Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill born in february 18, 1974. Is an American activist and environmentalist. Hill is best known for livingin a 180-food, 55 m tall, roughly 1500 year old Californian Redwood tree ( age based on first hand ring count of a slightly smaller neighboring ancient redwwod that had been cut down) for 738 days between Decembre 10, 1997 to Decembre 18, 1999. Hill lived in the tree, affectonately known as Luna to prevents loggers of the Pacific Lumber Company from cutting it down. She is the author of the book The Legacy of Luna and co-author of One Makes the Difference.
Early life
Hill's father was a traveling preacher and went town to town, bringing his family with him. Until she was about ten years old, Hill lived in a 32-foot camper with her father, mother and two younger brothers. While traveling with her family, Hill would often explore rivers by campgrounds. When Hill was six years old, she and her family were taking a hike one day and a butterfly landed on her finger and stayed with her the entire time. From that day on, her nickname became "Butterfly. When Hill was in middle school, her family stopped travelling and settled in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
By: Jorge Rico Vazquez 2D
