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"It's fallacious to base a price on 

 what Headwaters could command as lum- 

 ber, since in aU likelihood it can never be 

 lodged." says John DeVVitt head of Save 

 the Redwoods, which speciaiizes in buying: 

 and preserving: redwoods. He figures the 

 trees should go for at most SlOO million, 

 based on historic prices for parklands. Mr. 

 DeVVitt and other enviiitinmentaiists, 

 though loath to reward Mr. Hurwitz, argue 

 that not protecting the Headu'aters perma- 

 nently through a buyout leaves it open to 

 the risk that wildlife laws, the political 

 climate or public attitudes might some day 

 change—enabling Mr. Hunvitz to do what- 

 ever he wishes in the foresL 



Rep. Hamburg's bill, which has 80 

 co-sponsors, would authorize the gradual 

 purchase of 44,000 acres of Pacific Lumber 

 land, including the Headwaters. Although 

 the .legislation doesn't specify how the 

 purchases would be financed. Headwaters, 

 Owl Creek and other remnants of Pacific 

 Lumber old growth would.be presenred: 

 the remaining acreage would be managed 

 by the Forest Service. 



Mr. Hurwitz says that he recently 

 tramped a short way into the Headwaters, 

 and himself marveled. "Redwoods are 

 beautiful," he observes. "All trees are 

 beautiful." But he still thinks the land 

 should be logged, unless someone buys it 

 up, 'These are not the last trees of their 

 kind in the worid." 



