Press Releases
Here are some examples of EPIC’s press releases over the past few years:
2013
Suit Filed Against Destructive Caltrans Highway-widening Project in Remote Del Norte County
2012
Billionaire Timber Baron Red Emmerson and Sierra Pacific Industries Asked to Stop Logging Spotted Owl Habitat
Government Delay, Drought Prompts Renewed Push for Protection of Klamath River Chinook Salmon
2011
State of California Ends Illegal Private Grazing on State Park Lands
Richardson Grove preliminary Injunction Motion
Coalition calls on California Regulators to Enforce Clean Water Standards
Upper Klamath River Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Protection Under Endangered Species Act
2010
Marbled Murrelet Retains Threatened Status Under ESA
Direct Message to Motorists: Richardson Grove is Threatened
Lawsuit Filed to Expedite Protection of Pacific Fisher
2009
Botched Logging Around Orleans
EPIC Joins Global Day of Climate Change
Agency Proposal Leaves Threatened Coho with Dry Riverbeds
Coalition of Environmental Groups Call for Ouster of Appointee from State Forestry Board
Groups Sue to Protect North Coast Rivers and Fisheries
2008
California Supreme Court Sides with Environmentalists in Decades-Long Forest Dispute
Emergency Petition Filed to Protect Imperiled Salmon
Mendocino Redwood Company to Assume Control of Pacific Lumber
Underwood Roadless Area Threatened
EPIC Joins Lawsuit Over California’s Salmon Rules
Court Rejects Timber Industry Attack on Threatened Seabird
Three New Pacific Lumber Reorganization Plans Filed with Bankruptcy
2007
EPIC’s 30th Anniversary Celebration
EPIC Marks Third Decade of Forest and Watershed Advocacy
Timber Industry Uses Draft Bush ESA Regulations
Citizen Suit Prompts Settlement of Pulp Mill Pollution
Court Rules Rare Salamanders Were Illegally Denied Protection Under ESA
2006
Federal Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Forests
Habitat Protections for Threatened Marbled Murrelet Slashed
Conservation Groups Challenge Fish & Game Refusal to Protect Recently Discovered Salamander
Regional Water Board Adopts Cutting-Edge Water Quality Protections
Court Ruling Opens Forest Service Fire Planning to Public
Habitat of Newly Discovered Salamander Species Slated for Logging
EPIC Inquiry on Disclosure Sent to Realtors in Maxxam Land Liquidation
Citizen Lawsuit Filed Against Evergreen’s Humboldt Bay Pulp Mill
2005
Community Appeals to Pacific Lumber to Halt Logging at Nanning Creek
Groups Notify Evergreen Pulp Mill of Intent to File Suit
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Slapped with Logging Violation Notice
Federal Agency Reaffirms Pacific Lumber’s Flawed Habitat Conservation Plan
Pacific Lumber Mounts Last-Minute Attack on Public Hearing Process
Petition Filed in Court for Air Quality Board to Halt Pulp Mill Pollution
Beginning of the End-Game for Maxxam in Humboldt County
Judge Upholds Protection for Old-Growth Forests
EPIC to Defend Order Limiting Timber Harvest in Damaged Watersheds
Forest Service Rush to Log Hits Snag
New Species of Salamander Found in Siskiyou Mountains
Federal Court Halts Klamath Old-Growth Logging
State Agency Finds Maxxam/Pacific Lumber to Blame for Financial Woes