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cogeneration plant at a cost of $50 million. Altogether, 

 more than $100 million has been reinvested in Pacific 

 Lumber since its acquisition by Maxxam. 



Pacific Lumber and its professional foresters 

 maintain healthy productive forests with the aid of 

 computer models based on data developed in a comprehensive 

 inventory of our entire property. The models embrace 

 every aspect of the resource — timber types, classes of 

 trees, ages, soil and nutrient conditions, topography, 

 wildlife, rivers and streams. By carefully monitoring and 

 updating this data base, the company's licensed 

 professional foresters are able to develop harvest plans 

 that not only produce timber but also give consideration 

 and protection to environmental and ecological 

 sensitivities while maintaining the long-term productivity 

 of the land. 



Wildlife and fishery protection and enhancement is a 

 key part of Pacific Lumber's culture and operational 

 practice. Since the inception of one such program in the 

 early 1970 's, over half a million salmon and steelhead 

 raised at Pacific Lumber-owned fish rearing ponds have 

 been released into North Coast rivers and streams. We 

 recently built a fish hatchery and hired a full-time 

 fishery biologist. Pacific Lumber also employs a wildlife 

 biologist to study and provide advice on steps to protect 

 and continue to enhance the habitat upon which a variety 



