More than two years after anti-logging protester Julia "Butterfly" Hill descended from her redwood tree home, the Pacific Lumber Co. said it is gearing up for a new set of clashes around its plans to log in certain areas of Humboldt County. The timber giant appealed in late April for help from the county's Board of Supervisors in tackling what it called "eco-terrorists" who seek to disrupt company operations. "We now see another summer of possible controversy and confrontation between my company and its employees and those who oppose the cutting of any timber, any place for any reason," said Robert Manne, president and chief executive officer of Pacific Lumber Co. Manne cited Internet traffic that shows "environmental radicals who oppose all timber harvesting have been appealing to hundreds of supporters," encouraging them to come to the North Coast for protests against the Scotia-based company.The Internet: Peer-to-Peer Democracy?
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