Sprawl Backlash: Profile Of Eco-Terrorists

ELF has "carried out a campaign of vandalism against targets that include logging companies, Forest Service stations, highways, suburban sprawl, a Nike outlet and even gas-guzzling SUVs. Ecowarriors' 'direct actions' have escalated from pouring sand in bulldozer gas tanks to pouring gas on structures—and lighting it. ELF boasts of causing $40 million in damages in a dozen states, including the 1998 Vail, Colo., fire that destroyed a mountaintop development. ELF's website offers an arson manual with 'how-tos about devices, fuel requirements, timers, security and more.'" The disturbing ELF website can be found at: .