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  • From: akiva w <kevinakiva@yahoo.com>
  • To: bananacircle@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [permaculture] bushwhacking wetland invasives into court
  • Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:43:05 -0700 (PDT)

what with all the bush news, here's one actually
dealing with plants.

akiva
jerusalem
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Biologist Bushwhacks His Way to Court
By Bob Pool, LA Times Staff Writer
October 11, 2006

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wetlands11oct11,0,4879785,full.story?coll=la-home-headlines


He has spent decades working to protect Los Angeles'
endangered Ballona Wetlands.

But did environmentalist Roy van de Hoek go too far
when he took his pruning shears to a nonnative tree
and plants in the Westside nature preserve?

Los Angeles prosecutors say yes. They have filed six
vandalism counts against Van de Hoek, alleging that he
entered the wetlands without permission and destroyed
city parks property when he cut down the invasive
plants. If convicted, he could face six years in
prison and fines of up to $15,000.

Conservationists who support the veteran ecologist
disagree. They assert that the prosecution is simply
payback from those who for years have felt the sting
of Van de Hoek's activism. The case, they suggest, is
designed to scare away others from actively harvesting
invasive plants from local nature preserves.

Van de Hoek has not denied cutting the plants.
Characterizing the eradication work as a continuation
of his years of plant removal in the wetlands, he said
he intends to plead not guilty to the charges Thursday
in Los Angeles Superior Court. But for now, he has
been banned from leading tours and doing
rehabilitation work at the wetlands, where Ballona
Creek meets the ocean south of Marina del Rey.

"My entire life has been dedicated to conservation,
preservation and restoration of endangered species and
wild lands," said Van de Hoek, 50, of Playa del Rey.

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