PALCO – Press Articles

By Heidi WaltersThe North Coast JournalAugust 28, 2008An eerie dreamlight slanted in from the west, a spray of pale gold shot through a crack in the late-day cloud ceiling. It…

By Cameron ScottSan Francisco ChronicleAugust 25, 2008With the sale of Pacific Lumber Company to Don Fisher's Humboldt Redwood Company, the longstanding and fabled tree-sits of Humboldt County--home to some 40…

New owner's promise of sustainable logging brings activists down from redwood perchesBy Eric BaileyLos Angeles TimesAugust 24, 2008SCOTIA, CALIF. -- Beneath the gnarled green-needled boughs of the North Coast redwoods,…

By John DriscollTimes-StandardAugust 19, 2008Tree-sitters in Freshwater and outside Scotia decided to come down out of the redwoods after a senior officer of the new Humboldt Redwood Co. pledged the…

By Nathan RushtonThe Eureka ReporterAugust 8, 2008A Mendocino Redwood Co. executive said Thursday the company is nearing the completion of the hiring phase and are looking ahead to get the…

By Mike Geniella Santa Rosa Press DemocratAugust 8, 2008Log deliveries resumed Thursday at Scotia's sawmill complex, marking the return to near normal operations for a reorganized Pacific Lumber Co.The company…

By Franklin StoverHumboldt BeaconAugust 7, 2008Following the dissolution of Pacific Lumber and the rise of the Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) in Scotia, a 'rapid response team' has been organized in…

Program discusses why many environmentalists and Humboldt County residents think the new Humboldt Redwood Company might be the best hope for the 210,000 acres of timberland at stake. Download the…

Includes coverage of the beginnings of the Humboldt Redwood Company. Note: scroll to minute marker 0:37 to begin this section of the program (section ends at minute marker 1:34).Download the…

McKinleyville PressBy Daniel MintzAugust 4, 2008After years of control by a vilified Texas corporation, the Pacific Lumber Company has re-emerged with a new name, a different owner and an approach…