[Ron] Then he kept it confidential for well over a year. So, this example you are giving is a confirmation of the Becking tree?
Right, we accepted what he said, just go measure it, so that is what we did. All kind of funny things happened. I was very pleased we got the coastline as part of it. We were talking with the Director before this one, on the development of Redwoods.
[Ron] In the development?
The last Director?
The last Director—Mott?
Bill Mott at that time was head of the California State Park system. While we were friends, we were bitter enemies in so far as the transfer of parks go. He was very opposed to it, but he did agree that it would be a good idea to get some coastline while we could. Well, that tied in with the same thing, that was on going, the east coast where they made a survey of all the Shorelines in the United States. When they came up here we just plugged that piece in, see. So that slipped into legislation almost by default. But it was consistent with what the parks were doing.
[Ron] But originally that was not part of the idea to include the actual coastline?
No. The second most important thing other than the tall trees was to have a viable ecological unit, a watershed and we wanted Mill Creek. To this day, the Save-the-Redwood League still thinks that should be part of the park, but it was not possible to work that out.
Politically, or just through the ownership?
Both. Actually that is the only viable mill left in Del Norte County, isn’t it?
[Bill] Which one?
Rellim?
[Bill] Actually Miller is shut down.
At that time the watershed was worth saving. There is nothing left of it now, I am sure.
[Bill] Pretty well stripped out now.
That was all post 1970 that it was stripped out?
