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Have you ever taken a class in ecology? Do you understand the part that the old growth redwoods play in the BIG scheme of things? There is other lumber available. Herwitz could see this if he could get those dollars signs out of his eyes. He and the lumber industry has got you fooled if you think that these forests are just here for lumber, and that an ancient forest is replicable. (Christmas tree farms don't qualify). This is the future of the world; a system that has worked for millions of years and has taken that much time to perfect. You are alive because of it.

If someone wanted to plow through your living room and leave nothing alive in its wake, including food and air for your children, would you invite him back? Find out what the forest defenders are really about. Try having a conversation with them. They are fighting FOR you and me, and all of the beings which share this planet. It is time to look to renewable resources for most of the products that we get from lumber. The biggest value of these trees is to remain right where they are. For God sake! A thousand years old. Have some respect!