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Headwaters Forest: Logging Under Fire

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013

    Protests at the Redwood forest in California known as the Headwaters have made their share of news headlines. The recent death of an anti-logging protester has had the unanticipated result of the Pacific Lumber Company, who owns the land, having their logging license revoked by the State. Steve Curwood speaks with Boston Globe’s west coast correspondent Yvonne Daley about local reaction to the latest conflict.

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