tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-202396572012-01-21T09:23:37.350-08:00The work to defend our forests continues, but this blog is toast.John Doe #86http://www.blogger.com/profile/06799704363495163004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239657.post-79770192833804998512010-07-16T11:23:00.000-07:002010-07-16T12:00:36.326-07:00

I started this blog in 2005 to share information and chronicle the events of the ongoing struggle to defend our forests from Maxxam/Pacific Lumber. With their inevitable bankruptcy, caused by the over logging of our precious Redwood forests, I grew tired of posting all the time. Our forests still need your help, no matter where you are on Earth. Please do something where you live to defend our

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life without the web

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A commenter on the Humboldt Herald brought this guys cartoons to my attention. Unfortunately, I can't remember who it was.

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The BP spill.

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Seems like not much has happened on the front lines for years now. Started long before the newspapers pronounced the timber wars over , tree sitters came down (for photo ops), and talking head enviros started saying "old-growth logging is no longer the issue". Sure, there's been some tree-sits, but if you were here before the mid 2000's you know what I'm talking about. Contrary to the rosy

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A threat to Ancient Redwoods along a a short stretch of highway draws the attention of many. Meanwhile, farther north, beauty strips of trees left along the highway barely mask the ongoing plunder occuring daily in our hills. Thousands of acres of Redwoods are clear-cut every year in Humboldt and Del Norte by the Green Diamond Resource Company as the people go about their daily lives and pay

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Despite what you may have heard ...

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He he he ...

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The Earth First! Rendezvous and logging road blockades that followed were truly inspiring.This blog will remain mostly dormant for an indefinite period.Meanwhile, look through the archives and check out the links. A lot of the archives have to do with Pacific Lumber, a company that has now gone bankrupt and been purchased by the Fisher family, owners of the GAP clothing chain. Their relatively

John Doe #86http://www.blogger.com/profile/06799704363495163004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239657.post-37649384915235151882009-05-17T13:19:00.000-07:002009-05-17T13:35:24.611-07:00

check out EF Humboldt and the Earth First! Rendezvous, a yearly gathering of radical Earth defenders sharing skills and having a kick-ass time in the woods.

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I for one think they should get the whole story instead of just the highly glorified version of events. Anyone know if they are still actively filming Ax Men? There's some feral forest friends out there that would really like to know.

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It turns out that some of the logging glorified on the Ax Men reality show is illegal. I don't watch it, I've seen enough loggers destroying Old-Growth forests in real life. The ads alone are enough to remind me that our forests and rivers, and really our whole planet, are facing a life or death scenario. Either people hold on to their medieval resource plundering mentality and bankrupt the

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Ok, enough hibernation, spring has sprung.At night, I can hear the soft thumps as the rats land on my roof. They launch themselves from the branches of the apricot tree because they want to get inside my attic, into a house with heat.click here for the full story by Susan Straight.photo source

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There's still plenty of good stuff to read in the archives. You can see current logging plans under review in the research links.

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photo sourceLee and Man Sold Evergreen to the "Worthy Pick Group" out of the British Virgin Islands.Quotes and numbers are from todays Eureka T-S.As the global economic downturn progresses, big timber industry firms with local facilities are now at odds.Green Diamond (GD) and subsidiary California Redwood Co. (CRC) say that Chinese-owned Evergreen Pulp owes them millions of dollars for logs and

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As many have said, the Evergreen pulp mill shut-down will reverberate through our local economy. In the Sept. 5th edition of the Times-Standard, Evergreen's Rex Bohn talked about how the company was installing new machinery to help them split and chip whole tanoak logs for pulp. Green Diamond was hoping to sell them Tanoak logs for which there has previously been little demand.Tanoaks have long

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As Earths ecosystems decline so does the economy. One fourth of the worlds mammals face extinction. Our global forests are being leveled. The real costs of industrial processing of natural resources have been externalized for centuries. The Earth is paying the price... and so are we.The generations of the past have stolen from their descendants. It is up to those who are next in line to step up

