{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Wendell State Forest Alliance Lawsuit to Protect the Forests","description":"Welcome to Audible Caf\u00e9 Podcast! Today, my guests are Gia Neswald and Glen Ayers of the Wendell State Forest Alliance. Their group brought a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Dept of Conservation and Recreation, or DCR and Secretary Kathleen Theoharides of the Exec. Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, to HALT the logging of forestlands in Wendell State Forest. The goal of this and other actions they have and intend to take is to stop DCR\u2019s improper and illegal commercial logging in state parks and forest throughout the Commonwealth. Unfortunately, their lawsuit was dismissed. But they intend to continue on fighting for laws and regulations that protect forests to be written and upheld. Although State Forests are lands owned by all of us, the residents of the Commonwealth, (insofar as land can or should be owned at all, which is debatable) the public has basically no say in how they are managed. There is something fundamentally wrong about this state of affairs, and I think you\u2019ll learn some pretty surprising things from Gia and Glen today. Thanks for listening to Audible Caf\u00e9! Visit&amp;nbsp;www.audiblecafe.com&amp;nbsp;to learn more about the show and to access archives and show notes. Visit our Facebook page&amp;nbsp;(just search for&amp;nbsp;Audible Caf\u00e9). Follow us on Twitter: @audiblecafe. If you listen on iTunes, please subscribe, and leave us a review. I appreciate your feedback. So if you\u2019d like to get directly in touch with me, email&amp;nbsp;listenup@audiblecafe.com. Audible Caf\u00e9 theme music by&amp;nbsp;Brian Eddy Catch the&amp;nbsp;Audible Caf\u00e9 Radio Show&amp;nbsp;on Fridays at 10:00 a.m. on the airwaves on&amp;nbsp;WBCR-lp 97.7FM&amp;nbsp;in Great Barrington or streaming at&amp;nbsp;www.berkshireradio.org&amp;nbsp;or on TuneIn or similar application. Thanks again, and have a great week!Judy &amp;nbsp; SHOW RESOURCES Wendell State Forest Alliance website Massachusetts Department of Conservation &amp;amp; Recreation (DCR) website Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) website Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) website ","author_name":"Audible Cafe Radio Show and Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/audiblecafe.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17253209\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/91537781"}