Earth First! Acts Out for Barton Creek

Earth First! member photographs endangered birds on land slated for development (Austin American-Statesman, June 3, 1990)

Earth First! member photographs endangered birds on land slated for development
Austin American-Statesman, June 3, 1990

June 1990

Using civil disobedience to protect endangered species, Earth First! joins forces with more moderate groups for the preservation of Barton Creek.

The actions by Earth First! certainly provided a confrontational atmosphere that made a lot of people stand up and say 'now we need to do something because this is getting pretty crazy.'

— Jane Lyons, National Audubon Society

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