Treesitter dies in Santa Cruz

From the Portland IMC open publishing newswire: 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 on Wed. October 9, 2002. He would have been 22 years old on Thursday, October 10, 2002. While he enjoyed rock-climbing, this was Naya's first treesit.
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