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Santa Cruz Earth First, November 1, 2000

Treesit celebrates fourth month

On October 18th the treesit village in Ramsey Gulch celebrated four months of responsible ancestry and determined ecosystem protection. Now consisting of five platforms located along a network of 30 traverses (rope walkways connecting one tree to another), the efforts of 'Earth First! Santa Cruz' and the 'Canopy Action Network' have ensured the continued survival of 2 acres (more than 75 trees) of threatened coastal redwood forest.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 29, 2000

SANTA CRUZ — A judge issued another order Friday requiring Earth First! activists to pack up their "aerial city" in the midst of a Ramsey Gulch logging operation, but the tree sitters vowed to stay.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 26, 2000

BOULDER CREEK — Redwood Empire logging company owner Roger Burch has filed suit against the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly breaking a contract to sell 122 acres of timber land along Kings Creek Road.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 12, 2000

Tree-sitter calls 911; heard taunting and shots fired

WATSONVILLE — Environmental activist Blackbird, who has been sitting in a redwood near Mount Madonna County Park since June 20 to protest a logging operation, called 911 early Sunday to report he had been harassed and possibly shot at.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 2, 2000

Judge grants landowner temporary restraining order

CORRALITOS — Determined to snuff out a tree-sitting protest, a logging company has obtained a temporary restraining order in an attempt to keep a team of Earth First! activists off its property.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 22, 2000

CORRALITOS — When loggers fired up their chain saws Wednesday morning in Ramsey Gulch, activist Blackbird called out across the canyon from his tree-top camp.
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