Yes.
A Vail arson attack on Oct. 19, 1998, remains one of the costliest ecoterrorism acts in the United States.
A group known as “the family” connected to the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front targeted the Vail ski resort, destroying four ski lifts and burning down a restaurant, a lodge and a utility building, according to the FBI. Damage was initially estimated at $12 million and later reassessed at $26 million.
The groups’ stated goal was to protect the habitat of the Canada lynx, endangered in Colorado.
Three people pleaded guilty in the attack while one suspect remains at large. Josephine Sunshine Overaker remains a fugitive and is believed to have fled to Europe.
The family, a group of about 20 active until 2001, was responsible for at least 25 crimes including vandalism, property damage, animal releases and arson, causing about $48 million in damage, the FBI said.
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