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Article: Crimes for nature.(environmental radicals)(Editorial)
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- American Forests
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- March 22, 1999
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What motivates environmental radicals? The answer may be as simple as life - or death.
Chainsaws are roaring, and ancient redwoods are crashing to the ground all around Alicia Littletree as she races tree to tree through Owl Creek Grove. Propelling her is a passion to protect the old-growth forest on the northern California coast.
"I have to do this. I'd do anything to change the way things are in the woods. If I die, I die. I don't need to ask myself why anymore," says Littletree, 24.
She is one of a growing number of activists turning to civil disobedience - even sabotage - out of frustration with the legal system they feel should be designed ...