Actor Lends His Support to Tree Sitter
From Times Staff Reports
Actor Ed Begley Jr. scaled an old oak tree Saturday to show support for an environmental activist who has been perched in its branches since Nov. 1 in an effort to save it from a road - widening project.
“We talked through the issues and some strategy decisions,” tree sitter John Quigley said after Begley’s 90-minute visit.
Quigley and his supporters plan to continue to pressure developer John Laing Homes to reroute the road and preserve the 400-year-old tree.
Quigley, 42, of Pacific Palisades and a self-described “professional tree sitter,” was asked by environmentalists to occupy the oak after plans were disclosed to cut it down.