An Inclusive Litany

8/29/94

Rules protecting the red-cockaded woodpecker put parts of North Carolina timber farmer Ben Cone's land off-limits to forestry uses. Cone said that $1.8 million in timber was caught in the protected zone. He responded by clear-cutting all other trees on his land in an effort to prevent the woodpeckers from spreading to any more of his trees and thus putting any more of his property under the protective rules.