KELSEYVILLE – The next meeting of the Sierra Club Lake Group will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, in the Kelseyville High School Library,5480 Main St.

Marily Woodhouse, the Sierra Club's “Save the Sierra” campaign organizer, will give a presentation titled "Clearcut Nation," documenting the ways that clearcutting has devastated thousands of acres of forestland in the Sierra Nevada.

Although the US Forest Service has halted clearcutting in National Forests, it is still the primary timber harvesting method on vast acreages of private forestlands, where the land is stripped bare by removal of all native vegetation, followed by applications of herbicides to stop natural regeneration.

These unsustainable forestry practices have not only left large parts of the Sierra looking like victims of a loathsome skin disease, destroyed ecosystems, and polluted waterways – they also contribute to global warming by releasing sequestered carbon.

Sierra Pacific Industries, the worst offender, is in the process of clearcutting the majority of its 1.7 million acres throughout the Sierra, and turning many square miles of forests into sterile tree plantations with no semblance of biological diversity or natural habitat.

Come and learn how Sierra Pacific's exploitation of our natural resources is damaging Sierra forestlands and the watersheds they protect – and learn how we can help stop it.

The meeting is free, and open to the public.

For more information contact Victoria Brandon at 994 1931 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..