Timber Protesters Sentenced, Fined

Wed., May 20, 1998

From Staff

Four Cove-Mallard environmental protesters have been sentenced for obstructing a road leading into a timber sale on the Nez Perce National Forest.

Gregory Mack, 28, Ft. Washington, Md.; Gordon Spencer, 25, Boise; Marcus Baker, 22, Yonkers, NY.; and Kristin Gustafson, 28, Boise, were sentenced in federal district court Monday in Moscow.

They were charged with blocking a Forest Service road and building an illegal structure in the road to the Jack timber sale. Forest Service officers said the four secured themselves by various means to an interlocking series of slash piles and wooden bipods. They were arrested last Sept. 17.

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge sentenced the four to 60 days in jail each and imposed $500 fines.

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