New Video of High-Line Protest in McKay Tract
by EF!Humboldt ~ December 6th, 2008. Filed under: Audio, Green Diamond, Threatened Wild Places, Tree-sits, Video, mckay09.The tree sitter you see in this video is hanging around 90 ft. in the air from a traverse rope that stretches 200+ ft. between two large trees. The banner reads, “Hey Green Diamond, STOP Clear-cutting - Earth First!”
The action began on Dec. 2nd to bring attention to the clear-cut logging plan that will destroy a Northern Spotted Owl nesting grove. The company also has speculative development plans for this and other sites nearby. The audio is an account of the first morning, when Green Diamond sent a climber up into one of the trees. The climber’s actions alarmed the sitters when he began to cut off branches with a large axe very near to the traverse rope.