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| Anti-logging activst accused of illegal logging |
| 2006-08-09 |
| A 40-foot log used by protesters to block access to the Mike's Gulch timber salvage sale in a roadless area of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Tuesday morning was cut from a nearby botanical area, according to forest officials. The butt of the green Douglas fir tree, about 12 inches in diameter, matched the stump of a recently cut tree at the Days Gulch botanical area, officials said. "You don't need to be a detective to see where it came from," said Tom Lavagnino, forest information officer at the site. "You can see the fresh sawdust, and where they dragged it 500 to 800 feet to the bridge. "But the issue is finding the person who cut it," he added. "There is no doubt they used it for blockage." Activist Laurel Sutherlin, 29, a member of the Oxygen Collective environmental group, was strapped to a platform hanging from one end of the log over the shallow river some 50 feet below. "There is an active investigation to determine who cut the tree," said forest spokeswoman Patty Burel. "Laurel Sutherlin may have been in possession of it since he was hanging from the log." Sutherlin could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon. Illinois Valley resident Annette Rasch, a longtime environmental activist who was at the protest, discounted the issue. She said she did not know where the log came from. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #5 how about not clear cutting everything in sight |
| Posted by: bk 2006-08-09 23:42 |
| #4 Simple - charge 'em all. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-08-09 18:31 |
| #3 But not even God can hit a 1-iron. -- Lee Trevino |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-08-09 18:24 |
| #2 God is an Iron. |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-09 17:44 |
| #1 Funny, but no value in pursuing it except for the shame factor. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-08-09 16:52 |