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the title keeps changing to a hindi script on it's own...*************************************************************************(If you have not already been notified, we apologize for the late notice)Our rallying cry of the last 2 decades "MAXXAM OUT OF HUMBOLDT!" has finally come to pass! You are invited to come and celebrate at what will likely be an amazing reunion!We will gather at Cuneo

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Though different in character from other Action Camps I've attended, this one marks an important milestone in a shifting landscape. Pacific Lumber is no more. Their violently confrontational bully tactics against activists are hopefully gone too. We face a new situation in that other companies, who's logging practices were hidden in the shadow of PL's logging for years, are now receiving

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from- the EF! Humboldt Website. Click on the flier to see the huge version. Here's a report from last years Action Camp.September 17th of this year will mark ten years since the death of David Gypsy Chain. Click here for last years Sept. 17th post.(fixed the action camp link.)

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The reorganization of the former Pacific Lumber Company and Scotia Pacific companies is commencing. Forest defenders are watching as events unfold to see if this is the truly the end of Old-Growth logging on these embattled lands.(note: there are now three "Redwood Companies", Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company and California Redwood Company- formerly Simpson)

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In-FightingAfter the Maxxam corporation executed a hostile takeover of Pacific Lumber in the early 1980's, Maxxam CEO Charles Hurwitz split the company into several smaller companies. Pacific Lumber (PL aka Palco) owns the town and sawmills. Scotia Pacific (Scopac) owns the land, writes logging plans and sells logs to PL. Now they're in bankruptcy court and the Judge in the case has ruled that

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A friend came across this website (www.stopclearcutting.org) on accident while looking for www.stopclearcuttingcalifornia.org"The senseless destruction of creation caused by clearcutting God's forests leads to floods, extinction of species of untold value to the future of humankind, depletion of soils, and ultimately famine and death."

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I am glad there are firefighters out there protecting people and their dwellings. That's what I think should be focused on, not fires that are burning in wilderness areas. This picture shows the "Siskyous Complex" fire crossing the GO road.The below email was forwarded to me today. Key sentences:"the logging is shaking houses on the property I'm living on many miles away because they are falling

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Keep an eye on the timber wars. Like coals smoldering underground, the resistance to Old-Growth logging and clear-cutting may be out of sight for most, but the strong wind of highly destructive logging plans is in the forecast and forest defenders are watching- check out the new website..

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For me, the Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy has been a long series of delays and postponements. Now we face the whole shebang getting dragged into appeals court by the creditors, those who initally said they wanted to make peace and foster sustainable forestry in Humboldt. Now we've been witnessing the other side of their forked tongue as they threaten the viability of the business they claimed they

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The forest fires have complicated matters a bit around here. Had to evacuate some friends who had been engulfed in smoke for days. They didn't realize how close the fire actually was. Had to drive through the fires to reach them, the fires were on both sides of the road, I had about 50ft of leeway on either side on the way in. They said it was periodically raining ashes and burned leaves. I'll

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Stuff's afoot and I'm really busy. When will this bankruptcy actually be over? Will it ever? If MRC has to pay $300 million on top of what they already offered it doesn't bode well. It would probably mean a higher rate of logging to pay off the debt.... sounds kind of familiar doesn't it? Sandy Dean told me at the Warfinger that he doesn't like herbicides either but they need to use them to

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The ruling is in, Pacific Lumber will be taken over by Mendocino Redwood company (knock on wood). Texas bankruptcy Judge Richard Schmidt chose the MRC plan over the Noteholders proposal to auction off the company, essentially stating that the auction plan did not fulfill the requirements of a successful reorganization plan. Not much time to get into more detail today. Check out the Humboldt

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Repeating what they were told by Pacific Lumber lawyer and VP Frank Bacik, the Eureka Reporter writes that Judge Schmidt indicated from his courtroom in Texas that he would probably make a ruling next week. He will reveal his decision as to whether the bankrupt Pacific Lumber should go to Mendocino Redwood Company or be auctioned off as requested by the banks who loaned millions to the failing,

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The paragraph below is from the Union of Concerned Scientists. I will be writing about this topic again soon as climate change is possibly the greatest threat to our world aside from nuclear annihilation. The above photo is from the Grizzly Creek watershed and shows both Green Diamond and Pacific Lumber clearcuts. The graph below was found at the Stop Clearcutting California website."There is a

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Oops, sorry for the misinfo in yesterdays post saying that the last hearing would be today. The stories in the Eureka Reporter and the Times Standard give a little insight but not much on what Judge Schmidt may be thinking.

