Full citation: Foreman, Dave, et al., eds., Earth First! 4, no. 2 (22 December 1983). Digitized in cooperation with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/5275 Copyright: All rights reserved. The user may download, preserve and print this material only for private, research or nonprofit educational purposes. The user may not alter, transform, or build upon this material. EARTH FIRST! YULE EDITION December 22, 1983 Vol. IV, No. II THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL ONE DOLLAR FREDDIES ATTACK WILDS 8609 MILES OF ROAD FOR ROADLESS AREAS! Since the issuance ofthe RARE II nothing to oppose it, The Fon'''1 Final Environmental Impact State­ Service has not tried t.o hide tlH'jr ment in 1970, t.he Forest Service hulldozer assault on the' roadie"" has quickly and methodically gone areas: they haven't pul,liciz('d '" about their business of insuring an pither. But tl1(' Sit'ITa Cluh. \\'ild";' end to t he question of wilderlll's" lWSS Socic-ty and 01 ht'r grolll'" designations on the national fore"ts. ha\'cn't lonk('d for it. TI1<"' inform', '1'111' Forest Service solution is Iion i.'> Ihere, 'Earth First' 11: "­ simple. It's done with cbainsaws, rcC'eiv('d a summar,\' or the cntir,· drill rigs and bulldozers, Iftherearp t\lwration frolll tIl(' ('hief of 11,,­ no roaclless areas, there will be no Ft\resl Service (EF' has sent c,)!,i,-,> wilderlH'ss proposals from pesk,\' 10 01 her conservation groups). I,'" ('onsf'!vation groups, called the DAR;\, RC'i'ort (De\'e], -f ,. This"Dest.roy the Wildernpss" llH'nt Activities in Hoadless :\,>1,' campaign by the Forest Selvic<' is S('lectcd) and is a computer prin' oneoftlH'great conseJv<ltion hatt!C's Ollt listing de\'e!opl1lenr activit of all time, yet it has been done in (timber sales, mining, oil and g;, quiet while the national environ­ ]0asing, roads, etc.) by roadless ai',';' ~'ear C mental groups have done little or and of operation (I !=)7 )-Ij- l It's an inch thick. l\"lore detailvd information on the Freddie attack ijELP NEEDED FOR on the roactless areas is in each RARE II SUIT Forest Supervisor's office - map", A natiollal RARE Illawsuit. is I'('porls, the works, The only reaSOJi Hie cornerstone for t he bold new wC' haven't }ward or it is heCaLl'l' campaign ill defense of ollr l'nvironmental groups h<l\"e bel'li national forest wilderness to be sleeping, launched by Earth First!. Your A summal')' of DAR:"\ appears in help and active participation are our special section on ~ational needed at all levels. (See our Forest Wilderness th is issue (pagp" special sediononnational forest 4-S) but the on-the-ground result,; wilderness on pages 4-5 to see are far worse than the figures how you can help.) But we need demonstrate. Previously, the Forpst special assistance in two areas cOl/til/ued 01/ page:5 immediately. We hope to file the 'suit in latewinter with a request for a Temporary Restraining INSIDE ~ J;h.,;, ,.,£ Ordel' followed by an il\iunctjoll, Obviously, we need legal assis­ The Bald Mountain Road in Oregon is merely one ofhundreds ofmqjor attacks on wilderness by the ® ForestCampaign Pgs 4-5 tance for t.his suit and would United States Forest Service. 1j) Sinkyone Action Pg 10 welcomeit. We need an attorney to me the suit. Contact me in ® Greenpeace in Siberia Chico ifyou can help. Pg12 Then we need money. We need Q!' Coors Beer Pg 16 NATIONAL RARE II SliT money both for the lawsuit ® Ned Ludd Pg 18 and to fund the organizing ofour H./j mntinuing with d.<:veloTl'ment ately applied to more militant field mental movement opposed RARE entire NationalForestCampaign. a.ctivities in HARE II rtTeas, the staff, volunteer activists and IIsuits. It was not until the summer 510,000 is the amount we are Forest Service is opm"Uting in independent organizations such as of 1983 that environmental groups seeking. The strategy ofthe con­ !Jlrttant anti knowing disregard q/ the Oregon Wilderness Coalition bucked the Sierra Club and Wilder­ servation movement in defense CaJit()rnia vs, Block and Earth First! not to file a RAHE II lawsuit. ness Society when Eart.h First' ami of wilderness on our national vs. Block. '/we do notfilea national Huey Johnson, the courageous the Oregon Nat.ural Resources forests has run aground. An HARE II lawsuit, Ertrth FiTst! is Natural Resources Secretary in Council filed suit to stop the Bald aggressive new effort is needed (/rquiescing in the illegal delitruc­ Governor Jerry Brown's adminis­ Mountain Road. They won and and only Earth First! can take tion Q/ miUionli 0,/ acres '?f wild tl'ation in California, was not bullied again the only "disaster" was that the initial steps. Please help