Maxxam/PL has become notorious for violating the law, with a record that includes falsifying evidence to a federal court, dozens of criminal citations, and hundreds of violations of the Forest Practice Rules. In 1998, Maxxam/PL became the first logging company to lose its license to log in California due to the number and serious nature of its violations.
Maxxam/PL claims it has reformed its lawless logging practices since obtaining its Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in March 1999. But EPIC's analysis of government records shows this is far from the case, with CDF and DFG charging the company with at least 325 violations of the California Forest Practice Rules and its HCP in the last five years. Many of these violations were particularly egregious and caused irreparable damage to fish and wildlife habitat.
More Information
- The More Things Change....PL and EPIC at Odds Again (June 5, 2004)
by Keith Easthouse, North Coast Journal. Someone...with plenty of hands-on experience...put it more succinctly. "I think [PL's] PR campaign is total bullshit." - Lawsuit Seeks to Put Brakes on Aggressive Redwood Logging (November 4, 2004)
Controversial Texas Financier Back In Court Again
The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) challenged a series of Maxxam/Pacific Lumber's logging plans in state court today, as well as a 100-year management plan that was approved without publi... - Pacific Lumber's Habitat Destruction Plan and Unfair Business Practices (November 2, 2004)
EPIC, et al. v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. - The Problem is Palco (June 3, 2004)
Editorial by Keith Easthouse, The North Coast Journal. The wonder is why it came as such a surprise. Last week, EPIC informed Humboldt residents that the Pacific Lumber Co. is, in effect, cheating. - EPIC Report (May 27, 2004)
PL flouts conservation plan
By John Driscoll, The Times Standard. The Pacific Lumber Co. has spurned its special logging guidelines hundreds of times since the Headwaters Forest deal was struck, according to a report issued by ... - Appendix B -- "Setting the Record Straight" (May 26, 2004 - 169KB PDF)
This chart summarizes the violations issued to Maxxam/PL since it received a "Habitat Conservation Plan" in March 1999. - New Report Details Maxxam/PL's Wholesale Noncompliance with Environmental Protection Standards (May 26, 2004)
Company Racks Up Over 300 Violations in Five Years
Garberville, CA - The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) today released a report analyzing Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Company's (PL's) compliance record under its controversial "Habitat Conservat... - Setting the Record Straight: Maxxam/Pacific Lumber's Lawless Logging Continues (May 26, 2004 - 180KB PDF)
This EPIC report documents 325 violations issued to Maxxam/PL since it received its Habitat Conservation Plan in 1999. - The Song Remains the Same: Maxxam's Lawless Logging Continues (April 1, 2004)
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber (PL) has become notorious for violating the law - making national headlines when it was caught lying to a federal judge and when it became the only logging company to lose its license t... - Maxxam's Lawless Logging in Perspective (March 15, 1999)
Spring 1999 Wild California Article - The Clearcut Truth Behind Maxxam's Logging Lies (March 15, 1999)
Pacific Lumber Logging Review for 1998 and Grizzly Creek Update
Spring 1999 Wild California article - Bald Eagles Disturbed by Pacific Lumber Helicopters (February 15, 1999)
- Salmon Habitat Destroyed but DFG Refuses to Enforce Law (November 22, 1998)
Action Alert - EPIC's Letter to the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Regarding Pacific Lumber's Illegal Logging Practices in the Bear River Area (November 16, 1998)
- Statement Submitted on Behalf of EPIC and the Sierra Club (November 15, 1998)
Pacific Lumber's Application for an Incidental Take Permit Must be DENIED because of PL's History of Illegal Logging - Letter from the California Department of Forestry to Pacific Lumber (PL) Informing PL of the Suspension of Their Timber Operators License (November 10, 1998)
- Pacific Lumber Loses License to Cut Trees, CDF Revokes License Because of Incessant Lawbreaking by PL (November 10, 1998)
EPIC Media Release - Memorandum from the California Department of Forestry (CDF) Deputy Chief of Forest Practice Enforcement to the CDF Deputy Director for Resource Management Regarding the Revocation of Pacific Lumber's Timber Operator's License (November 9, 1998)
- Califonia Department of Forestry's Biologist's Report on PL's Destruction of Salmon Habitat in the Bear River Area (November 3, 1998)
- EPIC's Letter to Jerry Ahlstrom, Staff Chief Forest Practice, CA Department of Forestry Regarding PL's Illegal Logging (October 20, 1998)
- Pacific Lumber's Criminal Logging Record
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