publication date: Saturday, October 25, 2008 (part of Round XXXVI)

category: Activism

clue: When you're fighting to save a life, don't miss the forest for the tree.

explanation: Hill protested the logging of a tree by living in it for two years starting in 1997. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, and Samuel Franklin


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