Media kit - Striptease to Save the Trees

Bare-breasted poet/activist "La Tigresa" continues her "art attack" in defense of Northern California's
last remaining redwood rainforests. La Tigresa has performed her "naked, sacred" earth goddess poetry several times
before the amazed eyes of timber crews engaged in unsustainable logging. She first appeared in the middle of the road
leading to the clearcut at DeHaven Creek in Westport California, temporarily turning back a crew of hispanic loggers
who listened in awe as she recited her poetry in the Spanish language, pleading with them to honor and
worship the Mother Earth.

Hours later, in Albion, Ca., La Tigresa performed another art attack of Goddess-based, nude, buddhist, guerrilla poetry "
at Kaisen Gulch for the startled security guard of The Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC). Kaisen Gulch is the site
of an ongoing Tree-sit where environmentalists and local residents have opposed the logging practices of The MRC, owned by the
Fisher family of San Francisco who also own the GAP/Old Navy/Banana Republic clothing stores. MRC began to build a new road into the
redwood forest, so far, five forest defenders have been arrested trying to stop the bulldozers and the tree falling.

A new Tree Sit was set up in the path of the road in the early morning, before La Tigresa arrived for her guerrilla poetry reading.
"Northern California is a country under siege" she said, "there's a forest feeding frenzy being fueled by corporate greed!"
referring to the increasing numbers of Timber Harvest Plans being "rubber stamped" by CDF. In addition to Kaisen and DeHaven, plans
have been approved in Redway, and the Mattole Watershed {by Pacific Lumber/Maxxam Corp.}, along the Skunk Train route,
{by Hawthorne Timber}, near Montgomery Woods, and Table Mountain {MRC/GAP}.

She has received a large amount of media attention, besides being mentioned on Jay Leno, and Rush Limbaugh, stories have run in
Associated press, LA Times, National Public Radio, Fox Radio LA, Ch. 2 Oakland, KGO-TV San Francisco and the BBC.

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