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A logging protester with the Earth First! environmental group has died after a 50-foot fall from a redwood tree, Santa Clara County officials said Thursday. The man, who was not identified, was found by loggers who heard moans in an area where a group of tree-sitters has been camped since August, Earth First! said. It was unclear how long the man had been on the ground. The man was taken by helicopter to a San Jose hospital, but the county coroner's office said he had died. The group said the man had been living in the tree 20 miles south...

CORRALITOS, Calif.(AP) - A man with the environmental activist group Earth First! has died after a 50-foot fall from a redwood tree in which he'd lived for several weeks.

<p>CORRALITOS, Calif.(AP) - A man with the environmental activist group Earth First! has died after a 50-foot fall from a redwood tree in which he'd lived for several weeks.</p> <p>Rescue personnel were called to the scene of a logging operation in the Ramsey Gulch area about 20-miles south of San Jose on Tuesday night after loggers heard moans coming from the area where a group of tree-sitters has been camped since August, the group said. It was unclear how long the injured man had been on the ground.</p>