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Tomorrow: Closing arguments in Pacific Lumbers bankruptcy case in Corpus Christi, Texas. The ruling that will set the future of the company in motion will follow next but know one knows exactly when. On another note, the recent mention by a bankruptcy lawyer of the costs the company incurs due to lawsuits and protests had me thinking back. I recently visited a friend of mine from back in the

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I'm guessing my blogs title will soon be outdated. The Maxxam corporation seems to be on it's way out and the last hearing in the bankruptcy is scheduled for friday. It's still to soon for me to venture a guess at the outcome but it is nice to see that Maxxam/Pacific Lumber has abandoned their plan for a vast residential development in the hills of central Humboldt and are now backing the

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The below excerpt is from a recent opinion piece in the Statesman Journal newspaper of Oregon. The Forest Service's "Western Oregon Plan Revisions", aka WOPR, could lead to large scale logging of Oldgrowth Forests on public lands in the Pacific Northwest. sourceThe Klootchy Creek Sitka spruce was estimated to be 750 years old and died a natural death. However, across Oregon we have millions of

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The bankruptcy hearings on the reorganization of Pacific Lumber have taken another twist. The company asked for a break in court yesterday so that they can discuss what appears to be PL trying to come on board the MRC/Marathon plan. Not sure what is driving PL to do that other than the fact that their own reorg plan is "dead in the water" as Judge Schmidt put it. Perhaps this is what PL lawyer

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link

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German television correspondents recently visited the tree-sitters living in Old-Growth Redwoods slated for logging above Freshwater Creek. I had the pleasure of meeting them and guiding them into the woods. It's pretty rare these days to get coverage like that on the issue of Old-growth Redwood logging. Here's a link to the 6 minute 15 sec. story. In the first half they cover a 90 something year

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Scotia's not a dying ghost townTimes-StandardArticle Launched: 04/21/2008 01:27:19 AM PDTSusan PryorRe “Scotia's uncertain future weighs on residents,” news article, April 8:A Times-Standard reporter was in Scotia on Monday, April 7. The article, which appeared on the front and back page of Tuesday's paper, focused on the changes in Scotia, making Scotia sound like a dying ghost town. One of the

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click to enlarge

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The Bankruptcy hearings have been postponed and will be continued in two weeks, right around the same time when the Forest Defense Skillshare camp out will be taking place.Various news sources are reporting that Maxxam is likely going to lose the company. MRC/Marathon and the Noteholders are in major disagreement over the value of the company. MRC/Marathon say it's $500 million, the Noteholders

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check out the post.Not a whole lot of details yet but should be forthcoming.

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Thanks Humboldt Herald for the heads up on Mattole Valley resident David Simpson's new blog. He's reporting on PL's bankruptcy hearings in Corpus Christi as lawyers on all sides profess the virtues of their clients and dis their opponents.

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Some thoughts on those who wish to take over Pacific Lumber and the future of of the company post-bankruptcy.The Contenders (skip if you've been paying attention)In one corner we have Mendocino Redwoods, promising to keep the company intact and bring a higher standard of logging practices than we've seen with Maxxam/ Pacific Lumber. In the other corner we have the Noteholders, proposing to

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The closure of four State Parks that protect Old-Growth Redwood groves is especially troubling in light of increasing poaching of Old-Growth Redwood logs and burls. The poaching has already been happening in parks that are regularly patrolled and have many visitors. What will happen when the parks are closed to visitors and rangers aren't around? Of major local concern is Grizzly Creek State

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Looks as though a couple big city reporters to the south need to do a little more homework before reporting on the Redwoods. The following topics are very serious and I'm glad they are receiving attention but I think they merit a little more accuracy. In an L.a. Times opinion piece, Patt Morrison looks at the history of Pacific Lumber and Maxxam. She writes about the hostile takeover of PL by

