In Columbia, Missouri, a group of citizens got together to preserve a section of old growth forest. Called It's Our Wild Nature, the organization purchased 37 acres of forest. The City of Columbia decided that they could do a better job of protecting the forest. They used eminent domain to take the forest from the non-profit.
How will Columbia protect the forest? They are going to cut down the trees. Only government could come to the conclusion that cutting down trees is the best way to preserve a forest. The plan is to turn the nature preserve into a series of urban hiking and biking trails.
So one lone woman named Sutu Forte' is going up a tree in protest. She is refusing to move until she goes to talk to the Columbia Mayor and gets a promise to delay construction. The eminent domain case is still in court. However, the city's right to take the property is not in dispute. What is disputed is that the city does not wish to pay fair market value for the land.
As of the time I write this, Forte' has been up the tree for four days. She has been ordered by a court to come down before the end of today. A Conscious Conservative hopes that others will take up her fight.
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