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In 1986, he formed Trees for Life, with the aim of restoring the Caledonian Forest and its wildlife to the Scottish Highlands. [1] The charity works in partnership with the Forestry Commission, the National Trust for Scotland and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) at a number of sites to the west of Loch Ness and Inverness. [2]
Julia Lorraine Hill (born February 18, 1974), best known as Julia Butterfly Hill, is an American environmental activist and tax redirection advocate. She lived in a 200-foot (61 m)-tall, approximately 1,000-year-old California redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997, and December 18, 1999.
Trees for Life works to restore the Caledonian Forest, especially in Glen Affric where one of the most important fragments of Caledonian Forest survived. [2] In August 2008 Trees for Life purchased the 10,000 acre Dundreggan Estate in Glenmoriston , in the Scottish Highlands – one of the largest areas of land in the UK to be bought for forest ...
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The FBI arrested the founder of a Washington, D.C., nonprofit that served homeless LGBTQ youth on money laundering and fraud charges after her return to the United States from El Salvador.
Trees for Life was founded in 1984 by Balbir Mathur, an India-born American businessman. While working as an international business consultant, Mathur had several life-changing experiences, and went through an illness that left him unable to walk for two years. After his illness he started helping people in India plant fruit trees.
Sycamore Gap, thought to be around 300 years old, was made famous by actor Kevin Costner
Grant Haber was accused of cutting down the 33 trees in Kinnelon to improve his view. A prosecutor said restitution costs could top $1 million. North Jersey man fined $13K for cutting his neighbor ...