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This story is taken from AP State Wire News at sacbee.com. http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/5839294p-6805771c.html Authorities converge on site of tree protest in Santa Clarita The Associated Press - (Published January 9, 2003) SANTA CLARITA, Calif.(AP) - A developer trying to get a 400-year-old oak tree out of the way of a road-widening project turned up the heat on the tree-sitter trying to protect it, charging him with trespassing and shooing away his supporters. Private security guards, accompanied by California Highway Patrol officers and Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, served tree-sitter John Quigley with a trespassing lawsuit on Thursday. Supporters sleeping below the tree were ordered to clear the area, and a chain-link fence and "No Trespassing" signs went up around the oak. Bill Rattazzi, president of the Los Angeles division of John Laing Homes, said no attempt was made to remove or arrest Quigley. "These actions were taken to stabilize the situation and allow the issue to be decided in the courts in an orderly manner," he said. Laing, which owns the property the tree sits on, wants it out of the way to widen a road that would serve the proposed 21,600-home Newhall Ranch development north of Los Angeles. The company has offered to relocate the tree, but Quigley and other environmentalists don't believe it can survive being moved. Thursday's action gives Quigley 30 days to explain why he should be allowed to remain in the tree. He does not have to appear in court. "Talk about overkill," Quigley said by phone from the tree. "They sent in this military operation to put up a fence." Authorities also took away his tent. Quigley, 42, had been scheduled to be replaced by another tree-sitter Thursday so he could return to his teaching job and spend more time with his elderly father. But he said he'll stay put now. Rattazzi said the company acted in part because of complaints from neighbors. The tree has drawn a steady stream of visitors since Quigley climbed it Nov. 1, including folk singers, celebrities, tourists and schoolchildren. On Thursday, about a dozen supporters yelled encouragement and sang the national anthem as workers took away an American flag and children's artwork that had been left behind. The guards left the legal papers in a yellow ribbon that supporters had tied around the old oak, said activist Jeff Johnson, who had been scheduled to take Quigley's place. The tree-sitter has a metal lock box he can use to secure his arms around the oak to keep from being forcibly removed. He has enough food and water to last at least a week. The activist, who lives on a platform in the tree, has rarely left his perch since arriving more than two months ago. He did come down on Election Day to vote. 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