From the UCSC Tree Sit: Statement on Feb. 24 Incident

The tree-sit uses civil disobedience as a way of drawing attention to the issues of expansion, and physically preventing trees from being cut down. While many of us are concerned with the University's plan to replace animal habitats with animal testing facilities, we are focusing on the long term impacts that the university's planned construction will have on life in Santa Cruz and the forest in upper campus.

Yours in resistance,
Science Hill tree-sit organizers and supporters