AP/MSN: 'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies

[DBoon]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!, has died. He was 74.
The New Mexico-based Rewilding Institute, which Foreman founded as a think tank to develop long-term land conservation plans, said on its website that he died peacefully at his home in Albuquerque on Monday.

A cause of death wasn’t immediately released, but friends of Foreman said he had battled a lung illness for several months.

“There will never be another like him. One of the greatest conservationists ever,” the institute said. “He is sorely missed by so many as a dear friend, leader, and mentor.”

John Davis, the institute's director and an associate of Foreman’s for 37 years, told the Arizona Daily Star that Foreman had remained involved in conservation issues up until his death.

Foreman, who used to live in Tucson, Arizona, helped launch two groundbreaking environmental movements. One is Earth First!, which was launched in 1979 and uses a direct-action approach to draw “attention to the crises facing the natural world," according to the movement's website. The other is the “rewilding” movement, which for decades has sought to protect huge expanses of nature for wildlife.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/eco-warrior-and-earth-first-co-founder-dave-foreman-dies/ar-AA12eauX

[Brenda]

1. Damn.

RIP Dave. I was a member of EF for a little while in the early 1990's. If only people had listened to the eco-warriors and scientists over the last 40 years, we wouldn't be in this situation.