1996 Salvage Logging Rider

In 1996, there was a nasty piece of legislation called "The Salvage Rider", this allowed for old growth forests to be clearcut under the word "salvage". I was involved in the protests at the Rocky Brook timber sale near Brinnon, WA.



Mugshot 3/21/96 I was arrested twice in March 1996 for "Trespassing on Public Property".

Go figure...

I posted my adventures to a few places on the next, here is the full text of my adventure. Here we have some free gifts I received from the Forest Service. The two arrests resulted in citations , but I got handcuffs, rights read, and a free 60 mile ride in the back of a green Dodge Ramcharger (in a cage too!). On the second arrest, they took a few things from me and kept them for awhile (at least until the trees were cut, etc)
Ticket Evidence







Letter When I received my things back a year later, I received this letter too. The real kicker of the letter is at the bottom, ."Caring for the Land, and Serving the People". They didn't process the film, but probably read the journal and viewed the videotapes.


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