a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ac%2FKf6GGngA2dVaxx0QQBsnwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><br>
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Environmental groups and local residents today sued the California Department of Transportation for approving a highway-widening project that would damage or destroy 1,000 to 2,000-year-old redwood trees in California’s iconic Richardson Grove State Park, along
Highway 101 in Humboldt County.</p>
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Today’s lawsuit, filed in Humboldt County Superior Court, challenges the transportation agency’s latest approval of the controversial project.</p>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vblDdJ5rIaAQlAcY5tEr08nwZ%2Bh5T2An">Click here to learn how EPIC will continue to protect Richardson Grove.</a><span class="fsl">
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Finalizes Listing of Northern Spotted Owl</u></span></a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AkOriiJoO%2FIvtbOw02F3lcnwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><br>
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The California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to adopt findings to support its August 2016 decision that listing the northern spotted owl as a “threatened” species under the California Endangered Species Act is warranted. At its regularly-scheduled
meeting on June 21, 2017 in Smith River, CA, the Commission ratified and formalized its decision that the spotted owl warrants protection and conservation under California State Law, ending a nearly five-year listing process that began in August 2012 with
a listing petition brought by EPIC.</p>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=D130VHw6hvGQAa26jkPHAsnwZ%2Bh5T2An">Click here read more about this EPIC win for the owls!</a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rLD0sF66Y3r8k63xfmamtF%2FVEuveDogH"><br>
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EPIC Hike through the Ewok Forest of Endor!</u></span></a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gKUoZyRQ7V7DN8dnea5IrV%2FVEuveDogH"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><br>
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Join EPIC for a Redwood hike through Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park on July 9th, 2017. This hike will meander through an enchanted forest landscape where Star Wars Return of the Jedi was filmed. The stunning old growth and pristine Smith
River along the Stout Grove hiking trail makes it one of the most beautiful places on the North Coast. Other Hikes will take place in Redwood National Park on August 6th and Headwaters Forest Reserve on September 17th.</p>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U2GXqPuTxq5DOyskJTgojV%2FVEuveDogH">Click here to learn more about our EPIC Redwood Hikes!
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BZghMbd0QNYx1Fn68JwdaF%2FVEuveDogH"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><img width="150" height="111" align="right" alt="" src="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/images/Judi-speaks-at-Headwaters-Rally-28Mar96-Wilson-A22-Photo-by-Nicholas-Wilson-135x100.jpg">A
Change of Heart—Revolutionary Ecology in a World of Climate Change</u></span></a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rOdZdLhyQw9y%2BT5mtXfODMnwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><br>
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“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and the people responsible have names and addresses.” — U. Utah Phillips</p>
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Combating global climate change and destabilization, and arresting the human-related causes of these are the greatest challenge of our time, perhaps the greatest challenge in human history. Global climate change and destabilization also bring home the fundamental
conflicts between our industrial capitalist way of life and world view and the realities of ecological processes and the limits of the natural world.</p>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6YuChOtsyJvkulEH%2BQn50MnwZ%2Bh5T2An">Click here to learn about the Redwood Region's historical fight against deforestation and climate change</a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Nnxs%2BqTf9YgxjUDr89JUhMnwZ%2Bh5T2An">.<br>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3FcWR%2BHYv9ozKuc%2F75N2a8nwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><img width="150" height="97" align="right" alt="" src="http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/images/trump-summer-postercard-300x193.jpg">Keep
California Great</u></span></a><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rn07oyu%2FcB3JVjZFEwP3RMnwZ%2Bh5T2An"><span style="color:rgb(51,102,0)"><u><br>
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EPIC is hitting the summer festival circuit to Keep California Great! This summer EPIC is collecting postcards to send to Senator Kevin de León in support of SB 49 and SB 50, which are<span class="s1"> designed to preserve California’s natural environment against
Trump’s cynical rollbacks of federal environmental protections.</span></p>
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<a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vG2NGjfQ3pkbW6ItwLz5e8nwZ%2Bh5T2An">Click here to see how you can help Keep California Great.</a></p>
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