On July 11, the building's landlord went to court to force Arrow to come down. Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Robert Jones came down to check the scene out for himself. The next day he stunned everyone by refusing to immediately order Arrow off the building. Instead, Jones said he would personally mediate between Arrow and the landlord the next morning, and he invited the Forest Service take part in the discussions. Despite the media attention focused on Arrow, however, most of the local press ignored the issues behind his protest - the genuinely controversial Eagle Creek logging sale, which should be of real concern to all area residents.
Eagle Creek is more than a mere stream running through the woods.
It feeds into the Clackamas River, which provides drinking water much of the Portland metropolitan area. Intake pipes located downstream from Eagle Creek feed the Lake Oswego, Oregon City and West Linn municipal water systems. The Clackamas has also provided back-up water to Portland during the past few summers. Any pollution of Eagle Creek could contaminate this drinking water, and the logging will almost certainly pollute the creek. The project includes the building of 1.2 miles of new roads.