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Environmentalists are gearing up for a battle to enlarge the Redwood National Park .. Rep. Phillip Burton (D{a.) has a bill (HR 3813) that would grab 74,000 acres of private, commercially productive forest lands and lock them away into the park

Gov. figures put the cost at $600 million; the first $ fig. for the original park was $92 million, but so far more than $ 172 million has been spent, making it the mzst expensive and virtually Ieast-visited in the entire National ParksSystem...

Unemployment in California's North Coast Counties around the park runs at twice the national average . . aid to ease the financial pain is promised in the new legislation, as it was in the first land grab for the park, but practically none was ever forthcoming after they had the land

In a related development, the presidents of Arcata Redwood, Simpson Timber & LouisianaPacific have flatly turned down the personal request of Sec. of Interior Cecil Andrus for a | 80 day moratorium on harvesting in the vicinity of Redwood Creek Basin, near the Redwood National Park in a sharPlY worded letter to Pres. Carter they call the request "unreasonable and unjustifiable"and due to a gov. "lack of understanding of thefacts"...

Housing starts popped up 29% in Feb. over Jan., to 1,791,000 on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, single family starts jumped 4l%, the 2nd highest gain ever . . . bldg. permits were up 16% from. Jan., and were 3O% ahead ofayearearlier...

Federal National Mortgage Association foresees a rate of 1.8 million starts for the next 34 mos., NAHB says a 2 million unit year is not out of reach problems ahead include labor negotiations in June, continued drought-related closing of the forests . .

Some economists see a rise in interest rates coming, which would hold down housing demand; cited are a dip in the amt. of $ people are saving plus contemplated fed. borrowings which could dry up financing supplies a similar scenario was widely forecast several years ago, but it never occurred

Crown Zellerbach recently landed a big cargo load of hemlock at San Francisco, their lst No. Ca. shipment in 5 years Louisiana-Pacific closed, mills in Stevenson and Home Valley,Wa., due to raw material supply problems . . L-P recently bought an additional 25,000 acres of timberland near Covelo, Ca., increasing their fee ownership in that area to more tl'ran 425.000 acres.

Inland Lumber Co., Colton, Ca., recently purchased the old Pine Ridge Lumber plant in Woodland, Ca., operations to begin this mo. a new 5 car RR spur has been added at Redwood Empire, .Inc.'s G&R facility, Cloverdale, Ca., according to pres. Roger Burch and Chris Jepsen, plant mgr.

Rounds Lumber Co. has opened Rounds Distribution Center in Cloverdale, Ca., selling a broad selection of redwood lumber items and L-P board Products lcl to dealers from Ukiah to

South of San Francisco BaY on the coast, according to Del Cole, Rounds mgr. . Hank Monje is running the center, a Prototype of future centers the L-P subsidiary plans to open; their toll free no. (800) 862-46'17

The Federal Trade Commission says wood cabinets, doors, shelving, windows, wall coverings, shingles and fencing are not considered consumer products when sold as part of a new house and are not subject to the consumer guarantees of the Moss-Magnuson WarrantyAct...

Amador Lumber, Martell and Pine Grove, Ca., has been sold to Don Steger, "Scotty" Scott and Walt Phillips, no figure disclosed . Panel Mart, Cornelius, Or., in business for just I year, has expanded its facilities 100% Dyer Lumber, Winnemucca, Nv., is back in business, new owner is DonPeters...

Ole's Home Centers have acquired the 3 Lin-Brook Hardware & Lumber sfores in Riverside, Anaheim and Fountain Valley, Ca.; both names will be carried for 1 year, then only the Ole's name Crane-Built Discount Building Supplies, Mt. Vernon, Or., has been sold for an undisclosed amount to Dave and MarlouFronapel ...

Dunn Lumber, Bremerton, Wa., plans to build a $l million retail store (its 6th) at l48th NE and SR 52O . . . if ok with the IRS, llillamette Industries and Brooks-Scanlon are dividing their joint venture, Brooks Willamette; B-W will become Bend-Willamette Corp., wholly owned by WI .

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