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> Through massive deforestation, Weyerhaeuser Company,

> the

> largest lumber company in the United States, is

> turning

> Canadian forests into a nightmare.

>

> Demand Weyerhaeuser halt further destruction of the

> Grassy

> Narrows First Nation's forests>>

> http://go.care2.com/e/kUX/lk/bst7

>

> Weyerhaeuser, a $19 billion company, is a top logger

> and

> distributor of endangered forest products from North

>

> America, South America, Australia, and the Pacific

> Rim.

> This includes over 2,500 square miles of forests,

> lakes and

> rivers north of Kenora, Ontario.

>

> These lands have sustained the people of Grassy

> Narrows

> First Nation for thousands of years. The old-growth

> habitat

> provided by these areas also support animal species

> like

> the pine martin and woodland caribou critical to the

>

> ecological integrity of the area.

>

> Despite decades of negotiations, environmental

> appeals,

> protests, and what has become the longest running

> road

> blockade in Canadian history, industrial loggers

> like

> Weyerhaeuser continue to use wood systematically

> extracted

> from ecologically sensitive old growth areas and

> destroy

> the traditional way of life of the Grassy Narrows

> indigenous community who have lived on the land

> since

> pre-Columbian times.

>

> Demand the immediate termination of Weyerhaeuser's

> destructive logging without consent from the

> community>>

> http://go.care2.com/e/kUX/lk/bst7

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Michael Lawley,

> Care2 and ThePetitionSite team

>

> ________

 

 

 

 

 

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