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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 2001 fA7 Recent ecoterrorist activity in Indiana Earth Liberation Front claims responsibility for these acts in Indiana in 2000. The I MM MA AMI incidents caused more than $330,000 in damage FACTORY TO YOU PRION iZ .1 A construction site Installation 6 y. those who are 2M BLINDS Manufacturers of: wooded areas. Damage: $75,000.

June 29 jan. iuuu u-r, Fire destroys a luxury home under construction in the Sterling Woods Development in Bloomington.The group says the development threatens the Lake Monroe Watershed. Damage: $200,000. 2" Wood Blinds Mini Blinds Honeycomb Shades Vertical Blinds Sept. 9 Arsonists strike the Monroe County Republican Party Committee headquarters in Bloomington.The group the act was a reminder that it would sit quietly as politicians pushed for plans to extend an interstate highway.

Damage: $1,500. Oct. 18 Heavy logging equipment in the Martin State Forest at Shoals is damaged by vandals who cut hoses, slash seats, destroy gauges and sabotage engines, tanks and radiators. Damage: $55,000. FREE SHOP AT HOME SERVICE Call 1 The group claims responsibility for the spiking of trees at the Morgan-Monroe State Forest that have been i tagged for commercial April 30 At least six pieces of logging and heavy construction equipment are sabotaged and a trailer full of wood chips is set ablaze at a road logging.

Frank B. Ambrose is later charged in this incident. He denies the charges and any affiliation with the front. COME bstamm: JP in Bloominaton. The developing Photos from WTHR But Stant noted that while Ambrose is mild-mannered in person, he has been outspoken in a local Sierra Club Internet newsgroup.

"When it comes to tree-spiking and acts of that sort, I don't know where Frank is at," said Stant. "I'm not going to comment on that. But I know he fiercely believes that the traditional letter writing and so on isn't working." Ultimately, it will be up to a Judge or jury to decide Ambrose's guilt or innocence. For now, people in Bloomington are left to sort out their feelings about Ambrose's arrest and the acceptable bounds of activism. Josh Martin, an Indiana Univer I 1 6 1 "tit WW" says not fuel 1 (Channel 13); Staff Graphic Steve Vanderbosch sity graduate student active in many environmental causes, said his colleagues are frustrated as they try to keep the focus on environmental issues instead of acts of vandalism such as those allegedly committed by Earth Liberation Front.

"The whole issue (of ecoterro-rism) in this town has been really tough to deal with," he said. "Volunteers like myself, who are working within the political system to make change, can't get away from their activities." Contact David Rohn at (317) 444-6204 or via e-mail at david.rohnstamews.com Star of the INDIANA FEVER of Saturday, Feb. 1pm 3pm Autograph Signing! I Hoop Shot For Prizes! Win A Limited Edition NBA Finals Basketball! Fami rC I -I 01 1 1 1 ACTIVISM Continued from Page 1 sembled Ambrose was seen In the area of the spiking, according to the affidavit. Dodge also said that a hardware store videotape shows a man resembling Ambrose purchasing the nails three days before the spiking was discovered. Yet despite Dodge's assertions and outrage over environmental sabotage for which Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility mainstream environmentalists in southern Indiana say they are inclined to believe Ambrose's denials.

Some even think authorities are trying to discredit the area's environmental movement by smearing its most visible leader. Many plan to be at a noon rally Friday at the Bloomlngton Justice Building before Ambrose's preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. in Monroe Circuit Court. The state timber-spiking charge against Ambrose is punishable by up to 18 months In prison and a $10,000 fine. "I don't believe he spiked any trees," said John Maier, 46, president of Protect Our Woods, a Paoll-based organization that focuses on issues affecting Hoosier National Forest.

In a sentiment echoed by many others who know Ambrose, Maier added, "I don't think he's that silly. He is a very high-profile guy." Ambrose, 26, graduated in 1998 from Purdue, where he was a varsity swimmer and all-Big Ten academic scholar majoring in ecology and -minoring in political science. He arrived in Bloomington in 1998 as Midwest organizer of the American Lands Alliance, a national forest protection group led for the last five years by former U.S. Rep. Jim Jontz of Indiana.

"He's assured us all along he's done nothing illegal," Jontz said the day after Ambrose's arrest. "I hope that's true, and I believe it's true." Oil GzriY certa a fo3teh r.r.sTE.-";HCE With this Ad Thru 020901 For Pricing 17 Colors Available the WNBA! 1 2 1 ST I i mm "I 1 'N iJvjfU" Attack on U.S. likely, security commission warns Jontz stressed that American Lands Alliance does not support tree-spiking, arson, property destruction or illegal activities. James Hart, a professor of philosophy, religion and religious studies at Indiana University, said acts of vandalism and sabotage claimed by the Earth Liberation Front damage totaling more than $30 million nationwide have created a need to connect someone to the organization. But he doesn't Ambrose, a native of Manassas, is that link.

"He's been very visible as an activist," Hart said of Ambrose. "That's the only thing that's motivated authorities to go after him." Ambrose, who has declined repeated requests for an interview, said in a news release that he believes in nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience but not property destruction. Ambrose has denied any affiliation with Earth Liberation Front. Last May, he and four others whom authorities identified as members of the Buffalo Trace chapter of Earth First! chained themselves in the lobby of the Morgan-Monroe State Forest headquarters for about six hours. They left without being arrested.

Earth First! describes itself as a "no-compromise environmental movement" that engages in confrontation, direct action and civil disobedience "to fight for wild places and life processes." Debate within Earth First! about "monkeywrenching" activities, which include tree-spiking and sabotaging property viewed as destructive to the environment, led to the creation of Earth Liberation Front in the early 1990s. Hart said the front is less of an organization than an acronym that individuals use to identify their actions as a political statement. "ELF is almost a figment a flc- tional entity," he said. Jeff Stant, the former head of the Hoosier Environmental Council, used terms often used by others to describe Ambrose: committed, passionate, honest and bright. sion on National Security 21st Century established by Congress in 1998 said the biggest threat is the likelihood of an attack on the United States.

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