University of California, Berkeley oak grove controversy

Protesters at the Save The Oaks Festival on January 20, 2007
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The University of California, Berkeley oak grove controversy arose over the planned removal of a grove of oak trees in preparation for the construction of a new student athletic training center for the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2] The university's actions sparked three lawsuits, as well as a tree sit-in that ran from December 2006 to September 2008, when the trees in question were finally cut down.[3][4][5] Berkeley municipal law prohibits removing any coast live oak with a trunk larger than six inches within city boundaries, but city boundaries do not include the university and the university further claimed an exemption to the city law as a state agency.[6]

  1. ^ Whitley, Brian (August 30, 2007). "UC Police Fence in Memorial Oak Grove Protest". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
  2. ^ Bender, Kristin (August 31, 2007). "Berkeley tree sitters are hanging in there". The Oakland Tribune. Retrieved September 13, 2007. [dead link]
  3. ^ Kane, Will; Kwong, Jessica (December 4, 2007). "Protest Marks One Year In Grove". The Daily Californian. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved December 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference SFC Burial Ground was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Brenneman, Richard (September 5, 2008). "Spectators mourn as UC destroys Memorial Grove; Two arrested". Berkeley Daily Planet. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  6. ^ Bulwa, Demian (December 4, 2006). "Tree-sitters act to save oaks at stadium site". San Francisco Chronicle. pp. B–3. Retrieved June 26, 2008.