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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1990)
Regional Sabotage heats up logging debate SI-Ok.WK ,AIM l.nggess have been I'i'Iin taut In n't in; ni/.r it .nid must cm irunmen l.ilists dennmx e 11 Hill In il h Mill". agree ' monkev W rein lung" has driven lent and suspii inn into the debate u\ei lugging the nation's tin esls Mnnkevwrent Iting is a term taken Ironi I atw aid Abbev s I ‘IT*. novel, ’The Mnnkev \\ rent h < tang “ about a small band ot saboteurs who target roadbiiilders and other tier el npers in the name ol em iron mental preser\ at ion When applied to logging, the leim often riders to dm ing spikes into trees in damaging logging equ ipment Winn a saw blade hits a spike u i an shred the blade and injure a liigget 01 mill w ot kel It’s II IK leal w bethel sill h sabotage is on the rise Hut aw areness ol it is due to tedei al investigations and ini leased industiw ptlblii it\ 1 liese t>ii vs are ilomest it terrorists, ’' said Hi in e \ i ncent uf I ,ihb\ Mont . flu* dun tor nl <m i in I list ia coal it n in i .illi'i! ('iiniiiiiiniIii*s tor ,i (treat \orth vvi'sl "We thontdil loiu; .met li.inl ht'lnri' we spoke up .ibiml these psvi In it li s Hut .It some point the pnhlii deserves to know John (..iti hell. direi tor of the Mont.in.i W ilderness Assoi i.i tion. likew ise dunouni es env i ronmental sabotage Hut lie also i Utilizes wh.it lie sees ,is III diisliA efforts to assign unlit when none is proven 'People like linn e \' i 111 flit ill.ike ,| i .Heel out ol 11 \ lilt; to smear .ill people w ho i .ire .ihout the cm ironment with lh.it brush. ( l.ili liell s.iul I)on I \ou think it s unusual that !Iii‘\ don't have suspei ts m these ( limes' It s possible tile indusliA does these things H t oil w ere I olumlil i \ ou d sll down and s.i\ 'Who would benelit Iroin this kind of i rime ' I I'ltainK it's not the environmental i oinmiimW I S tOrest Sen ice and in ilusii\ ofiiutiK sav thev cun'! llimk it i single tree harvest lll.lt VVU.S Stll|)|)l (i IlCI ,IUM' it li,ui iict'il spiked It ue Stopped a sale lift atlse nl the spiking it would eninur age them to chi mute ' said l.ai I t, (luenthei ac i militant at a I’ahlu \lont mill where lie:, hum the I’oslolfic e Timber Sale in mi I leal water I ores! in Idaho will he processed I-tires! Set ciii' workers humd spikes in 111111 u' I hull! that sale ludustrv otfii ials sav the tlionelarv damage has hei nine suhslanti.tl Vim ent said envi innment.il saboteurs did S.'.MMIOI) worth ot damage to logging et|Uipment in north t\ es| Montana last yeat Spiked logs horn a t olville National forest timhet sale Iasi spring i ost the \ aagen Urns I .untliei lio saw nn 11 in Kepnh In U ash S i non in s.iu damage and lost prodm Ii\ 11 \ i omp.iin otfii mis said \ aagen and othei mills line e stalled using metal detei lias to si teen logs that m.iv have heen spiked Hill I'll krll ut I Ilf U ashing ton (null,ut Loggers Associ.t turn said spiking ami utliei (I.imaging at Is are Inn ing a ma jor mipai t on insurant e preim mils and how the industiv goes about its business III the past we were i outi dent enough tb.it ue didn't need watchmen and securitc devices Sou weapiins are ap pealing on logging sites and someone's going to get hurt I’u kell said llee spiking Is a lederal crime with penalties ranging Iroin one tear to life imprison men! depending on the dam age and personal mini \ that ie suit l tills one logging injure has been reported as a restilt ol monke\ a rein lung and it in voiced liee S|)ikmg llimevei their u as nevei anv evidence that an env ironmenlalist plat ed the nail that i aused a save blade to explode in the tai e ol a ( all toi nun mi I It\ oi kei in I 'lit \11r lias damage In log-- .mil logging I'tjni|>mcu< boon well iliu nmenleil lohii I)a\ is, edtloi nl (lie Kurth I list linim,il sun) ,iu tipi rtminji artn le **11i-wt ill,it monknvu rotiehing nia\ In i .iiimih: s ’li million ot il.im,u;i In logging interests m ii,ilmii.il t, ires! s Hen I lull. s|M‘t i.iI agent tm tile Wen.lit liee \.itiiiil.ll I ores! i iiltdili tei! the Imes! Serve e s link Mirvi'i nl sabotage on na 11 < 11 i.i I tmesis During .in IH month Jlet'll HI m I MM .lllil lOHii I lull I.. .! 