In 1986 the debt-free Pacific Lumber Company, with assets that included the largest privately owned stands of old-growth redwood forest in the world, was bought in a Reagan era hostile takeover by the Maxaam Corporation. To pay for the junk bonds issued to purchase the company, Pacific Lumber changed its forestry practices--once praised by environmentalists--greatly accelerating cutting the ancient forests on its lands. Since then the company has been the focus of considerable controversy and the future of the community is uncertain.
The Scotia portfolio includes numerous photographs, taken mostly between 1982 and 1990, of the town, the workplace, and Scotia residents. I also have interviews with members of different generations of the same longtime resident Scotia families, made in 1988.
Technical Note: All photographs are black and white, taken with a 4 x 5 view camera. Copyright © Ellen Land-Weber 1982-1990. Written permission is required for reproduction by any means worldwide.
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