Editing Tree sitting (section)

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Tree sitting is a strategy that provides a high level of public attention since it is considered to be very dangerous and requires highly skilled police officers to evict the sitters. 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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Tree-sitting was once a children's pastime. In the early 1930s, when endurance contests raged across the U.S., it became a child's contest for kids to climb into their backyard trees and, serviced by siblings and local businesses, attempt to win prizes for the longest sit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapot |first=Hank |date=26 June 2008 |title=Tree-Sitting, Since 1930 |url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-06-26/article/30396?headline=Tree-Sitting-Since-1930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004081806/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2008-06-26/article/30396?headline=Tree-Sitting-Since-1930 |archive-date=2008-10-04 |access-date=2008-09-06 |website=The Berkeley Daily Planet}}</ref>