Willits Tree Sit to Stop CalTrans Is Still On!
(From EarthFirst Newswire) Warbler, the 24-year-old Willits farmer perched 70’ high in a Ponderosa pine that stands in the way of Caltrans’ Willits Bypass, has just reached her fourth week aloft, weathering rain and snow and becoming the focal point for a growing campaign to stop Caltrans’ massive highway project. A kindergarten class from the Tree of Life Montessori School in Ukiah visited the tree sit last week, helping build the next generation of resisters. One youngster asking a Caltrans official, “Don’t you know trees have feelings too?” ...