Ancient Redwoods on Gypsy Mt. Cut by PL – 4 arrested
Humboldt county, California-Three forest activists were forcibly extracted from high in the enormous radial branches of a 600 year old redwood tree, lowered 150 feet to the ground and placed under citizen’s arrest by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber (PL) employees on Saturday, Sept. 25 near Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park in coastal northern California. A fourth activist was arrested on the ground. Immediately after the tree sitters’ removal, the grove of five ancient redwoods and the massive giant known as “Aradia” were cut down. The area is known as “Gypsy Mountain”, named in memory of young activist David “Gypsy” Chain, killed on …