fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agoMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square288fedilinkarrow-up11file-text
arrow-up11external-linkMillions of acres of national forest are targeted for logging under an emergency order from the Trump administrationmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Biodiversity@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square288fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoYou’re gonna get labeled a terrorist and probably shot The way to go is in the monkey wrenching book (forgot the full name: You take steel bars, and cut them to size Then you remove a piece of bark Drill a hole into the tree Put the steel rod in Glue the bark back on Do it at eye level-ish, that way you’re not hurting the worker with a snapping chain, instead damaging the lumber mill. Bigger damage anyways
minus-squarepyr0ball@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoWhat do we use when they start checking the trees with metal detectors? I don’t think cinder blocks would work as well
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoThat’s actually addressed in the book as well, you can get hardened ceramic rods that work even better, they’re just a bit more expensive
minus-squareKittyCat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoIron bars are the old fashioned way, the modern method is a granite or concrete rod, not quite as good as iron but it’ll still fuck up a saw good
minus-square1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoIf anything that’s time wasted having to check every tree. Makes their big tree harvesters slow way down
minus-squareitslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days ago“Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching” was the name
You’re gonna get labeled a terrorist and probably shot
The way to go is in the monkey wrenching book (forgot the full name:
You take steel bars, and cut them to size
Then you remove a piece of bark
Drill a hole into the tree
Put the steel rod in
Glue the bark back on
Do it at eye level-ish, that way you’re not hurting the worker with a snapping chain, instead damaging the lumber mill. Bigger damage anyways
What do we use when they start checking the trees with metal detectors?
I don’t think cinder blocks would work as well
That’s actually addressed in the book as well, you can get hardened ceramic rods that work even better, they’re just a bit more expensive
Iron bars are the old fashioned way, the modern method is a granite or concrete rod, not quite as good as iron but it’ll still fuck up a saw good
If anything that’s time wasted having to check every tree. Makes their big tree harvesters slow way down
The Monkey Wrench Gang
“Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching” was the name