PALCO - Press Articles

By Saul SteinbergThe Times-StandardApril 28, 2008For the past 28 years, I have lived the saga of Pacific Lumber Co. as a special education teacher and vice principal of the Scotia…

By Nathan RushtonThe Eureka ReporterApril 9, 2008The Pacific Lumber Co.'s bankruptcy confirmation proceedings entered the second day in Texas Wednesday with the appearance of one of the top executives from…

Vow by new company to protect Humboldt's old-growth forests, use sustainable logging practices may spell end to generation of acrimonyBy Derek J. MooreSanta Rosa Press DemocratOctober 12, 2008Sandy Dean walked…

By Gaye LeBaronSanta Rosa Press DemocratOctober 12, 2008It was two years ago when I first read that Charles Hurwitz, the corporate raider from Texas whose disrespect of the California redwoods…

Santa Rosa Press DemocratOctober 12, 2008Conflict between timber industry and environmentalists ends as Humboldt Redwood Company takes over Pacific Lumber. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20081012/VIDEO/810100426

By Christopher ChungSanta Rosa Press DemocratOctober 12, 2008Mike Jani pilots his pickup across a seasonal bridge above the Eel River and stops near a clearing littered with redwood stumps and…

By Nathan RushtonEureka ReporterOctober 10, 2008While Humboldt Redwood Co. continues to plow ahead with its court-approved plan to reform the bankrupt Pacific Lumber Co, the U. S. 5th Circuit Court…

Associated Press | September 24, 2008SCOTIA, Calif. - After more than 20 years of protests, the last two people living in the giant redwoods of Northern California were climbing down…

By Nathan RushtonEureka ReporterSeptember 5, 2008Officials from the newly formed Humboldt Redwood Co. declared themselves an official member of the community during a town-hall-style meeting at the Monday Club in…

Redding.comSeptember 2, 2008He's a genial man, but it's hard to imagine Sierra Pacific Industries' Red Emmerson offering hugs to the activists at a clear-cutting picket.On the North Coast, though, a…

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…