Environmental Life Force

The group was founded by John Clark Hanna, who was arrested and convicted for the use of explosives on federal property.

[1] They said that "warfare" designed pesticides were being used on domestic crops, specifically a chemical banned after its extensive use in Vietnam.

They also called for above-ground organizations to initiate a boycott of sprayed food and for the public to criticize the process: The US Forest Service continues to apply 245T to kill broadleafed trees and shrubs in recently logged forests so conifers such as pine, fir and cedar trees can be re-established quickly.

[3] Although not much is known about the early ELF activists, because of their efforts to remain anonymous, John Hanna, who claims to have founded the movement along with other individuals, talks of how he used explosives against a target: ELF took extraordinary measures to avoid loss of life or injury.

He instead promotes the adoption of legal measures, commenting: "I accomplished more for the environmental cause through my research organization and its spin-offs than I ever did as an eco-guerilla.