Editing Tree sitting (section)

=== US ===
* [[Waller Creek]] Tree-sit, October 22, 1969, [[Austin, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Battle of Waller Creek |url=https://soa.utexas.edu/work/battle-waller-creek |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174129/https://soa.utexas.edu/work/battle-waller-creek |archive-date=20 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2022 |website=University of Texas at Austin |publisher=Architecture Department}}</ref>
* Mikal Jakubal was an early American tree sitter. On May 20, 1985, he ascended a [[Douglas Fir]] in an area of the Middle Santiam region of [[Willamette National Forest]] that was in the process of being clearcut.<ref name="NYT2006">{{Cite news |last=Fountain, Henry |date=June 18, 2006 |title=Rising Above the Environmental Debate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/weekinreview/18basic.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701103735/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/weekinreview/18basic.html |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |access-date=February 23, 2017 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> While short-lived, his tree sitting action inspired a group tree sitting event by [[Earth First!]] activists that lasted from June 23 to July 20, 1985, when two [[Linn County, Oregon]] sheriff's deputies wrestled Marylander Ron Huber from his tree after a day-long stand-off.<ref name=":2" />
* In 1986, a treesitter preventing logging at Four Notch, Texas suffered a leg injury after the tree he was in was cut down.<ref name=":2" />
* In 1989, a National Tree Sit Week series of actions was held at logging sites from August 13 onwards. This involved 12 tree sits in 7 states. A 3-day sit was held in Washington and a 4-day sit in Montana. Other states included Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, California and Massachusetts.<ref name=":2" />
*In fall 1993, central wilderness of Idaho, the Cove/Mallard Timber Sale (the largest timber sale in USFS history), where vastly outnumbered Earth First activists attempted two tree-sits along proposed route actively being logged site of the Noble Road Logging Road, first of seven new roads to be built into untouched wild mountains. Loggers cut down around these first two tree-sits, laughing at and insulting the activists, a sight repeated later at another attempted cluster of tree-sits actions in 1994 in a Clear-Cut off Noble Road.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Ross |date=March 6, 1995 |title=Logging protesters say they won't give up |url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/30/857 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813205154/https://www.hcn.org/issues/30/857 |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=April 3, 2021 |website=High Country News}}</ref>
* In 2002, two US environmental activists involved in tree-sitting protests died in separate accidents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A new fight for old growth |url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=18908 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226225415/http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=18908 |archive-date=2006-02-26 |access-date=2009-11-09 |work=Portland Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Dan |date=October 11, 2002 |title=Identity of Tree Sitter Killed in Fall a Mystery |url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/October/11/local/stories/01local.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040217020216/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2002/October/11/local/stories/01local.htm |archive-date=February 17, 2004 |website=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]}}</ref>
* In 2006, 2007, and 2008, protesters in [[Berkeley, California]] [[Berkeley oak grove controversy#Tree-sit|sat in coast live oak trees]] to prevent the construction of a new sports facility by the [[University of California, Berkeley]].  On September 5, 2008, the university began logging the grove, after winning court agreement.  Four days later, after a little more than 21 months, the final four tree sitters surrendered to authorities, ending the longest running urban tree-sit in history.<ref name="DC Supplies Removed Again">{{Cite news |last=Trott |first=Ashley |date=19 June 2008 |title=Tree-Sitters' Supplies Removed From Oaks by University-Hired Arborists |url=http://archive.dailycal.org/article/101931/tree-sitters_supplies_removed_from_oaks_by_univers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414145943/http://archive.dailycal.org/article/101931/tree-sitters_supplies_removed_from_oaks_by_univers |archive-date=14 April 2013 |access-date=13 December 2011 |work=[[The Daily Californian]] |publisher=Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc. |location=Berkeley, California}}</ref><ref name="grandmothers">{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Matthew |date=27 November 2007 |title=Reader Report: Grandmothers Break Oak Grove Siege |url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2007-11-27/article/28556?status=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406174724/http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2007-11-27/article/28556?status=3 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |access-date=13 December 2011 |work=The Berkeley Daily Planet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bulwa |first=Demian |date=4 December 2006 |title=Tree-sitters act to save oaks at stadium site |url=https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/BERKELEY-Tree-sitters-act-to-save-oaks-at-2482824.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707211411/http://articles.sfgate.com/2006-12-04/bay-area/17324020_1_third-tree-berkeley-law-balancing-act |archive-date=7 July 2012 |access-date=13 December 2011 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref>
