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Folks from the Croatan were excited to participate in the following 2012 post-rondy action against fracking in the Marcellus at the Moshannan State Forest in Pennsylvania, organized by Marcellus Earth First!  The lesson we’ve learned from this action is that different people whose bioregions who are being affected by this dangerous type of energy extraction can fight this together, and that our effectiveness is not stifled or bound by laws or state lines.

At it’s high point, this road blockade had over 100 people assisting it over a few mile stretch of road.  Workers within the well pad were prevented from moving machinery in or out of the forest, and the well pad was shut off just an hour or so after the blockade was put in place.  Workers were invited to leave the site although they declined to do so.  During the twelve hour blockade the site was fairly easy to access and people from the outside rally were able to walk in and out to observe.  A mother and newborn baby casually walked through the site and locals came by to give homemade pies to the occupiers.  At some tense points workers got into their bulldozers and attempted to drive through the slash pile blockades.  Multiple times folks linked arms in front of the bulldozers and put their bodies in the line to prevent them from passing, and to protect the lives of their friends in the tree sit.  The blockade lasted 12 hours and resulted in very few arrests, and mostly just citations.  For more information on the road blockade that stopped this well from fracking, read the story below reposted from the Earth First! Newswire. Continue reading →