was squatted by around 100 activists opposing planned logging of the old growth for construction of the A49 highway. The activists were democratically self-organized, without hierarchical leadership. They built more than 100 treehouses in several villages, so called barrios, all over the forest, trying to prevent the destruction of the water protection area that provides water for 500,000 people in Frankfurt. They were evicted in October 2020, after more than a year of occupation. Tree villages A tree village is an extension of the tree sitting protest, involving several tree houses. The "Fern Gully" in Northern California lasted over 20 years, ending in 2008 with agreement not to fell the stand of old growth redwood trees. Tree houses In the United Kingdom tree houses have sometimes been occupied for a year or longer. One treehouse, BattleStar Galactica at the Manchester International Airport, held 12 people. Such tree houses often have lock-on points for protesters to chain themselves to during evictions. Such tree houses have been used at Newbury bypass, Crystal Palace and Epsom. See also Hambach Forest (occupied by tree villages of environmentalists since 2012 to protect it from being cut down for lignite surface mining) Flagpole sitting Green anarchism Tree spiking Direct action David Chain, activist who was killed during a tree sitting in the Redwood Forest of Northern California. Chipko movement References External links Audio recording of first EF! tree sitter making first climb 5/20/85 Movies of tree-sitters living in 'Tree Village' at Fall Creek Oregon July 23, 1985 group treesit coverage in Oregon newspaper Review of 1985 Earth First! – treesitting actions in Oregon. Greenpeace – Styx Valley: Global Rescue Station Timber firm begins bringing down tree sitter – Article from when Wren and Remedy were extracted. Hung Jury in Tree Sit Case – Information Wren's trial after her extraction Earth First! Humboldt – Current Tree-sits 2009 Activism by type Environmental protests Protest tactics Radical environmentalism Sitting