[Fwd: Tree-sitter accident Day 1 News]
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Eureka Times-Standard
Saturday, January 23, 1999
Protest tree-sitter falls from perch
CARLOTTA-- A tree-sitter was injured when he fell 80 feet from a tree
he was occupying, Earth First reported Friday night.
The Earth First activist, known only as Steve, had been occupying the
tree near where Earth First activist David Chain was killed by a
falling tree (sic) Sept. 17.
A humboldt County Sheriff's rescue team arrived at the scene to treat
him at about 9 p.m. They were unavailable for comment on the man's
condition Thursday (sic) night, but Earth First members reported that
he was recovering.
"Steve is able to talk and move his finger (sic) and toes," Earth First
activist Darryl Cherney said. "It is a tragedy that activists have to
risk their lives to stop insane logging practices."
The man had been occupying the tree since November with another Earth
First! activist who goes by the name of Lilly. They consider the area a
crime scene and a sacred place, Cherney reported.
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Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
Saturday, January 23, 1999
Tree sitter injured in 80-foot fall
By Chris Smith
Staff Writer
A tree sitter in Humboldt County was hurt Friday night when he fell
at least 80 feet from a tree near the spot where fellow activist David
Chain was killed by a falling tree last September, a spokesman for
Earth First! said Friday.
Darryl Cherney of Earth First! said an activist who had occupied a
tree on Pacific Lumber Co. property for weeks fell to the ground at
about 7 p.m. Friday.
Cherney said the injured protester, who has identified himself only
as Steve, was being transported late Friday night to a hospital in
Fortuna.
A spokesman for the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department said he
knew only that an injury had been reported in the woods, and that
rescuers with the California Department of Forestry and the Sheriff's
Department were getting him to a hospital.
Cherney said the activist, about 20 years of age, fell from a tree
near Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, off Highway 36, southeast of
Fortuna. Cherney said loggers with Pacific Lumber cut away some of the
tree's branches three or four weeks ago in an unsuccessful attempt to
remove the activist.
Cherney said the tree sitter is at least 20 miles away from
colleague Julia Butterfly Hill, who has occupied a redwood tree in
Stafford for the past 14 months.
He said the tree from which the man fell "overlooks where David
Chain died.''
"He's conscious, animated,'' Cherney said. "We don't know the
extent of his injuries.''
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