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."