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click here for the full story.Key Palco hearing set for ThursdayJohn Driscoll/The Times-StandardArticle Launched: 02/26/2008 01:27:25 AM PSTA vital bankruptcy court hearing on Thursday will begin to reveal if the restructuring plans for the Pacific Lumber Co. meet its creditors' muster, and lay the groundwork for the remainder of the case. Attorneys for the parties are expected to argue over the

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The below story is from the Times Standard. Makes me wonder, if Feinstein feels she has to once again say something in defense of the Headwaters deal then perhaps there is a real threat that the Judge may overturn some or all of the infamous deal. In the latest edition of the Northcoast Journal, Hank Sims makes a correction to his analysis last week of the alternative reorganization plan. Last

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Repost from an email below. Some people doubt that the stretch of Hwy. 101 through Richardson Grove can be made passable for bigger trucks without cutting down Oldgrowth trees. Caltrans claims they can through re-alignment of certain sections. The information provided at the event may help folks figure that one out. ------------Caltrans to hold Richardson Grove meetingThe Times-StandardArticle

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Nothing whips up that sense of righteous indignation like a good ol' Hank Sims column on the PL bankruptcy. Beats the heck out of coffee.Seriously though, Hank has brought to light some shady details from Maxxams alternative reorganization plans. The alternative plans seem to have largely slipped under the radar of local environmental watchdogs... until now.... what no one talks about is that

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Haven't seen the detailed reorganization plans yet but I expect to soon. My initial reaction based on info from the local media is this: Pacific Lumbers plan hasn't changed much and still sounds bad. Any plan that keeps Maxxam in the picture to any degree is suspect, not to mention the proposed residential developments on timberland. The Noteholders plan to auction off the company to one or more

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Three groups have now submitted competing reorganization plans to the bankruptcy court. Pacific Lumber's plan remains essentially the same. The main noticeable change is that they are now proposing that Marathon Financing, a major PL creditor, be given the Scotia Mill and other facilities. Marathon Financing and Mendocino Redwood Company have already made known their plan to reorganize PL by

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From the press release-(January 16, 2008, Humboldt County, California) — Today an innovative alliance of private capital investors and conservation interests have joined forces to try to ensure that 197,000 acres of redwood forests be permanently kept in sustainable timber management, while 12,000 acres of old-growth and environmentally significant habitat are preserved.The alliance brings a

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A few days ago I recieved a forwarded email originating from the North Coast Earth First! email list. Along with an SF Chronicle article on Mendocino Redwoods bid to take over Pacific Lumber, the message contained a note from "Shunka", the list moderator. Though I didn't agree with most of what he wrote, a few sentences especially stood out." "Sustainable" means practically nothing, nowadays,

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Northcoast Journal Editor Hank Sims does a good job this week of outlining four different "factions" who are going to be vying for control of the reorganization of Pacific Lumber. check it out.

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The recents events in Pacific Lumbers bankruptcy proceedings have once again stirred things up a bit in ol' Humco. PL and their creditors failed to agree on a reorganization plan to save the company (big suprise). Judge Schmidt will now allow other parties to file reorganization plans. The judge says he expects everything to be sorted out by April Fools day, we'll see...Notable New

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Unanswered questions I have regarding the whole TPZ thing. (I have my opinions on these but can't yet prove that they're true.) 1. Who takes better care of the environment, Industrial Timber Companies or smaller landowners?2. Would the new rules proposed by the Healthy Humboldt coalition create a situation where Industrial Timber Companies are more likely to buy up timberlands and deforest them?3

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Last night a diesel fuel truck went off a bridge and into Freshwater creek spilling an unknown but large amount of diesel into the creek. The Humboldt Fire District estimates that 60-100 gallons of fuel went into the creek. Local blogger Heraldo reports that "the creek reeks of diesel" and "There’s oil below Freshwater Park so containment isn’t entirely successful."The Times-Standard says "County

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Here we go again, John Campbell, former PL president, current Fortuna Mayor, and henchman to the Maxxam corporation is trying to blame environmentalists for Pacific Lumbers mismanagement. He's saying that somehow enviro's are to blame for the 120 layoffs at PL and that it's not due to a lack of trees. Well, since PL has not disclosed their current inventory of standing timber there's nothing to

