Comment letter from Basketweaver Association

▲ California Indian Basketweavers Association ▲June 1, 2003MAIN OFFICEPaul Helliker, DirectorPO Box 2397 Department of Pesticide RegulationNevada City, CA 95959Phone: 530/478-5660 P.O. Box 4015Fax: 530/478-5662Sacramento, CA 95812-4015Email: ciba@ciba.orgNORTHWESTERN Re: Environmental Justice Implementation PlanFIELD OFFICEPO Box 1496Dear Mr. Helliker,Willow Creek, CA 95573Phone: 530/629-4567Fax: 530/629-1187 The California Indian Basketweavers Association (CIBA) is a state-wide,Email: nwfo@ciba.orgintertribal non-profit organization with offices in Nevada City and WillowBOARD OF DIRECTORS Creek, California. CIBA's primary mission is to preserve, promote, andJennifer D. Bates, Chair perpetuate California Indian basketweaving traditions while providing a healthy(N. Mewuk)physical, social, spiritual, and economic environment for weavers. TheTuolumneCalifornia Indian Basketweavers Association is a statewide, inter-tribal, non-Wendy Ferris-George profit organization with over 900 members. Our Resource Protection Program(Hupa/Yurok/Karuk/Chemeriko)Hoopa works to protect the native flora and fauna that are integral elements oftraditional tribal lifeways, and to promote alternatives to pesticides whereverChristi Gabaldon(Mishewal Wappo) possible, particularly within Native communities. One of our biggest concernsSanta Rosa is the use of herbicides to kill native vegetation during forestry operations.Don Hankins(Miwok/Osage) The DPR has shown a high ...