NEWS

John Driscoll/The Times-StandardPosted: 12/22/2010 10:20:35 AM PST The Humboldt Redwood Co. will pay $330,000 to settle more than $4 million in penalties from water quality violations by bankrupt Pacific Lumber Co.…

Companies could earn tens of millions selling carbon credits if plan approved The Press DemocratBy Mark Schapiro and Sarah Terry-CohoCalifornia Watch Mendocino Redwood Company land shown in 2001; PD FILE, 2001 California timber…

John Driscoll/The Times-StandardPosted: 12/13/2010 01:29:28 AM PST After several years of steady declines, Freshwater Creek's salmon appear to be on the upswing.With the peak of the salmon run still two weeks…

CBS 13Mike Luery Reporting Oct 12, 2010 4:18 pm US/PacificSACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― Critics are saying California's newly passed budget is loaded with tax breaks that help the wealthy, while hurting…

Ukiah Daily Journal StaffUpdated: 10/10/2010 12:45:53 PM PDTOn Thursday, security agents of Mendocino Redwood Company alerted Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies to thefts of Redwood burls from land belonging to Mendocino Redwood…

NBC Bay Area By Matt BaumeOctober 8, 2010At last, California has a budget. After months of stalling, legislators have finally managed to plug all of the state's fiscal gaps --…

Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Sacramento BureauThursday, October 7, 2010(10-07) 04:00 PDT SacramentoThe Legislature is scheduled to vote today on an $87.5 billion general fund budget that lawmakers say not only erases…

John Driscoll/The Times-StandardPosted: 10/07/2010 01:19:13 AM PDTThe chairman of the Humboldt Redwood Co. defended lobbying efforts to relieve it of a $20 million tax burden imposed just weeks after its parent…

The Record Searchlight By Bruce RossOctober 7, 2010Corporate giveaways are OK, apparently, if it's for a feel-good company like Humboldt Redwood. Here's the company's explanation of the need and appropriateness…

The North Coast JournalBy Heidi Walters October 7, 2010One argument against Prop. 23 — for AB32’s continuance — doesn’t so much deny that some sectors will lose business and jobs,…

Central Valley Business TimesSACRAMENTOOctober 7, 2010 9:00pm•  Assembly passes most of necessary bills•  Senate works into the night ThursdayThere is progress in the 99-day-old struggle to come up with a…

Sacramento BeeBy Kevin YamamuraOctober 6, 2010All eyes are on today's joint budget committee hearing set for 1:30 p.m., the prelude to Thursday's floor votes that could end the state's longest…

The roughly $30-million provision will let the Humboldt Redwood Co., owned by the influential Fisher family, deduct old losses and will cover penalties and interest.Humboldt Redwood Co. Chairman Sandy Dean,…

Southern California Public Radio89.3 KPCC / 89.1 KUOR / 90.3 KPCVBy Patt Morrison October 6, 2010With details still hard to come by in California’s budget agreement, there were some revelations…

The Press DemocratBy Inside.OpinionOctober 5, 2010A few details of the state budget leaked out almost as soon as the deal was cut last weekend – suspending Proposition 98, saving welfare-to-work,…

By Jaimal Yogis                                                                                                                                                                San Francisco Magazine                                                                                                                                                     October 2010 Seeing the Forest for the Trees*Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

Anderson Valley AdvertiserJune 2, 2010By Christina AanestadMendocino Redwood Company (MRC) is changing the way company personnel draft Timber Harvest Plans. Company officials, President Jim Holmes and sister company President Mike…

KMUD Radio                                                                                                                                                                            By Christina Aanestad May 26, 2010Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) is changing the way the company personnel drafts Timber Harvest Plans, and they’re looking for public input. The change…

By Zack CinekThe Ukiah Daily JournalFebruary 9, 2010Company feeling tempered' optimismMendocino Redwood Company is hiring again and bringing people back to work in Mendocino and Humboldt counties. It was in…

By Glenda AndersonThe Press Democrat                                                                                                                 November 22, 2009Pedro Yanez pulls weeds from the bases of thousands of cloned redwood tree saplings at Sequoia Redwoods / Orchids near Fortuna. Photo by Kent…

Reprinted with permission from National Geographic magazine. You may view the article and related photographs on the National Geographic website by clicking here. Full article also follows below.The Super TreesBy…

By John DriscollThe Times-StandardMay 1, 2009The Humboldt Redwood Co. will lay off 30 of its forestry staff and cut back on logging due to continued weakness in the wood products…

California Redwoods - Some of the world's tallest trees and oldest forests face an uncertain future as the current recession worsens**This content is a video clip produced by Assignment Earth

Times-StandardApril 30, 2009The Humboldt Redwood Co. announced today that it will lay off 30 forestry workers due to continued weakness in the wood products industry.Humboldt Redwood CEO Richard Higgenbottom said…

