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I remember my daughters saying to me: "Dad, it's just a tree!" I will respond to them here by saying that, yes, Luna is just a tree who was chosen to become a world famous symbol. Just like people and for reasons often unknown, some of us are chosen to speak on behalf of others. Luna's job has been to teach us about the health of our forests.
-Stuart Moskowitz, Sanctuary Forest Board Member (from the Luna Updates)

Luna is an ancient redwood. She has been living in Humboldt County of northern California for more than 1000 years, towers 200 feet above the earth and has a circumference of 40 feet. In 1997 Julia Butterfly Hill began her historic two year tree-sit atop Luna to prevent the felling of this magnificent tree, and to bring international attention to the importance of protecting and restoring natural resources. Julia stayed aloft until Pacific Lumber Company agreed to protect Luna with a conservation easement.

December 1999 marked the beginning of Sanctuary Forest's role as monitor of the Luna Covenant Agreement between Pacific Lumber Company and Julia Butterfly Hill. Monitoring visits were uneventful until the November 2000 chainsaw attack brought Luna back into the headlines. Sanctuary Forest immediately found itself at the center of efforts to coordinate responses to the biological and structural implications of a three-foot deep cut that went half way around Luna's circumference, cutting her flow of nutrients and threatening to topple her.

Luna and the world responded. Within hours of the discovery, top arborists, engineers and biologists were discussing how best to save Luna. With the first winter storm fast approaching, steel brackets were designed, manufactured and installed, all in one day! Representatives from Pacific Lumber Company, Sanctuary Forest, and the California Department of Forestry worked side by side into the night.

In the months that followed, the medical response team completed Luna's structural support by installing cables from Luna to remote anchor points. The work to heal the chainsaw scar continues. Unsolicited help and advice still comes in from all over the world. Though the experts had predicted that Luna would soon show signs of die-back, 16 years later her canopy continues to look green and strong and every year shows signs of new growth.

We have much to learn from Luna. Besides being a unique study of the resilience, strength and spirit of coastal redwoods under stress, Luna is teaching us how people with differing backgrounds and philosophies can set aside their differences, and come together to work towards a common goal.

Although there is no public access to Luna, she is watched and studied from afar. Sanctuary Forest continues to monitor her safety and return to health. You can join the worldwide effort to assure Luna's well-being by contributing to Sanctuary Forest's Conservation Easement Endowment fund.
In the fall of 2016, a film crew from Camera Lucida came to Humboldt County. Their goal was to hike in to meet Luna, the ancient redwood made famous by the 2-year-plus tree sit by Julia Butterfly Hill. Sanctuary Forest board member and Luna caretaker Stuart Moskowitz accompanied them. This famous tree sit was concluded when Pacific Lumber agreed to a conservation easement - an easement held by Sanctuary Forest. The full segment on Luna will air on European public television in July 2017, but you can watch the gorgeous 3-minute trailer above.

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Luna Ancient Redwood Tree - Sanctuary Forest

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I remember my daughters saying to me: "Dad, it's just a tree!" I will respond to them here by saying that, yes, Luna is just a tree who was chosen to become a world famous symbol. Just like people and for reasons often unknown, some of us are chosen to speak on behalf of others.

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If you're a fan of nature and the environment, you're probably already doing things to take care of the planet - on Earth Day and every day. This month, I've shared ways kids (and families) can help protect wildlife and oceans. Today I'm focusing on ways kids can help save trees.

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Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay. The fight for #NODAPL isn’t over.

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Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay. The fight for #NODAPL isn’t over.

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Jasilyn Charger of Cheyenne River Lakota, Nakota, Dakota tribe has a message for the youth!

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Native Americans Against North Dakota Pipeline

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Shailene Woodley Arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

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More from Entertainment Tonight: http://bit.ly/1xTQtvw The actress was arrested on Monday afternoon for criminal trespassing after protesting the construction of an oil pipeline.

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"My allegiance is to my Mother Earth, to my people, to all of you. Not to oil, not to money." -Jasilyn Charger #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NoDAPL

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Partners read + Book Fair Wish List

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HAVE displayed Halloween books + mystery
K:
1st: Compare/Contrast Polar Bear + Penguin with
Venn Daigram, then ask, "What might be impacting both these creatures right now"
2nd/3rd: "Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest"  http://www.sanctuaryforest.org/
Watch the Prince EA video, "Man vs. Earth"
4th: Dear Future Generations video. What are some other global issues shared.
5th: do Global intro from week 8
6th: "Why I think this world.." video, follow up with what are some of the global problems. Address water, then Dakota pipeline

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Introduce Non-fiction wonders
K: Bumblebee Bat by Dunde (NF learning)
1-2: Brainstorm areas of fiction +  non-fiction.
* Group collect info/chart
* Animals (NF focus using cards) place into categories: Alaskan, North American, amphibians + reptiles, insects, mammals not in NA
*Group rotate stations with sections. 5 minutes at one of 5 areas (5@5)
* Showcase something you learned or surprised @ station, rotate 1 time
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3rd & 5th: Discussion of Perception (POV). Other side of coin: Christopher Columbus. Read Book: Encounter by Jane Yolen
4th: What does Global mean? What makes us more global now? Great aspects about global? Global problems?
*Watch Prince EA: "Why I think this world should end" discuss meaning/explain. *Discuss what stood out or moved you with a peer. Share out a few.
*Discuss global issue now that also impacts AK: Water. Introduce Dakota Pipeline Youth Native Movement. Watch Jasilyn Charger video. Why did she make this video? How does a Global society help her mission? (Think Shailene Woodley)
6th: Padlet question: What are some issues that we see hear in Alaska and also some issues in the world? https://padlet.com/carton_michelle/tudorworld
*Watch Global Citizen video

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David Shannon week + Literacy tool
*Bad Case of Stripes 4-5th
*Too Many Toys 1st & 3rd
*Duck on a Bike- K & 2nd
MI Focus: kinesthetic, artistic, logical
Lit Focus + Author Showcase
*Message: find passion + pursue it, works hard, don't give up