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Unhappy Camp

Reliving the bad old ’80s way up in there the hills: North Coast Journal/By Heidi Walters

(Oct. 14, 2010)  It might be time — way past time — for a sad little renaming ceremony for our cousin town deep in the hills. Things haven’t, in truth, been all that happy for a lot of people in Happy Camp ever since the spotted owl and the timber industry collided and collapsed in a heap of splinters, feathers and rancor. This was back in 1990, following several years of fighting when the owl was listed under the Endangered Species Act. Timber companies had to quit cutting the big trees, the mill closed and the exodus of families to better jobs left those who remained behind to rattle around in the empty spaces.  Full Story At: