go to originalGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management gave Greenpeace 48 hours to dismantle its summer encampment in Southern Oregon on Tuesday after the international environmental group tried to disrupt logging on a nearby timber sale.
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"This represents a violation of trust and we are disappointed that Greenpeace has chosen to violate our agreement," BLM spokeswoman Karen Gillespie said from BLM's Medford District office. "Greenpeace illegally blocked a nearby public road and interfered with a legal, active timber sale."
Calling for an end to commercial logging of old growth forests on public lands, Greenpeace established its "Forest Rescue Station" on June 1 on BLM land about 35 miles west of Grants Pass next to the planned Kelsey-Whisky timber sale.
More than a dozen people were living at the station, which included a green geodesic dome serving as a visitor center, a bio-diesel fire truck, a solar-powered video editing studio, a platform hanging from the branches of a tree, a field kitchen and tents for sleeping.
Greenpeace spokeswoman Ginger Cassady said they had not decided how to respond to the eviction order, but felt they had not violated the terms of the permit, because it applied only to the site where it was located.
"Right now we are leaving our options open," she said. "We came here to highlight what is happening on the Kelsey-Whisky timber sale and put pressure on the public agencies to not cut down our remaining ancient forest."
BLM said it was willing to continue considering the special recreation permit, but asked for additional information on the impacts of the camp.
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