Cascadia Forest Defenders are not... like the other enviro groups mentioned... well funded, not-for-profit organizations with offices, management hierarchies, and attorneys who profit from suing and settling over federal timber sales.

Though I don't always agree with the Cascadia Forest Defenders agenda, I have respect for them bringing questionable logging operations to the public front... totally as volunteers. Putting your life on the line for a cause you believe in without hurting others takes commitment, and courage.

I worked several years ago with a group of citizens living around the Goose timber sales that didn't want the Feds to log this critical watershed. Some, like myself, were weary of watching the Feds sell high quality public timber to private mills for 30 cents on the dollar. Others were tired of the "local jobs" pitch. Goose's loggers and helicopters were hired from out of town.

It's not just the "fringe". Many "conservative" taxpayers are unhappy with being goosed!