[yield 2 the right]

Great posts:>)

[Glutton]

Robin (last name unknown), called in the woods by the name Naya, had just arrived in Santa Cruz from Arcata, CA where he may have been involved with direct action in the Mattole area of Humboldt county. He was eager to go to the forest and defend against logging that would harm Steelhead Trout at the southern end of the coastal redwood forests. He was found Tuesday night by employees of Redwood Empire at the base of "Esparanza," the tree he had been sitting in for about 12 hours. He was taken by helicopter to Valley Medical Center in San Jose where he died earlier today. He would have been 22 years old on Thursday, 10 October. While he enjoyed rock-climbing, this was Naya's first treesit.

The location of the treesit, the Ramsey 2 Timber Harvest Plan in southern Santa Cruz county near Corallitos, is opposed by many local environmentalists, federal, state and county agencies. Santa Cruz Earth First! has been activiely defending Ramsey Gulch and nearby Gamecock Canyon for almost 7 years. The treesits in Ramsey 2 THP were established almost 2 months ago in the area where logging is going on.

Santa Cruz Earth First! activists met quietly tonight to talk over the situation in Ramsey Gulch and morn the loss of a fine, young forest defender. A public Memorial Gathering will be held on October 18 or 19, 2002 at a location to be announced.

http://members.cruzio.com/~cruzef

[DouglasKC]

She came down in 1999 after Pacific Lumber Co. agreed to leave the tree standing in return for $50,000 to make up for lost logging revenue.

lol...I would think that the logging companies are actually encouraging tree sitters if this is the payoff they get from just one tree....

[Luis Gonzalez]

In a related story, a man attempting to walk around the globe drowned earlier today.

[ApesForEvolution]

Maybe Darwin was right?! < /sarcasm > Now, let the dead bury the dead..

[tiki]

I will say a prayer for his soul. But God help me...I can't help but chuckle at such stupidity.

[Lion Den Dan]

The Earth was First and this buck stopped there.

[Maelstrom]

Let the body rot...fertilize the next tree to grow in the spot he was attempting to save and allow the skeleton to serve as a warning to those who would seek to unbalance the circle of life by shielding a portion of it from reality.

[One_Upmanship]

Sad news. Hope the tree branches suffered no damage on his way down.

[wny]

At least the tree wasn't hurt.