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Willits Tree-Sitter Resumes Highway Bypass Protest on the Ground
by Deborah Svoboda Warbler might be back on the ground, but she is continuing her hunger strike and says this fight is not over. California Highway Patrol officers on Tuesday used cherry pickers to nab Warbler and other tree-sitters who … Continue reading
(Video) Willits Tree Sitters Removed and Arrested in Highway 101 Bypass Protest
Warbler has come to earth. Police arrested the 24-year-old tree sitter, whose real name is Amanda Senseman, on Tuesday morning, bringing an end to her two-month act of civil disobedience aimed at stopping a Highway 101 bypass construction near Willits. … Continue reading
Arrests Reported in Tree-Sitting Bypass Protest
From her vantage point in a ponderosa pine, Amanda Senseman—better known as Warbler—can see for miles. Thursday morning she spotted something that made her angry: California Highway Patrol officers arresting folks who share her opposition to a Highway 101 bypass. … Continue reading
The Bird vs. the Bypass: Tree-Sitter Fights Mendocino Highway Project
By Deborah Svoboda If you want to talk face-to-face to Warbler, you have to be OK with heights. Warbler, the name adopted by a 24-year-old farmer, is living indefinitely in a ponderosa pine on the southern outskirts of Willits, up … Continue reading
Up in the Air With a Mendocino County Tree-Sitter
"Warbler" is a 24-year-old goat farmer who has decided to make her home in a ponderosa pine near the Mendocino County town of Willits in hopes she can help head off a big Caltrans highway project. The agency has already … Continue reading
