THE TREES WILL ENTER YOUR HOMES OOO YOU BETTER BE AFRAID
Definitely don’t look up Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, it’s definitely not easily found online with lots of helpful info
Direct link (pdf, 4.6MB)
“Terrorism” because it can cause damage to equipment or personnel
I do think spiking should always come along with helpful signs informing the workers that some trees in the area have been spiked so that they cease operations for safety.
you do tell people you’ve done it. it’s denial not sabotage
One could even do that without spiking the trees and save some work
There are many ways to put a feller-buncher out of commission, or its operator, and tbh I wouldn’t hand wring about the morality of any of them. Loggers are workers as much as cops or soldiers.
Loggers are workers as much as cops or soldiers.
Wasn’t tree spiking completely made up to smear eco-defence? Like some mills hit some nails in trees and then blamed ecologists. Like no one would ever nail something to a tree.
Also funny thing. Grand parents used to say a copper nail would kill a tree. I looked it up years later and didn’t see anything but mentions of tree spiking. I wonder if its a thing to discourage spiking without mentioning why people would do it.
Also also: If you know an area isn’t going to be cut for profit, don’t spike trees please. Work with people who do cut trees/cut them up to throw them off nature trails and keep it safe for the public.
The only tree I would worry about someone cutting is way down a cliff next to a swamp and is MASSIVE. Unironically probably worth $100k+ because of its size and some specific features. But it wouldn’t be worth it because it would kill you to haul it out quickly and/or would take a few days.
nah it was real and one guy got badly hurt as a result of poor safety practice + tree spiking. Then the org teaching people to do it dissavowed the practice.
That guy later sued his employer for forcing him to use an old blade lol. There’s been 0 actual injuries. And it’s meant to be an advertised deterrent anyway. People in cascadia have a blockchain they tag spiked trees in apparently.
GOOD post
