6 Nov 2001
frontline@rocketmail.com
Subject: Frontline: ELF Claims Spiking in Nez Perce Forest (ID, USA)

Frontline Information Service - News 11/05/01

ELF CLAIMS RESPONSIBLITY FOR SPIKING TREES IN NATIONAL FOREST
_____________________________________________________________

For Immediate Release
November 5th, 2001

NEZ PERCE NATIONAL FOREST, IDAHO - A communique received today from an anonymous group of individuals claims responsibility for spiking trees throughout the Otter Wing Timber Sale in the Nez Perce National Forest. This action was taken in protest of the wholesale destruction of "public" forests by private companies and the degradation of pristine ecosystems leading to habitat destruction affecting hundreds of species of fish, insects, birds and mammals.

The group claims no single area or issue as a sole focus - but includes in its message a warning to the Forest Service in Idaho stating that "We may feel compelled to act again. The forest service of Idaho should know that has long as they continue to destroy Idaho's last remaining wildlands, they risk action on behalf of the E.L.F."

Communique Follows:

The Otter Wing Timber Sale was spiked in Idaho

Hello; This is a communique from a nameless Earth Liberation Front Cell. We claim no issue or area as our own, we just act. This is to announce we have spiked countless trees in the Otter Wing Timber Sale, located in the Nez Perce National Forest. For too long, the forests of Central and North Idaho have been under assault from industrial forestry. The Boise, Payette, Clearwater, Idaho Panhandle, and Nez Perce are some of the National Forests in Idaho that have been scarred from excessive logging. The timber sale program - nothing but a financial drain as well as a ecological disaster - must end. The Otter Wing Timber sale has destroyed a once pristine ecosystem on the South Fork of the Clearwater River. It is an area which hosted abundant wildlife, such as fish, birds, mammalian predators, ungulates and a beautiful mosaic of different forest vegetative patterns. Now most of that area has been logged-aside from the spiked units. We are serious. This is our first act of sabotage in Idaho. We may feel compelled to act again. The forest service of Idaho should know that has long as they continue to destroy Idaho's last remaining wildlands, they risk action on behalf of the E.L.F.

---

For more information on the Earth Liberation Front check out
http://www.earthliberationfront.com

-30-

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
F R O N T L I N E - N E W S Now With 4000+ Subscribers!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Brought to you by http://www.animalliberation.net

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Questions? Please read our FAQ before e-mailing us.
http://www.animalliberation.net/about/faq.html

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Would you like to Unsubscribe or Subscribe to the Frontline-News mailing list?
http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=frontline-news

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- For general questions, feedback and requests: infosite-mail@usa.net

- For problems with Frontline-News Mailing List: owner-frontline-news@waste.org

- Frontline Information Service/animal-liberation.net administrator: frontline@rocketmail.com

PGP keys available at: http://www.animalliberation.net/about/pgpkey.asc

Animal Liberation Frontline Information Service bringing you uncensored news from around the world since 1994