Tree-sitting is a favored tactic of Earth First!ers, who have fought for a dozen years to save Headwaters, one of the world's last unprotected redwood forests. But Hill holds their record for most time aloft. She subsists on rainwater and veggies cooked on a propane stove, and speaks by cell phone to friends and a growing number of fans. Which does not include Pacific Lumber's Mary Bullwinkel. "She's being made into a hero, but what about the legal rights of property owners?" asks Bullwinkel. Nevertheless, Pacific Lumber plans no action against Hill—and Hill, a Jonesboro, Ark., preacher's daughter, has no plans to descend. Aside from the elements, her greatest problem is loneliness. Fellow activists visit for brief stretches, but her most loyal companion is a mouse. "I feed him," she says. "But selectively, because I don't want him eating all the good stuff."
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
