The State : Green Flag for Skunk Train

The Skunk Train, a picturesque relic of turn-of-the-century logging days, will likely be saved by an agreement between Georgia Pacific Co. and environmentalists. The tourist attraction that snakes through the redwood forests northwest of the Mendocino County city of Ukiah appeared doomed last year when the lumber company decided to level redwood groves bordering the railroad. A compromise agreement hammered out between the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and the lumber company establishes a 160-foot-wide buffer area along both sides of the track. The Skunk Train draws about 65,000 tourists a year.