us. nrttional./orest {.and,:;. by the Club and Society. He knew the Forest Service was ordered to S10,000 woul,I disappear. over­ - Howie WiJlke right and wrong - and the RAHE II stop construction. night in the administrative FEIS was wrong. Despite high level Despite Cali,{oTnia vs. Block and overheadofotherenviromnental Five years ago when the RARE II lobbying from the environmental Earth First! vs. Block, the Forest groups. But $10,000 for Earth Final Environmental Impact State­ establishment, the State of Cali­ Service continued development First! will go entirely towards ment was issued by the Forest fornia sued the Forest Service over plans for roadless areas not. action; . Service, a small group of Sierra HAHE II. That suit, however, specifically covered by the lawsuit..<;. ~hd YQur.. contiibutions for Club and Wilderness Society staff included only forty-seven RARE II Internal Forest Service document..<; this m~or effort to Earth First! members met to plan strategy. They areas in California. The nervous obtained by Earth First! indicate National Forest Campaign, 230 quickly agreed that although the nellies in the environmental estab­ that the Forest Service is aware W 7th Ave., Chico, CA 95926. RARE II FEIS was clearly inade­ lishment predicted grave disaster. .that such development plans are Make"your check out to ..~arth quate under the National Environ­ Johnson's suitwon and was upheld illegal but that unless they are ,Firs1;!". Ifi)'oU)v~uld like to make mental Policy Act (NEPA) and that by the 9th Circuit Court ofAppeals specifically enjoined from them, a'largercontribution and receive a lawsuit against it on that basis - the RARE II FEIS was insufficient they will continue as rapidly as a taX deduction for it, let me would almost surely be successful, under NEPA. The Forest Service possible. ("TheGovernmentis likely know. ROAD SHOW such a lawsuit was out of the could not develop those areas until to lose any future court challenges ,Th~~~ttJeforom- national to decisions regarding roadless Wilderness folksinger question. Why? It might rock the they complied with NEPA. Theonly forest wUdlandsisbeginning. We (.'~trow political boat. It might unleash the "disaster" to occur was that the areas for which reliance is placed ,'!illtrlun-lphorgodown on our Cecelia joins much predicted "environmental areas were protected. feet.. the EF! Road Show. See backlash." Pressure was immedi- Still the leadershipofthe environ- c(mtinUf:d (m page 5 -.Dave Foreman page 13. EARTH FIRST! Yule Edition EARTH FIRST! December22, 1983 THE Jl.,f;DICALENVIROil(MENTAL JOURNAL Vol. IV, No. II ~No Compromise in the Defense of Mother Earth!" Earth First! The· Radical Environmental Journal is an EARTH FIRST! is publided eight times a year. Subscription is $10 a year. independent publication within r the broad Earth First! move­ PO Box 235 ment. Entire contents are Ely, NV 89301 copyrighted 1983 but we are (702) 289-8636 more than happy to allow re­ printing ifcreditis given, Earth First! is a forum for the radical environmental movement and responsibility rests with the Around the Campfire respective authors and corres­ pondents. While Earth First! . JOHN ZAELIT does not accept the authority of the heirarchical state, noth­ ITopi('al rainforpsts. [n npxr issup, 1'1'.0111 .1;'I!·kson, Rock Springs arid ing herein is intended to run us .11 ,hn .sharps wil'h liS lIw sl'ory ohhp [lpnv,'r WP]'f' preparing 1'.0 ('ut it afoul ofits police power. Agents Komga TrillP in thp Solrimon [slands down jllst as word camp t.hat. provocateurs will be dealt with and tlll'ir hallll' again.sl tlw logging Wyllming (;ovprnor Ed H,'rschll'r by the Grizzly Defense League Fi"j'.' '~'ll'''''; :It!tl \\'}H'11 i ...:;t ill \\"nrk,yf' or rlwi1' minfl,rpsts hy til(' Illlllti­ had ('onvin(','d th,' yahoo who on the Mirror Plateau. Contributions are welcomed 'I r Till' \'ildl'nlP~~ ~n("ip{\:. I \,'clS national gianl [:nil,'vpr. Ilwn,'d it 1'1' takp it down. :1\ td\"l'd d) Ihl' d('\(·j"'If)1l nlll tl) ~tlt' [n anothpr px('iting arlvPTll'lIrl' ­ [lUI' to h,'ing t.if'r1 lip for thn'(' and should be typed or caref­ ;11' FlIrt· .... ! ~('r·,-i(·p 1)1l R.-\HF II. 1(-"1111 ,his 01ll' on Ilw high spas - [Javid wf'pks on th,· Vlont<lna-fd<lho Road ully printed, dou.bl.e-spaced, and sent with an SASE. All contrib­ I'" ;llj'j'd Ihal1ht' t':lillll".' 'I) ~llP ill r<inf'hart of (;rp('nppa('p givps liS a Shr,w. ['m gf'tting thf' YII!p issliP of lir~t : '-CI \\';1'" Ihl' ~P';;trll";l '-'",'llr ;)frhc' p('rson ac('ollnt orrhp [{"intlm/' {-,'F'Ollt'l !itth·'latp. Th(, Fphnlary 1 utions should he sent to 2:30 :111 lit'rll ,rdl,,;pr\";lllllll :llCl\('lllent.