On Saturday July 22nd anti-biotech direct actionists destroyed 1500 - 2000 genetically engineered trees at MEAD Corporation facilities.

A communiqu? sent by the activists stated that "In an action similar to a multi-national corporate clearcut, 1500 - 2000 genetically engineered trees were hacked down."

The communiqu? continued "The creation of monoculture tree plantations breeds inherent dangers to diverse native forests & wildlife. Genetically Engineering trees creates 'super trees,' which threaten water resources as a result, these trees, in turn, cross pollinate with native trees and the native genes are forever altered."

A growing direct action movement against biotechnology continues to intensify this summer. Just last week the Earth Liberation Front destroyed two acres of corn at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. Days later the ELF activists struck again at the US Forest Service's North Central Research Station Forest Biotechnology Laboratory in Wisconsin where over 500 research pine and broadleaf trees were destroyed. This week activists continue to protest the International Society for Animal Genetics facing heavily armed police and state troopers in downtown Minneapolis. The movement maintains that biotechnology is being developed, not to improve human or ecological health, but solely to increase the profits of large multinational corporations.