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Back in 1998, an eco-terrorist group set fire to Vail Resort in an effort to stop them from building out Big Sky Basin to protect lynx habitat (spoiler, the lynx don't live there).

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Vail_arson_attacks

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/10/27/vail-mountain-arson-looking-back/

https://www.denver7.com/news/local-news/the-night-vail-mountain-was-set-ablaze-in-a-historic-act-of-ecoterrorism-25-years-later

https://www.foxnews.com/story/fox-facts-vail-firebombing-attack-timeline

https://www.vaildaily.com/news/two-elk-running-the-ridge-setting-fires/

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/local/we-knew-it-was-arson-vails-1998-arson-fires-at-two-elk-were-the-countrys-worst-eco-terrorist-attack/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240744/Rebecca-Jeanette-Rubin-Fugitive-eco-terrorist-wanted-Vail-arson-hands-in.html

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/arson-suspect-kills-self-in-jail/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Liberation_Front

https://www.oregonlive.com/news/erry-2018/08/3cc02205f06447/ecoterrorism-in-the-west-a-who.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Backfire_(FBI)

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/us/26sentence.html

https://www.denverpost.com/2007/05/25/nine-years-for-vail-eco-terrorist/

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/11/15/environmental-arsonist-dibee-fled-country-to-avoid-lengthy-prison-sentence-it-worked/