Timber Firm, Logging Foes Reach Compromise
From Times Wire Reports
A timber company and anti-logging activists have reached a compromise that protects a scenic stretch of forest between Forestville and Guerneville.
Charles Benbow, president of Sonoma Timber and Land, gained approval in May from the state to log about 185 acres on property he owns. Under the compromise agreement, Benbow will cut 15% instead of 50% of the trees within a heavily wooded buffer zone along Highway 116.
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