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Tree sitters have successfully prevented logging of ancient forests for months at a time, and in some instances have convinced logging companies not to cut trees in some areas. Sometimes, tree sitting is used as a long-term resistance strategy, with activists occupying trees for months or years at a time. On the other hand, tree sitting is often used as a stalling tactic, to prevent the cutting of trees while lawyers fight in the courts to secure the long-term victories.
When tree sitting occurs on private land, it is trespassing. Sometimes logging companies will hire tree climbers to remove trespassers sitting in trees. While it is the companies' legal right to do so, the tree climbers occasionally cause harm to the sitters, and in one case resulted in death. Most tree sitting in California occurs on private land. In Oregon, where there are more logging projects on public land ( National Forests and BLM lands), treesitting is usually not trespassing but treesitters can be fined for violating closure order s or camping limits, or for erecting illegal structures.
Julia Butterfly Hill , an activist in Humboldt County, California, is perhaps the most famous tree-sitter. She became known for her 738 day sit (from December 10, 1997 until December 18, 1999For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep) in a 180-foot, 600-year-old Coast RedwoodThe Coast Redwood or California Redwood Sequoia sempervirens is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree in the family Cupressaceae. It is the tallest tree in the world, reaching up to 112 m in height, and 7 m diameter at the base. The oldest known Coast tree, which she named Luna. Eventually, Hill and other activists raised money and paid Pacific Lumber $50,000 to spare her tree and a 200-foot buffer around it, something which some activists considered an unacceptable compromiseA compromise is an agreement (or proposed agreement) to accept a situation in which the parties get variations from what they originally sought, to achieve a compatible outcome. In the security field, the term compromise has the following meanings: # The.Activists from GreenpeaceGreenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971. Greenpeace has acquired a reputation for the dramatic use of nonviolent direct action in campaigns to stop atmospheric nuclear testing and to bring an end to high-seas wh and the AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring countn environmental organisation The Wilderness Society hold the record for the world's highest tree-sit, in the Styx Valley , TasmaniaTasmania State flag ( In detail) Coat of Arms ( Full size) Capital Hobart Governor William Cox (Acting Governor) Premier Paul Lennon Area — Land — Marine — Total 68 401 km˛ 22 357 km˛ 90 758 km˛ Population(Sep 2003) Density 478 400 6. 92/km˛ Time zone UTC.
In 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom, two US environmental activists involved in tree-sitting protests died in separate accidents. [1] [2]
Some elected officials, lumber companies, and advocates of property rights claim tree sitting is a form of eco-terrorismThe term eco-terrorism is a neologism which has been used to describe acts of violence, sabotage and/or property damage which are ostensibly motivated by concern for the natural environment. As a pejorative term, it has also been used to describe acts of or ecotage.
Compare with: tree spiking