Earth First!
Earth First! is a far-left environmental group founded on April 4, 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar.[1]
Earth First! members have committed numerous acts of violence and sabotage (also referred to as eco-terrorism and eco-sabotage).
Kieran Suckling, founder of the Center for Biological Diversity worked with Earth First![2]
Their publication is the Earth First! Journal.[3]
Background
On February 12 2002, Federal Bureau of Investigation's James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division testified in part before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health:
- "Disaffected environmentalists, in 1980, formed a radical group called Earth First! and engaged in a series of protests and civil disobedience events. In 1984, however, members introduced "tree spiking" (insertion of metal or ceramic spikes in trees in an effort to damage saws) as a tactic to thwart logging. In 1992, the ELF Earth Liberation Front was founded in Brighton, England, by Earth First! members who refused to abandon criminal acts as a tactic when others wished to mainstream Earth First!.[4]
Earth First! Speakers Bureau
The Earth First! Speakers Bureau[5] includes:
1987 Earth First! Directory
The following was published at the Earth First! Journal in 1987:[6]
- "Earth First! The Radical Environmental Journal is an independent entity within the international Earth First! movement, and is not the newsletter of the
Earth First! movement. It does, however, provide a forum for Earth First1ers around the work!. This directory is provided as a service to independent EF! groups. If you would like to be listed as a contact or as a group, please contact Bob Kaspar...Bob acts as coordinator for local EF! groups for the EF! movement.
- Earth First! Journal
- EARTH FIRST! FOUNDATION
- EF! RAINFOREST ACTION
- Bay Area Earth First!
- EF! GRIZZLY BEAR TASK FORCE Missoula, MT 59807
- AUSTRALIA John Seed
- Rainforest Information Centre Australia
- JAPAN Rick Davis
400 Yamanashi-ken, Kofu-shi Saiwai-cho, 18-11 Kofu, Japan (0552) 33-6017
MEXICO J. Banks Apto Postal Box 381
Guaymas, Sonora Mexico
SCOTLAND Grant Collie Box 86
43 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh, EH1 2QB Scotland
LOCAL GROUPS
ARIZONA EARTH FIRST!
Roger Featherstone Ned Powell POB 5871 T\icson, AZ 85703 (602)622-1371
Mary Sojourner OCSR #14 Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (602)774-8601
Gristle POB 1525 Prescott, AZ 86302
Vaugn Croteau POB 5597
Scottsdale, AZ 85261
BRITISH COLUMBIA Paul Watson POB 48446 Vancouver, BC V7X 1A2 CANADA (604)688-SEAL
CALIFORNIA EARTH FIRST! GROUPS
CHICO EARTH FIRST!
Michelle Miller POB 5625 Chico, CA 95927 (916)345-4746
DAVIS EARTH FIRST!
Susie Rodriguez-Pastor Jennifer Wachter 510 Arthur St. #208 Davis, CA 95616 (916)758-7425/753-2568
EASTERN SIERRA EF! Sally Miller POB 29
Lee Vining, CA 93541 (619)647-6360
GRASS VALLEY EARTH FIRST! Dakota Sid Clifford 15440 St. Hwy 174 Grass Valley, CA 95945 (916)273-7186
LOS ANGELES EARTH FIRST! Peter Bralver 13110 Bloomfield St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (818)784-6176/905-0583
MONTEREY EF!
Rob & Kim Burton 505 11th St.
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 (408)372-2426
NORTHCOAST EF! GROUPS ARCATA EF!
Bill Devall POB 21
Areata, CA 95521 (707)822-8136/826-3551
HUMBOLDT/MENDOCINO EF! Darryl Chemey S. Humboldt Action Center 814 1/2 Redwood Dr.
Garberville, CA 95440 (707)923-2931/2913
Betty & Gary Ball 429 N. State St.
Ukiah, CA 95482 (707)462-3053
SONOMA EARTH FIRST!
Greg King POB 1825
Guerneville, CA 95446 (707)874-9964
WILLITS EF!
Don Morris POB 1551 Will its, CA 95490
PALM SPRINGS EARTH FIRST!