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update 6:25 pm: (I swear I didn't read this ER article until after I wrote the below post but apparently the forestry review committee came to a similiar conclusion. I guess I'm behind the times.)The California State timberland code says that timberlands should be preserved for timber production and compatible uses.* So it's a clearly stated policy to keep timberland available for compatible uses

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Back when Judge Schmidt ordered that Pacific Lumber and their creditors go through mediation to try come up with a mutually agreeable reorganization plan to get PL out of bankruptcy, I thought the 30 day countdown had begun. Now Maxxam is saying in their quarterly report filed Nov. 14th that "the mediation is scheduled to begin the week of November 26, 2007." and "There can be no assurance that

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I think I should have whittled down that last post before publishing it. I'm not a lawyer like Eric but points 2 and 3 are my careful interpretation of California State TPZ codes.The core message I'm trying to get across is;1. I want to avoid a permitting process that makes necessary residences on TPZ land cost prohibitive. 2. To me, a necessary residence is one needed to manage the land which

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I am trying to clear up some basic misunderstandings of the state timberland code provisions. click here for the entire original document.I agree that the current county codes applying to residences on TPZ are weaker than the state codes. But it appears to me that some forces within the county government as well as the Humboldt Watershed Council are pushing for more restrictive zoning codes than

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You wrote in your opinion column, "Environmentalists and smart growth advocates have lined up solidly behind the proposed changes." So called environmentalists are not all in favor of the proposed rules changes. I for one can't support a conditional use permit when no one has a solid answer as to what those conditions will be. It's irresponsible of you to make such a statement when tempers are

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I guess I was right about the date after all. The county supervisors will be discussing a new draft ordinance increasing county government control over the issuance of building permits on Timber Production Zone lands. This is a continuation of events that were precipitated by Pacific Lumbers ridiculous reorganization proposal that includes selling 136 "kingdoms" (their word for 160 acre parcels)

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I mistakenly wrote in the last post that the next public hearing on this would on the 23rd.If I remember correctly the next hearing on the ordinance was scheduled to occur after Judge Schmidt hears arguments for and against allowing PL's reorganization plan to continue as the exclusive plan. That way the temporary ordinance would still be in effect while Judge Schmidt is considering the reorg

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The county supes will be deciding whether or not to extend the temporary ban on new housing permits on land zoned for timber production. They voted 4-1 last week to pass an emergency ordinance declaring a temporary moratorium that could no more than 22 months. They did this explicitly to send a message to the judge in Corpus Christi, Texas who's presiding over the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy

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The ER reports that PL has filed a reorganization plan. The article focused on the details of how PL says they plan to pay $750 million they owe to creditors [mainly banks and insurance groups] by selling aprox. 28,600 acres of company land at steep prices. The article makes no mention of the hundreds of former PL employees who were laid of and recieved no severance pay. The article says the plan

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Campbells AccountAre the Fortuna mayor's undisclosed checks from Pacific Lumber a problem?story by Hank Simshows that for ya hank? (sarcasm)

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Reported by blogger "Forest Defender".LinkDarn it, and I was having fun with the guy. I noticed right away the correspondence between "Marin Dan" comments and the more frequent visits from a Pacific Lumber ISP address. I was keeping a lid on it hoping he would say something even dumber. Here's one example from early on. (scroll down for the main points.)Marin Dan said... I just laugh at the fact

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Today marks nine years since the death of David Nathan Chain, known to fellow forest defenders as Gypsy. He died on a steep, forested mountain side during an attempt by 9 forest activists to non-violently stop logging in an area where illegal operations were occuring. Once he had been informed by the activists that the logging plan was being cut illegally and that a government inspector was on

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Sept 3rd. Nanning Creek forest defenders send out alert that Maxxam/Pacific Lumber hired climbers have raided the unoccupied tree-village at Nanning Creek. Chainsaws were used in the canopy to cut off branches and slice platforms. Tree-sitters had vacated the grove during the protected nesting season of the endangered seabird Marbled Murrelets. Protected nesting season to end Sept. 15th.Morning

