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| "It began in August of 1996 with a wreck that shoved a steering wheel
into my skull and changed the course of my life forever. Almost a year later I was able to
walk and talk and be normal again. At that time I decided everything I had taken for
granted had been almost taken away from me, and I had to start focusing my attention and
my life on the real and important things." |
Eric Slomanson/Zuma |
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Greg King |
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Julia headed west and ended up on California’s Lost Coast, the
longest stretch of unroaded coastline in the lower 48. She recalls falling to her knees
and crying the first time she walked amid the giant redwoods.
| "I knew then that
protecting these trees would become a spiritual quest for me." |
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| The cutting of the world’s tallest and biggest trees has divided
California since 1900. Logging corporations have cut about 97 percent of the ancient
coastal redwood forest that once covered two million acres. Hillsides once cloaked in
cathedral forests are littered with stumps the size of small cars--testament to the
cutting of wood for uses as diverse as Victorian-era houses in San Francisco and
modern-day decks and hot tubs. |
Doug Thron |
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