Pacific Lumber & Maxxam

SEP 15 1985 · 12:00

Pacific Lumber & Maxxam

Once a relatively sustainable family firm, the Pacific Lumber Company was bought by Charles Hurwitz’s Maxxam Corporation in 1985 and dramatically accelerated clear-cutting of ancient redwoods to service debt.

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