A man who had occupied a cypress tree for 11 days to block construction of a premier golf course in New Orleans ' large public park has fallen from the tree and injured himself . The man , identified as Jonathan Boover , who goes by Lloyd , fell out of the tree in City Park on Tuesday morning . Christopher Lane of the City Park for Everyone Coalition says Boover apparently had not eaten in a day and was disoriented from lack of sleep . Hold on : Jonathan Boover , who goes by the name Lloyd , fell from this cypress tree in City Park , New Orleans , on Tuesday , 11 days after first climbing the tree to protest a new golf course . Protest : Boover was trying to draw attention to the 100 or more trees that are being torn down in City Park , to clear the way for a new $ 24.5 million golf course . Injured : Jonathan 'Lloyd ' Boover is believed to have broken his ankle and nose after falling from the tree . Construction : Work is currently underway at the park for a new golf course , which will cost $ 24.5 million cut down 100 trees in the area . Lane says Boover believed he may have broken an ankle and his nose in the fall . Sheriff 's deputies had been monitoring Boover 's protest and kept a spotlight trained on him at night . He was expected to be charged with trespassing . Boover said he was happy to 'spend a few days in jail ' if it meant more people would hear about the $ 24.5 million golf course being built along park along Harrison Avenue . About 100 trees will be chopped down for the course . Boover says there was already a gold course in the park , and that the trees should n't need to be demolished . Scene : Emergency crews at City Park Tuesday after Jonathan 'Lloyd ' Boover fell from this tree . Demonstration : Boover said he was more than willing to spend time in jail in order to draw people 's attention to the trees that are being destroyed in the park . Wild is Free : Boover snuck into the construction on Friday March 13 . Broover , along with a friend known as 'Heart ' , jumped the green fence that surrounds the construction site last on March 13 . He scaled the oak tree in the rain while workers could n't see . 'These are old growth trees and they are trying to degrade them , ' Heart told NOLA.com . Boover was believed to have been waving to one of many fans that had congregated to wish him well when he flipped out his hammock and fell to the ground . ' I said `` Hi , Lloyd '' , ' the woman said . 'He waved and hit the ground . ' Boover immediately got back in the tree , however then realized he needed medical attention . Emergency crews were called to the park and he was taken to hospital .
Jonathan 'Lloyd ' Boover scaled the fence of City Park in New Orleans on March 13 and climbed a cypress tree . He was protesting a $ 24.5 million golf course that will destroy 100 trees . Hide Caption