For a group to actually claim responsibility for terrorism in the name of lynx is counterproductive.
Terrorism is terrorism, no matter what the cause.
The group claims to have set seven fires on Vail Mountain, citing defense of Canadian lynx habitat. The group set the fires, it said, to protest Vail's plan to expand into 885 acres of national forest near the back bowls area. A coalition of environmental groups last week lost a legal battle that sought to stop the project because the area was said to be prime habitat for the Canadian lynx. Ironically, Mumma said, the Division is currently working on a reintroduction plan for lynx in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain National Park, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The plan, which will be finalized by the Colorado Wildlife Commission at its Nov. 12-13 meeting in Denver, could bring the native forest carnivore back as soon as this winter.