Speaker: Tim DeChristopher

Answering the Call

Tim DeChristopher disrupted an illegitimate Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction in December of 2008, by posing as Bidder 70 and outbidding oil companies for parcels around Arches and Canyonlands National Parks in Utah.  For his act of civil disobedience, DeChristopher was sentenced to two years in federal … read more.