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- 1 2 Globe and Mail, Toronto, 12 July 1995.
- 1 2 3 Best, Steven and Best & Nocella. Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth, Lantern Books, 2006, p. 55.
- ↑ Best, Steven and Best & Nocella. Igniting a Revolution: Voices in Defense of the Earth, Lantern Books, 2006, p. 49.
- ↑ Diary of Actions of the Earth Liberation Front 1996-2001 Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine , reposted by Portland Indymedia .
- ↑ waste & abuse - controversy over a temporary dirt road built by Vail Resortsand its effect on wetlands, BNet, 27 September 1999.