* In 2009, there were ongoing tree-sits in Humboldt County, Ca. to prevent logging of 100+ year old redwoods by Green Diamond (formerly known as Simpson). One of the tree-villages was defending the territory of an active Spotted Owl mating pair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth First! Humboldt |url=http://efhumboldt.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802182538/http://efhumboldt.org/ |archive-date=2009-08-02 |access-date=2009-11-09 |publisher=Efhumboldt.org}}</ref>
* In 2009, on August 25 two protesters with [[Climate Ground Zero]] halted blasting above Pettry Bottom in Raleigh County, West Virginia. Laura Steepleton and Nick Stocks climbed 80 feet in two trees in direct protest of [[Massey Energy]]'s [[mountaintop removal mine]]. The trees were located within 30 feet of the Edwight mine, and within the 300 feet of blasting. Kim Ellis and Zoe Beavers were arrested for providing direct support, only to return later that afternoon at the behest of state police to serve as liaisons for the sitters. Kim Ellis and Zoe Beavers were then asked to leave the site at 5:30pm by mine security, only to refuse and get arrested again by state police at 7:30pm. The tree sit halted blasting for six days while facing harassment from miners including threats of rape, trees being felled in close proximity, and chainsaws partially cutting the trees the sitters occupied.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Virginia Tree Sitters Halt Mountaintop Removal Blasting |url=http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2009/2009-08-28-091.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228063342/http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2009/2009-08-28-091.html |archive-date=2010-12-28 |access-date=30 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Treesit stopping blasts in West Virginia |url=http://www.demotix.com/news/treesit-stopping-blasts-west-virginia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102025312/http://www.demotix.com/news/treesit-stopping-blasts-west-virginia |archive-date=2 January 2015 |access-date=30 January 2012 |publisher=Demotix}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Suggs |first=Charles |title=Treesitters descend, threatened with chainsaw, $50,000 bail |url=http://climategroundzero.net/2009/08/pettry-chainsaw/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904162410/http://climategroundzero.net/2009/08/pettry-chainsaw/ |archive-date=4 September 2009 |access-date=30 January 2012 |publisher=Climate Ground Zero}}</ref>
* In 2010, on January 20 three protesters associated with [[Climate Ground Zero]] and [[Mountain Justice (organization)|Mountain Justice]] halted blasting on a portion of [[Massey Energy]]'s Bee Tree [[mountaintop removal mine]] on Coal River Mountain, West Virginia by ascending three trees, two [[tulip poplar]]s and an oak tree. David Aaron Smith, 23 Amber Nitchman, 19 and Eric Blevins, 28 were on platforms approximately 60 feet up in direct protest of mountaintop removal mining and blasting near the [[Brushy Fork Coal Impoundment]]. Joshua Graupera, Isabelle Rozendaal, and Bernard Fiorillo were also arrested for providing ground support. The tree sit halted blasting for nine days. A federal judge granted a permanent injunction to Marfork Coal Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Massey Energy, ordering the defendants to keep off all company property.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guttata |first=Clem |title=Tree Sit Halts the Blasting on Coal River Mountain (YES, AGAIN) |url=http://www.wvablue.com/diary/5490/tree-sit-halts-the-blasting-on-coal-river-mountain-yes-again |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608072735/http://www.wvablue.com/diary/5490/tree-sit-halts-the-blasting-on-coal-river-mountain-yes-again |archive-date=8 June 2013 |access-date=30 January 2012 |publisher=West Virginia Blue}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lannom |first=Andrea |title=Marfork Coal Co. Granted Permanent Injunction |url=http://66.118.80.206/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=101446 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701103334/http://66.118.80.206/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=101446 |archive-date=1 July 2012 |access-date=30 January 2012 |publisher=WBOY Channel 12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=MARFORK COAL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. CIVIL ACTION NO. 5:10-cv-00069 DAVID AARON SMITH, et al., Defendant |url=http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/west-virginia/wvsdce/5:2010cv00069/64422/44/0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514025152/http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/west-virginia/wvsdce/5:2010cv00069/64422/44/0.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2014 |access-date=30 January 2012 |publisher=In The United States District Court For The Southern District Of West Virginia Beckley Division}}</ref>
