Later that day at the Pacific Lumber main office in Scotia, various lawyers and unit leaders were assembled in the redwood paneled conference room. Atlas sat at the head of the glossily finished redwood table. “What the hell is a marbled murrelet, anyway? Is it like an eagle or something?” he asked.
“They don’t really care about the bird,” Eddie answered. “They’re just using the Endangered Species Act to stop us from cutting.”
“Wasn’t the timber harvest plan already approved?”
“The California Board of Forestry has always seen our point of view,” said Stanton. He stood out among the suited board members in his Carhartt jacket and jeans. “But EPIC, Sierra Club, Save the Redwoods—every day there’s a new organization—even school projects—they have been challenging our THPs in court, and now
