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... Redwood Company : * " Contrary to the im- pression created by the Sierra Club , redwoods are not disappearing . At least 85 % of the original 2,000,000 acres of redwood lands con- tain redwood stands today . This ad also failed to point ...
... Redwood Company : * " Contrary to the im- pression created by the Sierra Club , redwoods are not disappearing . At least 85 % of the original 2,000,000 acres of redwood lands con- tain redwood stands today . This ad also failed to point ...
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... Redwoods League in 1967 , or in 1969 , a year after the Redwood National Park was created . This organization con- tinues to issue appeal after appeal for funds to buy additional red- wood land , sounding the desperate note that time is ...
... Redwoods League in 1967 , or in 1969 , a year after the Redwood National Park was created . This organization con- tinues to issue appeal after appeal for funds to buy additional red- wood land , sounding the desperate note that time is ...
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... Redwood Creek is priced at $ 140 million . However , the money invested in Redwood Creek would save 30,000 acres of virgin red- woods , while the money invested at Mill Creek would save only 7,800 acres of redwoods . Thus , almost twice ...
... Redwood Creek is priced at $ 140 million . However , the money invested in Redwood Creek would save 30,000 acres of virgin red- woods , while the money invested at Mill Creek would save only 7,800 acres of redwoods . Thus , almost twice ...
Contents
An Introduction | 9 |
Rivers Dams and Floods | 27 |
Water Pollution and the Great Water Shortage | 49 |
Copyright | |
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