1 u serious ,u Is o! v.tnihilism til I oil's! Sell II e ol I Olll 1.11 tills proper t \ . amounting to 's I i million damage 1letters ret en ed I hre.ilen iilg sabotage or A, I 111 l.i I is III 11 tile l ores! Service ilnl not prevent oi slop i ert.im looming .icltvi ties t„’ ilemonstrut ions that tern poranh halteil logging or mail Imilding resulting m V'tll non m losses I liter toll rills ot Ilia! ,u I ivilv n ,is m I hr I '.ii iln Nm tlnvrsl .mil llir Sortliri ii Kim k ir - IJttve 1 urriti.in .1 Iminder of I hr 1(1 vtMr 11M r.nlii .il rnvin in menhdist group l-.irtli Ins!1 ~..i 1 (1 hr supports thr 1 oiisi unis raising lli.il monkevu irnching eauses wliilr preferring Ir14.1l mrlhnils In s.ivr tin* 11.1t 1011 s .Hit irtll lorests I liiill I ! 1 kr thr lilr.l nl ilr strovtng .invones properls lint II s just likr I hr HiisIiiii 1 r.i I’,11 I \ rh.it u as .111 .ii t 1 it monkrV u rent h 111 v4. s.ml I* 1 Mi ll 1.111. thr rtidui nl "hi uilrlnisr \ I trill (luiiir tu Miillkrv vv rent fling I iilrm.m is unr 1 it tiv r ilrtrll il,lilts in ,in At 1/dli.1 i .r.r .illeg ing ((irtS|)ini( v In (ill (town lull's In I 111 rr mil lr.II |H)U t'l pi,mis Ilr vv.is arrested 111 M,i\ I HUH follow mg .111 I HI Hl\ rsl i g.itiim file I HI .11 si 1 is invest 1g.1l 1 ng seven Missoni a \hnil rnvi iiininentalists in the alleged splk ing lit till' I'listoffu e l ull hr! S.llr Hydroelectric growth called damaging \|!)\I KI \l. |.\l'| ( nundinn and r S rim mninrut.il iiniii|is ■><ti< 1 plain, lui iurtlin hvdm idn.trii ilrvrtupiiH'iit ul laiilt" Ha\ ••pr!l n olori ral disnslrr as the National Knrryi Hoard liny,in liramiKs Nlotid.n, into 11\drn(JtKibm s i ontr.ii Is to srll pmvri lo Ihr t nilrd Nl,itrs I'll,, flood mu III v asl traits ul nortlii'in Uut-hn \\ ildri in'ss will diminish u a It-i hrn 1 urstinr, si I ns i .iiim- inrit uiv i oiil.lininalinu in ilsli and .rud in11 lions ul Ions ol i arliou dmsidr into til.' alllios pluTr imm rot11nit ^rgiitation said Brinaid I .rnik spokrsinan lor Ihr l hand ( uuut d ol (tie ( n-rs ol Ur must Irani lo livr alon^ willi our rinmui iti,-111 r.itiiri than altrinpling lo irdrsinn naluir as lias hrrn dour in the lira/iliaii lain lorrst with di sastrous rrstdls l rnik told a urns i ontrrrni r Ihr j>o\ ri niurnl ou nrd nl 1111 \ has a 11 \rai i onliai I slaitinii in 1‘i'lU lo srll I if) nirs,mails ol pimri lo Vermont loi $7 lullion and a tilarai dual lo supply I m111 nii'Kaualts lo Nru Noik tin S I r hilliou lirainuinu in I u1 r. l lir i initial Is air part ol llvdrn s push lo i losr drals ovri I fir ili‘\t 10 \ rars to r\ purl ! a(M) nirt;.i u alls ol nninlt'i ruplrd pourr I a.nk said Ihr uliliH dors not ii.ur Ihr surplus rlri tin it\ nrrilrd lo srll lo llir l lull'd Stairs and said it had thousands ol pourr Indian's in Uui'hci in I'lHH fin dur parlh to a dm rrasr in pm ipiia lion Hr said ihr utility is undtir prrssiirr In srrk pr nil its tor construi tion hrforr proper niviron mriilal and i osl analyst's t ail hr i oinplrlrd Irtfrr\ Will lot k ol (hr jutnrs Uav I Irlrusr I i mil lion said llir Nru York I'rivimnnirntnl ,;ioup pi.unit’ll to intervene ,il the In'iiti111>s Id oppose tile development I Ih1 people (»1 \l'H 'link U hl'tllfl files like it or iuiI .lie investors m lames Il.i\ II to I Ilf I 11 Ilf III ($ I III I I lo II I ' U oiliM k s.l 111 IV If I rum to l In* y .ill if oi l he \f\v 'lurk t on! i .ii I U li.it l\fW 'lurk enetgy plannee didn't (i'll us was ili.it uf ivfii! nuking (he dim n payment on the destruction ol the largest most ini.nl vvil (lei'ness territory in \iiltli Artifi it .i Hern.ml Koy a t.iuyci repii'senting She tililil. told the lederal p.mel tli.it Mime cm iioninenl.il is sues i,used may he ' passionately 11111 • 1 • ■ 11: i lint tiler inn I tail under tin- ho,ml - maml.ilf "Hyclfo (Jtlfbei is not here lo submit Its ilist.)I latino plans lo unvironnienial sciutinv said Koy iormei right hand nr,in lo Prime Sliltislei Hiian Mulmney lint (In hoard m.mil.mis il lias the jurisdiction lo consider cn\ homnenlal irnpai Is resulting Iroili elf( trii llv exports Hydro has always held tlietc is no on mm mental inip.it I iiroin the lurthei dey elopun-nt ol I Ivdro (Juehecl III.it i aiinot be mitigated said lean ( lauih Kii haul. the util11x s vii e president Kar'lie i. be lore I lie hearing began. 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