“Julia lived in a 180-foot tall, 600-year old redwood tree (Luna) for over two years, from December 10th, 1997, to December 18th, 1999, in order to prevent it from being cut down by the Pacific Lumber Company–a successful endeavor that secured several acres of buffer around Luna in a settlement.”

http://juliabutterflyhill.wordpress.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFRdy7o3DPE

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html

 

We have Cypress here in the South East that are century old trees also. Looking foward to photographing soon!

U.S. GEOG FILE – Virginia–Dismal Swamp c1906

http://users.telenet.be/sequoiadendron/en/baldcypress.html

http://saveourcypress.org/