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that leaves many trees standing, not clear-cut as many of 

 our detractors erroneously claim. The Pacific Lumber 

 Company does not — let me repeat, does not — clear-cut 

 virgin old growth redwoods. 



In connection with old growth forests, it should be 

 noted that most old trees have stopped growing and are in 

 fact in decline. The young trees provide the rate of 

 growth needed to sustain our harvest year after year. 

 Thus, artificially curtailing the conversion of old growth 

 to young on a large scale, or removal of large segments of 

 our land base, actually prevents us from doing what, in 

 the public interest, we should do; namely, engage in the 

 production of wood products on a continual or sustained 

 basis as required by the California Timber Productivity 

 and Forest Practice Acts. 



H.R. 2866 also fails to give due effect to the 

 responsible record of Pacific Lumber. Since its 1986 

 acquisition by Maxxam, Pacific Lumber has added over 350 

 new employees with an annual payroll increase of $10 

 million and increased local tax payments. We have 

 modernized our lumber mills at Scotia and Fortuna, 

 purchased a mill (which would otherwise have been idle) at 

 nearby Carlotta and installed new dry kilns and planing 

 facilities. We have added over 1,000 acres of timberland, 

 some of which will not be harvested for at least 40 years 

 and we have built an award-winning environmental 



