Environmentalist spent months up a tree in attempt to stop fire . Emily Gibson was forced down in March after fire threatened her . She describes the feeling of coming back to ground after 449 years . In response to protests for the logging to stop , Tasmania 's deputy premier Bryan Green said that it was only occurring in a small number of coupes where `` existing harvesting operations '' were being completed . Gibson vowed to continue working to save Tasmania 's State Forests .
Environmentalist spent months up a tree in attempt to stop fire . Emily Gibson was forced down in March after fire threatened her . She describes the feeling of coming back to ground after 449 years . Gibson vowed to continue working to save Tasmania 's State Forests .