The Legend of "Lorax Dave" Walters, Eastmoreland Tree-Sitter

By Coby Hutzler

September 20, 2015 at 11:48 am PDT

Dave Walters

Eastmoreland neighborhood sequoias

save the trees from a developer's chainsaw.

âI had time,â

"Lorax Dave"

Arthur Bradford

the siteâs neighbor to the east,

Charlie Hales

Vic Remmers

including South Park co-creator Matt Stone.

KGW

Ethan Beck

13 Greenpeace volunteers dangled

St. Johns Bridge

Shell Oil

MSV Fennica.

Photos by Coby Hutzler:

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