The individuals walked through what used to be a majestic forest and now
reduced to a clear-cut. Healthy trees lay strewn across the land
disrupting the peaceful flow of the earth.
By 10:00 a.m. the forest service, sheriff's department, and swat team
surrounded two groups of individuals protesting this travesty. They were
handcuffed and threatened, but they refused to leave. So they were hauled
off the hill on stretchers.
Their actions stopped the logging for an entire day. For one day the
trees and land were safe.
Thirty-six people were arrested and thrown in jail.
On their release form from jail it states that they are not to have
contact with the victims of the crime, the logging co., isn't it ironic
that it is truly us, the trees and the land, that are the victims.
The fight will continue until the saws stop their killing.