Rod Coronado
711 S. Riverside Dr. #3
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(619)322-2252
SAN FRANCISCO BAY EF! GROUPS EAST BAY Karen Pickett POB 83
Canyon, CA 94516 (415)376-7329/548-2220
MARIN COUNTY Tim Jeffries 22 Claus Circle Fairfax, CA 94930 (415)456-7433
SAN FRANCISCO
Jolie Velazquez
2237 Filbert St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415)397-6880(W)
SAN DIEGO EARTH FIRST!
Claude Mathis POB 311
Encinitas, CA 92024 (619)942-8069
SANTA BARBARA EF!
Larry Davidson 6609 Sabado Tarde #B Isla Vista, CA 93117 (805)685-3836
Tom Dudley POB 14124
Santa Barbara, CA 93107 (805)968-0128 961-4203 (W)
SANTA CRUZ EF!
Karen DeBraal POB 344
Santa Cruz, CA 95061 (408)724-1916
STANISLAUS EARTH FIRST!
Bill Curless POB 901
Oakdale, CA 95361 (209)258-8339
YOSEMITE EF!
Tom Skeele POB 272
Yosemite, CA 95389 (209)372-4441
COLORADO EARTH FIRST!
Eric Holle
1126 James Canyon Dr.
Boulder, CO 80302 (303)442-5518
Scott Sala 1141 Emerson Denver, CO 80218 (303)831-6093
FLORIDA EARTH FIRST!
Ronnie Hawkins POB 13253
Gainesville, FL 32604 (904)495-9203
NORTH IDAHO EARTH FIRST! Georgie Sarvis POB 422
Coeur d’ Alene, ID 83814 (208)667-4678
MAINE EARTH FIRST!
Gary Lawless Gulf of Maine Books 61 Main St.
Brunswick, ME 04011 (207)729-5083
MASSACHUSETTS EF!
NICA POB 597 Athol, MA 01331
Ben Gordesky 121 Museum St. #2 Somerville, MA 02143
MONTANA EARTH FIRST!
Randall Restless
Box 6151
Bozeman, MT 59715
John Zelazny POB 7153
Missoula, MT 59807 (406)549-0346
Rose Zechman 816 Cooley Missoula, MT 59802
NEW MEXICO EARTH FIRST! Steve Marlatt c/o 3957 Westview Las Cruces, NM 88005 (505)526-9380
Brad Lagorio 2405 Meadow Rd SW Albuquerque, NM 87105 (505)873-0299
Ron Mitchell
144 E. De Vargas #11
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Kathy Chaney 504 S. Michigan Roswell, NM 88201 (505)624-2856
OHIO EARTH FIRST!
Jerry R. Welch 1150 McIntosh Ave.
Akron, OH 44314 (216)848-1979
Dev Weiss
8293 Chagrin Mills Rd Novelty, OH 44072 (216)338-3589/338-5383
OHIO VALLEY EF!
Brian Hagemann
727 Dixmyth Apt. 502 West
Cincinnati, OH 45220 (513)961-3660
OREGON EARTH FIRST!
Ric Bailey POB 605
Joseph, OR 97846 (503)432-1015
TEXAS EARTH FIRST!
Barbara Dugelby POB 7292 University Station Austin, TX 78713 (512)467-1404
Sedge Simons 4018 Turn berry Houston, TX 77025 (713)669-0733
Leah Averett 1518 Owasso Ft. Worth, TX 76107 (817)731-6348
VERMONT EARTH FIRST!
