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Lumber. " says Kathy Bailey, a Sierra dub 

 foresny expert, **l5 the archenemy." 



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The latest battleground is Owl Creek, 

 a few miles southeast of the Headwaters. 

 At 4€5 acres. Owl Creek is the second 

 largest stand of privately owned ancient 

 redwoods in the \J.S., behind only the 

 Headwaters. It is also one of the last 

 known habitats of the marbled raurrelet, a 

 rare coastal bird protected understate and 

 federal endangered-species laws. 



In June and November of 1992, over 

 weekends and holidays when wildlife regu- 

 lators weren't working. Pacific Lumber cut 

 down hundreds of redwoods and firs in Owi 

 Creek - despite warnings from regulators 

 that doing so might violate wildlife protec- 

 tion laws, and despite previous agree- 

 ments that regulators insist committed the 

 company to hold off logging. 



Pacific Lumber claims that environ- 

 mentalists and wildlife agencies are violat- 

 ing its property rights. It cites permits it 

 has received" from California's Board of 

 Forestry to log at Owi Creek. 'This is an 

 example of government out of control," 

 fumes Thomas Herman, Pacific Lumber's 

 resources manager. Chief Executive and 

 President John Campbell says the com- 

 pany is in the "final stages" of developing- 

 a long-term plan for managing the mar- 

 bled murrelet's habitat to assure that none 

 of its logging ever jeopardizes the bird. 



Environmentalists sued Pacific Lum- 

 H*'* in San Francisco federal court, and the 

 1 & Wildlife Service says it is consider- 

 ing seeking criminal charges. Says James 

 Steele, the top state biologist for Owl 

 Creek: "They basically conducted sneak 

 attacks out there.'* 



Litany of Problems 



That kind of charge has haunted Mr. 



