The Monkey Wrench Gang

George Hayduke, an ex‑Green Beret and Vietnam veteran, returns to the Southwestern desert to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a whitewater rafting trip down the Colorado River he joins three companions: feminist saboteur and Bronx exile Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D. Together they set out as eco‑raiders, targeting strip miners, clear‑cutters, and the highway, dam, and bridge builders altering the landscape. Their escalating acts of sabotage and the resulting misadventures produce a mixture of chaos, conflict, and dark comedy as the four clash with corporate forces and with one another while fighting to protect the natural places they love. Their actions sweep through remote canyons and river corridors as they escalate their campaign against development.