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Petrolia, California

On March 8, members of the Mattole Forest Defenders unfurl a banner in the second largest remaining stand of old-growth Douglas fir. Houston-based Maxxam/Pacific Lumber owns approximately 5,200 acres in the Lower North Fork and 8,800 acres in the Upper North Fork of the Mattole Forest. Of that, about 3,000 acres is...