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Forest Defenders have announced the location of the upcoming Action Basecamp; The Ancient Redwood Forest at Grizzly Creek State Park. FROM THE NORTH:1.US-101 SOUTH PAST EUREKA 2. Turn LEFT onto HWY36. 17.1 miles 3. End at Grizzly Creek Redwoods Park: 16949 State Highway 36, Carlotta, CA 95528, USFROM THE SOUTH:1.US-101 NORTH PAST SCOTIA/RIO DELL 2.Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto CA-36. 17.1 miles 3.End at

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Humboldt County forest defenders are planning a camp-out beginning a week from now. (setup on the 6th)There will be numerous skillshares offered and oppurtunities to participate in non-violent direct action in the forest. There are two ongoing tree-sit villages in giant ancient redwoods threatened by Pacific Lumber. Skillshares/workshops will include;-Non-violent direct action-Backwoods action/

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Barbara Griffith, who grew up in Scotia, said, “I’m astounded at the lack of care for the workers that have laid their lives out for (PALCO).”“Everything over there has gone from bad to worse. It’s like a death in the community.”Terry Matthews, longtime PALCO employee, said, “It’s sad to see a way of life go by the wayside.”Doug Hartley, truck driver for Redwood Coast Trucking, put it more

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LayoffsArea papers are reporting the layoff of 100 Pacific Lumber employees and a month long shutdown of the Scotia Mill. This is due to the ongoing financial and resource depletion at the hands of the Maxxam corporation. Maxxam CEO Charles Hurwitz executed a hostile takeover of PL in the early 1980's using money from savings and loan scams. Hurwitz has kept the company in perpetual debt while

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Maxxam-Pacific Lumber foresters are flagging boundaries on a large logging plan on the Scotia Bluffs, near the company owned town of Scotia and across the river from Rio Dell. Both a Rio Dell resident and a Forest Defender I talked too came to the same conclusion after visiting the area, if the company cuts those trees the hillsides are going to come down into the Eel River. The pink flags

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From Humboldt Herald-Supervisor Bonnie Neely announced at today’s Board of Supes meeting that “there will be no removal of ancient old growth redwood trees” at Richardson Grove along highway 101.

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Excerpts from:Fast forwardby Hank Sims"On that day, at a press conference in San Francisco, the Redwood Forest Foundation announced that it had acquired just over 50,000 acres of timber land in northerwestern Mendocino County — the so-called “Usal Redwood Forest,” which borders on the Sinkyone Wilderness. The $65 million deal was fully financed by Bank of America, which a few months earlier

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3/6/2007 Dear Editor,Just recently, Pacific Lumber has claimed that regulations placed on timber harvesting have ultimately forced them to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This is a ridiculous rationalization, especially considering the source.If you know your local logging history, the old PALCO was much more compassionate to employees and the environment. In 1985, Texas-based MAXXAM

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George O'Brien, Maxxam-appointed headman at Palco, thinks he deserves a $450,000 bonus. Nearly half a million dollars for making all those hard decisions. Oh yeah, and the millworkers can maybe have $3,300 or so if they behave.Meawhile the company is asking for another big loan because, according to Palco attorneys, their finances will be down to $123,000 as of July 20.Enjoy the grapes Nero.

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A bill allowing larger trucks through several bottlenecks in Hwy. 101 in Humboldt County was passed by a unanimous vote in the senate and will now go before the state assembly and then the governor. One of the points is the narrow passage between giant ancient Redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park.Caltrans has maintained that the Highway must be widened to allow the larger trucks through."

