In this issue of Earth First! stories about the road construction in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area in Oregon continue. A special section in this issue discusses Earth First! and non-violence in light of the behavior of some EF! members during the Bald Mountain Road blockade.
In this issue, Dave Foreman expresses his amazement at the positive responses to EF! and Howie Wolke discusses how to preserve real wilderness.
In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman posits that the United States Forest Service has assaulted big wilderness areas in the 1920-30s.
This issue of Earth First! is filled with news regarding various environmental issues as well as letters from dedicated readers.
In this issue of Earth First!, Peter Dustrud states: “We are not, and the Earth is not, alive because of power first, greed first, progress first or war first—we are alive due to the Earth First—always have been, always will be. We are Earth First!ers! The survival of this one and only planet we have is what counts.”
In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman guides readers through “An Environmental Strategy for the ’80s,” Chim Blea discusses “The Ethics of Vegetarianism,” and Foreman states that Earth First! will begin featuring “provocative and challenging material on Deep Ecology and reviews of the other intellectual currents” in order to win the environmental battle against the neo-conservatives and their “economic views of Earth and life.”
In this issue of Earth First!, Peter Dustrud steps down as editor of EF!, effectively leaving the Earth First! movement.
This issue of Earth First! focuses on Dave Foreman’s well-discussed article also entitled “Earth First!,” previously published in the American political magazine The Progressive in October 1981.
In this issue of Earth First! Benjamin Read interviews one of the United States’ most admired conservationists, Mardy Murie.
