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03/01/2008: "Largest unaltered redwood grove attacked by loggers"

In Northern California, a grove of ancient redwood trees, some measuring 42 feet around, are part of a 250-acre logging plan in the Nanning Creek area by Maxxam Corporation's Pacific Lumber Company. Pacific Lumber (PL) has been clearcutting thousands of acres of old growth forests at
'liquidation logging' speed for the past 20 years, since Maxxam made a hostile takeover of the family-owned timber company. Civil disobedience, lawsuits, offers by well-funded conservation groups, and international attention have consistently aimed at protecting and bringing attention
to the importance of the forests and communities affected by Maxxam/PL's destructive practices. Now, PL is on its 5th day of cutting what is known to be the largest, contiguous tract of ancient redwood forest remaining in the world. "This logging is not just a local tragedy— it is a global travesty," says Earth First! activist, Kim Starr, who, over the years, has spent months at a time in jail for non-violent protests of Maxxam's Pacific Lumber.

[ Imagine a devil on one shoulder, and an angel on another: "But it's profitable!" / "But it's evil!" -- do we really need a society that tolerates the devil? ]

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/11/17/17842131.php