The oak tree in Pico Canyon Park known as Old Glory has a long history tied to environmentalists and preservation.
FILE – Environmentalist and tree-sitter John Quigley, center, in blue, and several people visit the 400-year-old oak tree, “Old Glory,” on Monday, March 21, 2005, in Santa Clarita. Quigley spent 71 days in its branches during a protest when the tree was at its former site. The tree was moved by developers in January 2004. STEVENSON RANCH — It gained famed 20 years ago when area activists saved it from being removed for a development project in Stevenson Ranch.
Madison Summers, 6, of Santa Clarita reads some of the posters which have been placed near Old Glory. File photo Environmentalist and tree-sitter John Quigley, center, in blue, and several people visit the 400-year-old oak tree, “Old Glory,” on Monday, March 21, 2005, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Quigley spent 71 days in its branches during a protest when the tree was at its former site. The tree was moved by developers in January 2004.
Tree sitter John Quigley who had sat in ‘Old Glory’ for more than two months, signs autographs for children near the 400-year-old Oak tree in the Stevenson Ranch area of Santa Clarita, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 12, 2003. Two days after Quigley was removed from the old oak, workers began digging near the tree Sunday in preparation for moving it.
ORG XMIT: CAVAN102 Environmentalist and tree-sitter John Quigley, center, in blue, and several people visit the 400-year-old oak tree, “Old Glory,” on Monday, March 21, 2005, in Santa Clarita, Calif. Quigley spent 71 days in its branches during a protest when the tree was at its former site. The tree was moved by developers in January 2004. Madison Summers, 6, of Santa Clarita reads some of the posters which have been placed near Old Glory.
The motion introduced by Barger directs the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning to initiate the nomination process for Old Glory as a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark. The board will vote upon the motion during its next meeting on July 11.
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