The Mercury News                                                                                                                                                       March 8, 2009EUREKA — Chris Heppe climbed the trail at Headwaters Forest as sunlight streamed through the towering redwood trees.Moisture glistened off a carpet of ferns. The…

Times-Standard                                                                                                                                                                       January 22, 2009The Humboldt Redwood Co. is laying off about 30 workers and shutting its Scotia fencing operation for an indeterminate period.CEO Richard Higgenbottom said he is meeting with…

By John DriscollTimes-StandardNovember 18, 2008As the Mendocino Redwood Co. moved to take over the Pacific Lumber Co. about 100 days ago, the lumber market was being pulled out from underneath…

By John Driscoll                                                                                                                                                                   Times-Standard                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      November 18, 2008As the Mendocino Redwood Co. moved to take over the Pacific Lumber Co. about 100 days ago, the lumber market was being pulled…

By Glenda AndersonThe Press DemocratJuly 4, 2008An Anderson Valley volunteer firefighter who was battling one of more than 100 wildfires burning in Mendocino County died Thursday morning of a possible…

Includes an interview with Mike Jani on Mendocino Redwood Company's battle to extinguish the wildfires on MRC forestlands.Download the program to your computerTO DOWNLOAD: Us the right mouse button and…

Santa Rosa Press DemocratJuly 2, 2008UKIAH -- About 200 federal firefighters are en route to Mendocino County to join in the ongoing battle to contain wildfires that have burned nearly…

By Mike GeniellaSanta Rosa Press DemocratJune 26, 2008Scores of wildfires raced through tinder-dry Mendocino and Lake counties for a fifth day Wednesday, extending across 38,000 acres, prompting new evacuation alerts…

By Mike GeniellaSanta Rosa Press DemocratJune 25, 2008An unprecedented onslaught of flames continued Tuesday to scour bone-dry wildlands of Mendocino County, forcing state fire commanders to make cold, hard decisions…

Restore - The North Coast Coho Project: 10 Years of Success**Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

Citizen Rangers Unlock a Sonoma Watershed The Key to Willow Creek**Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader

By Christina JewettThe Sacramento BeeJanuary 1, 2007SONOMA COUNTY - In a remote clearing in a ridgetop forest, Reno Franklin kneeled to the ground and flicked scraps of bark with a…

By Frank HartzellThe Mendocino BeaconNovember 9, 2006Loggers and environmentalists have more than joined hands on the purchase of 25 square miles of the Big River and Salmon Creek watersheds --…

By Mike GeniellaThe Press DemocratSeptember 19, 2006Even with mill closures, thousands of job losses and rising environmental restraints, the North Coast's redwood country remains the richest timber producing region in…

By Eileen Ecklund California Coast & Ocean, Vol. 22, No. 1 Spring 2006 A hiker enjoys the view.Volunteers haul out trash. Photos by LandPaths, copyright 2006The drive from Bodega Bay…

By Mike A’DairThe Willits News Staff WriterFriday, March 31, 2006Mike Jani, lead forester of the Mendocino Redwood Company, announced this week that progress is being made on a sextet of…

The Ukiah Daily JournalFriday, December 16, 2005P. A-8Dareiela Lopez, a second year student at Mendocino College, recently received a first-place prize for her poster entitled, "The Forest's Role in Carbon…

By Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff WriterThe San Francisco ChronicleWednesday, May 11, 2005Richard Royer stood on the windy bluff and swept his arm in an arc over the sprawling expanse of…

By Lorralne BuranzonThe Mendocino BeaconThursday, April 28, 2005Thank you for the informative article (April 14) discussing the road use issue at Big River. However, the accompanying editorial had several inaccuracies…

EditorialThe Mendocino BeaconThursday, April 14, 2005The purchase of the Big River unit isn't quite finished. That will be when State Parks acquires road use agreements from Mendocino Redwood Company. Ideally,…

By Frank HartzellThe Mendocino BeaconThursday, April 14, 2005The incongruous image of big logging trucks rolling through State Parks new Big River Unit won’t be seen this summer, despite a court…

By Spencer SoperThe Press Democrat Saturday, April 9, 2005More than 3,000 acres of timberland will be added to Sonoma Coast State Beach next month in the biggest, most expensive parkland…

By Arno HolschuhCalifornia Coast & Ocean, Vol. 21, Nos. 1 & 2 Spring/Summer 2005  Dense foliage above the creek helps to maintain cool instream habitat.Mendocino Redwood Company forester, Colby Forrester,…

By Carol BenfellThe Press DemocratDecember 6, 2004Local timber companies could be paid to preserve redwood trees under a new state program that gives polluting industries credit if they conserve forests.…

By Spencer Soper The Press Democrat May 12, 2004Column: Around the EmpirePlans to add 3,373 acres of historic timberlands to Sonoma Coast State Beach took a big step forward Tuesday…

The Press DemocratMay 11, 2004When it comes to open space purchases, the words "spectacular" and "magnificent" are often overused. But, by all reports, the 3,373-acre coastal property under consideration by…