<p>It has been called the Redwood Empire, and it stretched along Northern California's fog-shrouded coast, but its reign is imperiled.</p>
<p><span class="deck"> Today’s lumberjacks are better paid, and they are apt to live longer, but their exploits pale beside those of old-fashioned "river hogs."<br /> those of the old-fashioned “river hogs”</span> </p>