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In order to open up more of our public oldgrowth forests to logging, the Bush regime wants to reduce protections for Northern Spotted Owls. This endangered species relies on old forests for food, shelter and protection from predators."The reductions in protection in the proposal would be mostly in Oregon and California. But two big chunks of old-growth forest would be opened up to logging on the

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Mattole Wildlands Defense

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reposted from.Almost two decades ago Dan Hughes, a faller with Fletcher Challenge, put down his chainsaw and refused to cut the majestic Douglas firs and huge grand firs in the picturesque grove beside the Koksilah River."We looked around and said 'boy, isn't this a beautiful stand of fir,'" said Hughes, remembering the start of the battle with his employer in May 1989."It's more beautiful than

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[ I think that D. Jensens use of the term civilization in this interview is overbroad and vague. To some people civilization means conquering, domination and classism. To others it means living in a community and having access to basic human necessities like food, water, and shelter. To me, wether your water comes from a tap or straight from a mountain spring is not so much the issue. To me the

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This article from the May 7th issue of the L.A. Times talks about the Oregon based groups, Oregon Wild and WaterWatch, that object to the proposed setttlement over the Klamath.A key quote-"After more than two years of discussions, 26 of the 28 groups — U.S. water and wildlife agencies, the states of California and Oregon, fishermen, four tribes and an array of environmental groups — have agreed

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Oregon Wild is PacifiCorp’s best Ally in Klamath Dam Fightby Craig Tucker, Klamath Organizer for Karuk Tribe (e-mail: ctucker@karuk.us) [link to original post.]Oregon Wild's latest strategic blunder threatens Tribes' chance to save salmon and expand waterfowl habitat For several years the feds, states, Tribes, farmers, enviros, and fishermen have been locked in negotiations over the fate of

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[click on the map for a close-up view]Focused Effort to Document the Forestby Mattole Wildlands DefenseLatest Map UpdateThis map shows the roughly 2,000 acres of Oldgrowth Douglas Fir forest on Pacific Lumber land in the North Fork Mattole River drainage. This map is periodically updated as more information comes to light through research and field surveys. Stealthy Field SurveysSince this forest

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BUFFET SAYS REGULATORS, NOT PACIFICORP, WILL DECIDE DAMS' FUTUREThe Associated Press OMAHA, Nebraska: Salmon fishermen and American Indian tribes from California and Oregon did not win billionaire Warren Buffett's support Saturday in their campaign to remove four dams from the Klamath River on the California-Oregon border. Buffett said his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., will not decide

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See their website.

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This blew me away. Can't wait until they have the site up and running.Check out their press release.Also this page for more info.

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[Recieved this message from EPIC. Think Spotted Owl protection is a worn out issue? Well thats what Bush and the timber industry will be hoping for when they try to pull this one over on the public. This isn't just about about the Owls, it's about every creature that relies on the forest for it's existance including many humans. Love it or leave it.]Urgent RequestThe Northern Spotted Owl and its

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Link to KMZ file for use in Google Maps and Google Earth.A new Pacific Lumber timber harvest plan (THP) called "Golden Bear" #1-07-071 has somewhat perplexed me. By all appearances PL will lose around $60,999.40 if they log this area. If my conclusion is accurate it begs the question- why would they cut this forest at such a loss?The THP area encompasses 130 acres total. 123 acres are to be

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Download pdf file here.Maximizing Forest Productivity by Hans J. BurkhardtResource Depletion and a Strategy to Resolve the Crisis.A highly educational read. It was written in light of the liquidation logging practices of the Georgia Pacific and Louisiana Pacific logging corporations in Mendocino County.

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sourceSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARDThere they go again. In the latest example of their lapdog eagerness to ignore science and serve corporate interests, Bush administration officials have distorted critical recommendations on spotted owl protection.A team of scientists put together a revised plan to tighten protections for the owl, whose numbers are dropping faster than expected. But

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"Lets bring on the battle we all know is going to happen." Evan Flaschen, attorney for the Ad Hoc Noteholders committee.Now that Judge Schmidt has agreed with Maxxam that Pacific Lumbers nerve center is in Texas, we shall see if the Noteholders will follow through on thier threat to sue Scopac managers, board of directors and Maxxam corporation for fraud. This would be on the grounds that PL

John Doe #86http://www.blogger.com/profile/06799704363495163004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20239657.post-35426163261185603352007-04-26T08:52:00.000-07:002007-04-26T08:56:05.567-07:00

The public encampment to protest the ban on sleeping on public property in Arcata was raided yesterday morning by police. Folks have since relocated to the front of Arcata city hall.Lots of coverage on Indybay.

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