Julia Butterfly Hill

Julia Butterfly Hill is an environmental activist who, from December 1997 to December 1999, lived atop a California Redwood tree to prevent loggers from cutting it down. A deal was made with the Pacific Lumber Company and Hill: the company agreed not to cut the tree, known as "Luna," and all trees within three acres. In exchange, $50,000 that Hill and other activists raised from the sit-in was given to the logging company. That was in turn donated to a local university to do research on sustainable forestry.