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Vandalism at Earth First! protest
CAMP M I SON Calif, i API Karth First*
demonstrators vandalized equipment .uni >1 road
,is they took iIumi "Kedwood Summer' anti-log
ging protest tu Sequoia National Purest uii Muu
day
None ul the lugging machinery llnil protest
ers i laniliered on and decorated with banners and
brant lies was destroyed
But some ot the estimated 100 people who
hiked nearly an hour to reai h the remote site let
all the air out ot six tires on a ( alerpillar trat tor
parked ai mss the road
Other demonstrators wearing bandannas over
their faces so they wouldn't be recognized tumid
a tliii k cable on the ground and wrapped it
around a yarder used to haul logs to the access
road t hey stui k one end of the i able inside the
machinery near the engine
I.ogs and boulders were rolled into the dirt
road all along the three mile stretch, creating a
cleanup header he for lumber company workers
The vandalism drew sharp criticism from the
logging industry whir h kept its employees out of
the area to avoid a confrontation
"Karth First's ai lions today were more about
petty vandalism and polite at theater than respon
sihle forest management.' said Dave I ogarty of
Californians for New Forestry
Demonstrators declared their event a y ictory
be. ause the lor al logger Sierra Forest Produi ts of
Porterville, wasn't doing any harvesting on Mon
day
"They've shut down all logging sites for
miles around in ante ipation of our being here.'
said kelpie U ilson, an Karth First! spokeswoman
The demonstration went forward even
though other environmental groups, mi hiding
tin- Sii'rr.i Cluh. re,it hi'il .in agreement with tin
ts | orest Si-i v ii i- Ink 19 mi tin- i-xli'iit ot I nit
gmg tli.it will lit- allowed in tin- Si'i|uni.i forest
l it) null's mutInsist ol I ns Angeles
W ilson said tin1 Auiltihon Sm ii'l\ .uni l.artli
l irsl! ilul not support th.it agreement which she
i barged allows JO pun «• nt linin' i ut
Hut I'ugarH s.ml Ihr agreement whu Ii n't
tli'il a lawsuit, ai tualk reduces tin- timber harvest
In J5 pen ent
lh' added that it also i alls lor a JO pert out ri'
ilut lion in i leal i lilting on tin- Sci|Uoia. a ke\ tar
gi-t nl K.irth I list'
And tin- agreement bans logging ol (mint Sr
quoin tri'i's, whii h were not being harvt'sti'il am
u .i\ . I ogurt\ said
llii' (mint Sequoias ot the southern Sierra
\cvail.i an* cousins ot (.alitonua s Ain'tll t .oast
redwoods whu h have been the lot us ol a series ol
sumun'r protests against clear i.titling Wilson
suit! mort' ih'inonslrations are pl.inni'il in thf it'd
woods
Karth I list' held this I'vnnt in a national lor
t'si to urnphasizi' that logging is alluwi'il on puh
In as wt'll as privali'lv ovvniid land
Till' demonstrators sci'int'd in a hulidu\ mood
alter tramping more than three miles to the end ol
the logging trail near the 7.000 loot elevation
Some hanged out a heat on huge piei es ol
equipment
Others, ini hiding a woman dressed as a spot
ted owl, i hanted slogans sui h as I orest Serv ii e
von (.lil t hide we charge von with ecoside or
pul hauliers on the equipment, itu lulling one that
proclaimed "Sustainable hogging Saves Jobs and
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