Erik Sohlberg RR1, Box 80-A East Corinth, VT 05040 (802)439-6266
VIRGINIA/DC EARTH FIRST! Robert F. Mueller Rt. 1 Box 250 Staunton, VA 24401 (703)885-6983
Martha Slover 1512-A Meadowbrook Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060 (703)552-6548
WASHINGTON EARTH FIRST! George Draffan POB 95316 Seattle, WA 98145
Fred E. Foiler POB 3566
Wenatchee, WA 98801
WYOMING EARTH FIRST! Hiroshima Svendsen Box 2166
Jackson, WY 83001 (307)733-4793
Vistara Parham 32 Redpoll Lane RR 3 Sheridan, WY 82801
- Wisconsin Midwest Headwaters EF! Bob Kaspar Madison, WI Hank Bruse Wisconsin Rapids, WI Jim Veller Ashland, WI Steven Spickerman Landis Spickerman Ike Walton Lac du Flambeau, WI
- Illinois Hal Lupinek Chicago, IL Elaine Vercruysse Fox River Grove, IL Paul Rechten Harvard, IL
- Minnesota Chuck Varani St. Paul, MN
- ARKANSAS NCWA Jasper, AR
- ALASKA Michael Lewis Sitka, AK
- IOWA Bruce Espe Dexter, IA
- KENTUCKY Al Fritsch Livingston, KY
- LOUISIANA Stephen Duplantier Abita Springs
- MARYLAND Leonard J. Kerpelman Baltimore
- MICHIGAN Stan VanVelsor Ann Arbor, MI
- MISSOURI Sue Skidmore Springfield, MO Laurie Britz O’Fallon, MO
- NEVADA Karen Tanner Reno, NV
- NEW HAMPSHIRE Vicki-Lyn Melisi Somersworth, NH
- NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY Debbie Malkin Tenafly, NJ
- NEW YORK Van Howell/Marsha Slatkin Setduket, NY
- Learning Alliance New York City
- "The Alliance hopes to involve environmental activists from all over the East. The day will include presentations on envisioning and understanding an ecological society; celebrations of Earth; and will involve Earth First!, Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd, local bio-regional and green groups and All Species folks. To offer help or obtain information, contact: David Levine, Learning Alliance
- TENNESSEE Brian Lee Hickok
- UTAH Julien Puzey Salt Lake City, UT 84105
- WEST VIRGINIA JR Spruce Ridgeley, WV 26753
- The Sonoran bioregional meeting hosted by Earth First!, held January 18, drew 25 participants, most of whom hope to form a network “to bring together people who desire to further the ecological needs of the Sonoran Bioregion.” A second meeting is tentatively scheduled for February 22. Contact Jean Eisenhower
- Earth First! Benefit concert by John Circus and Steve Clark
- Earth First! WESTERN ROAD SHOW. Contact Mike Roselle
- PENNSYLVANIA John McFarland David Hafer Lewisburg PA, Antoinette Dwinga Carnegie, PA
- CALIFORNIA Rodney Coronado starting a new Earth First! chapter in Palm Springs. "Rod plans to join other EF!ers to confront trapping and other issues."
- MONTANA: Montana Forever Wild! Rally Americans for Wilderness is sponsoring a grand show of support for Montana’s remaining wild and roadless areas on March 2 in Missoula
- MONTANA RENDEZVOUS by Linda Wolf by treasurer Randy T. Restless.
- "As befits a group with no formal structure, the role of Earth First! in Montana was the first topic of discussion....Mike Bader presented a slide show on the Badger/Two Medicine area, after which Woody Kipp of the Blackfeet Tribe added his concerns for the spiritual value of the land. That night, the party started with Walkin’ Jim’s inspirational musical slide show and Greg Keeler’s witty environmental songs...On Sunday, discussion of the soon-to-be-introduced Montana wilderness bill led to the idea of organizing a huge “near-riot” in Missoula on March 2nd. Phil Knight talked about the rainforest situation. Before leaving, everyone formed one last circle to wrap up the rendezvous with Walkin’ Jim’s “Power Song.” And we all agreed, “For the Earth Now We Must Stand!”
- NEW MEXICO: Round River Rendezvous ’87 by Barbara Dugelby Requests or inquiries should be sent to Gena Trott
- The following is drawn from a January 19 press release of Friends of the Earth Limited, 377 City Road, London, ECI. Bob Phillips
- Today, 19 January, Friends of the Earth International issued a statement condemning proposals by Coca-Cola Foods Ltd...
- Page 13 Earth First! February 2,1987 "Battle of Four Notch Continues" by Lah Weaselman
- Page 7 Earth First! March 20, 1987 by Karen DeBraal
References
- ↑ Earth First! A Founder’s Story, accessed April 8 2017
- ↑ No People Allowed, accessed April 8 2017
- ↑ accessed April 8 2017
- ↑ , accessed April 8 2017
- ↑ Individuals, Projects & Collectives that the Earth First! Speakers Bureau collaborates with:, accessed April 8 2017
- ↑ Foreman, Dave, et al., eds., Earth First! 7, no. 3 (2 February 1987) Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6882, accessed April 10 2017