 A push by activists to save a large Douglas fir from being cut down in Seattle may have convinced a developer to spare the tree and redesign plans to build housing around it. That Doug fir has been named Vita by those trying to protect it. The tree's at the edge of a property in the 1,000 block of South Cloverdale Street in South Park, where eight townhomes are slated to be built. Joelle King is one of the activists trying to save the tree. We are very vulnerable to toxins in our neighborhood, and trees are really the only thing that's between us and the toxins.