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North Coast | U.S. | Environment & Forest Defense

27 Arrested For Erecting Anti-Logging Blockade in Oregon
by via Democracy Now
Friday Jul 10th, 2009 3:41 PM
Friday, July 10, 2009 :The blockade in the Elliott State Forest began on Monday and continued until yesterday when the last of the protesters were arrested. The activists were blocking access to a timber sale on 79 acres of forest land. They say logging practices in the Elliot are damaging old-growth forests and endangering spotted owls.
Jasmine Zimmer-Stucky, activist with Cascadia Rising Tide, one of the groups that took part in the blockade.

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