21. "I'm not an environmental extremist or tree hugger , " he said. 22. QUESTION : Why do you think people who aren't tree huggers take trees for granted? 23. One city manager called it " the War of the Tree Huggers and the Sand Bubbas ." 24. For instance, " tree hugger " often is flung around these days as a derisive term. 25. Gail's boys have already warned her about becoming a " tree hugger in Birkenstocks ." 26. The patients engage in revelatory rap sessions that devolve into a sort of tree hugger 's guitar mass. 27. We get bird watchers here, tree huggers , people who want to get away from TV on vacation. 28. "I'm not a tree hugger , but you have to pay attention to the land. 29. Unser charges that the Forest Service has been " infiltrated " by " tree huggers ." 30. I mean, to them, I'm a tree hugger , " he said . _ __