OREGON — Activists from the group Pacific Northwest Forest Defense ascended into the uppermost branches of an approximately 150-foot-tall ponderosa pine in southern Oregon. Nearby, they said, road construction for the Poor Windy Forest Management Project, operated by wood product manufacturer Boise Cascade and approved by the Bureau of Land Management, had already begun. While the pine was not part of the project’s timber sale, it stood in the path of a planned road, in danger of becoming a collateral cost. For three weeks, a handful of activists took turns in the tree, sitting on a wooden platform 120 feet in the air. By April 23, the BLM had amended its contract with Boise Cascade. High Country News recently spoke with two Wolf Creek tree-sitters, both of whom chose to use pseudonyms to protect themselves from future legal consequences.