* On July 20, 2011, two protesters associated with the RAMPS Campaign halted blasting on a portion of [[Alpha Natural Resources]] Bee Tree mountaintop removal mine on Coal River Mountain, West Virginia by ascending two trees, a [[tulip poplar]] and a northern red oak tree. Catherine-Ann MacDougal, 24, and Becks Kolins, 21, were on platforms approximately 80 feet off the ground within 300 feet of active blasting on the mine in direct protest of [[mountaintop removal]] mining. Becks Kolins stayed on their platform for 14 days while Catherine-Ann MacDougal remained for a total of 30 days making this the longest tree sit east of the Mississippi River. Elias Schewel and Junior Walk were arrested immediately for providing direct support on the ground. Criminal cases are still pending for the two sitters, while a civil suit seeking compensatory and punitive damages is pending for all four activists.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Catherine |date=30 July 2011 |title='Tree-sitters' take up residence to fight strip mining |url=http://www.register-herald.com/local/x1452096081/-Tree-sitters-take-up-residence-to-fight-strip-mining |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117073950/http://www.register-herald.com/local/x1452096081/-Tree-sitters-take-up-residence-to-fight-strip-mining |archive-date=17 January 2012 |access-date=30 January 2012 |website=The Register Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 September 2011 |title=Marfork Coal sues tree-sitters over state protest |url=http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201109152136 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122183603/http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201109152136 |archive-date=22 November 2011 |access-date=30 January 2012 |website=The Charleston Gazette |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* In September 2018, the [[Yellow Finch tree sit]] was erected to block construction of the [[Mountain Valley Pipeline]] and endured 932 days until March 2021 making it one of the longest-running aerial blockades in US history. Protestors were eventually extracted, arrested, and jailed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dhillon |first=Matt |date=April 16, 2021 |title=Last Tree-sitters Removed from Path of Mountain Valley Pipeline |url=https://appvoices.org/2021/04/16/tree-sitters-removed-mvp/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915045144/https://appvoices.org/2021/04/16/tree-sitters-removed-mvp/ |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |work=The Appalachian Voice}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hammack |first=Laurence |date=May 5, 2021 |title=Pipeline opponents sentenced to spend day in jail for each day in tree-sit protest |url=https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pipeline-opponents-sentenced-to-spend-day-in-jail-for-each-day-in-tree-sit-protest/article_e946e87e-adbe-11eb-8380-bb77cccf83c9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915045127/https://roanoke.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/pipeline-opponents-sentenced-to-spend-day-in-jail-for-each-day-in-tree-sit-protest/article_e946e87e-adbe-11eb-8380-bb77cccf83c9.html |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |work=The Roanoke Times}}</ref>
* In May 2021, six tree sits were set up in the Caycuse Valley on Vancouver Island in [[British Columbia]] to protect a patch of old growth cedar's estimated to be about 1200 years old. The longest sit lasted 9 days before being extracted by helicopter.
* [[Julia Butterfly Hill]], an activist in [[Humboldt County, California]], became known for her 738-day sit (from December 10, 1997, until December 18, 1999) in a {{convert|180|ft|m|adj=on}}, 600-year-old [[Coast Redwood]] tree she named [[Luna (tree)|Luna]].<ref name="NYT2006" /> Eventually, Hill and other activists raised $50,000 to spare her tree and place a {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=on}} buffer around it. Hill's 2000 book ''[[The Legacy of Luna]]'' and the 2000 film ''[[Butterfly (2000 film)|Butterfly]]'' detail the Luna tree sit.
* In 2000, after spending two years in a thousand-year-old tree he had named "Mariah", Nate Madsen descended. Both Pacific Lumber (PL) and the California Department of Forestry (CDF) signed off on the timber harvest plan, ensuring protection for Mariah for the time being.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madsen |first=Nate |date=October 1, 2000 |title=Madsen Descends After Two Years in Mariah |url=http://www.treesfoundation.org/publications/article-49 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504010048/http://www.treesfoundation.org/publications/article-49 |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |access-date=April 3, 2021 |website=Trees Foundation}}</ref>
*Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, also known as Tortuguita, was shot 13 times and [[Killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán|killed]] by a [[Georgia State Patrol]] trooper during a raid of the [[Stop Cop City]] encampment on January 18, 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yang |first=Maya |date=2023-02-04 |title='Cop City' protester Manuel Terán shot at least 13 times by police – autopsy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-shot-13-times-autopsy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218154729/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-shot-13-times-autopsy |archive-date=2023-02-18 |access-date=2023-02-12 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>