Julia Butterfly Hill
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, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, Denise Sawicki, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Sarah Kyle, Walter Chesser, and Samuel Franklin
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