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  2008

July 17, 2008    California Supreme Court Sides with Environmentalists in Decades-Long Forest Dispute

July 16, 2008    Emergency Petition filed with Schwarzenegger Administration to Protect Imperiled Salmon
Board of Forestry must Take Emergency Action to Protect Coho Salmon from Commercial Logging Impacts

June 6, 2008    A New Era in Humboldt County:
Mendocino Redwood Company to Assume Control of Pacific Lumber

March 25, 2008    Underwood Roadless Area Threatened

February 25, 2008    EPIC Joins Lawsuit Over California's Salmon Rules
Suit Claims Schwarzenegger Administration Fails to Protect Imperiled Fish from Logging Impacts

February 5, 2008    Court Rejects Timber Industry Attack on Threatened Seabird:
Marbled murrelets and old-growth forests remain protected

January 31, 2008    Three New Pacific Lumber Reorganization Plans Filed With Bankruptcy

  2007

November 10, 2007    30th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, November 9th, at the Mateel Community Center, Redway

November 1, 2007    Pathbreaking Environmental Group Marks Third Decade of Forest and Watershed Advocacy in Northern California
EPIC Names New Director to Lead Conservation Efforts

April 30, 2007    Timber Industry Uses Draft Bush Endangered Species Act Regulations
Lawsuit seeks removal of marbled murrelet from threatened species list, elimination of old-growth forest protections

March 12, 2007    Citizen Suit Prompts Settlement of Pulp Mill Pollution

January 19, 2007    Court Rules Rare Salamanders Were Illegally Denied Protection Under the Endangered Species Act
Siskiyou Mountains and Scott Bar Salamanders Imperiled by Continued Logging of Old-Growth Habitats

  2006

September 20, 2006    Federal Court Upholds Protections for Roadless Forests
Decision Strikes Down Bush Plan, Reinstates Popular 2001 Roadless Rule

September 12, 2006    Habitat Protections for Threatened Marbled Murrelet Slashed
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Reduce Critical Habitat by 94%

August 23, 2006    Conservation Groups Challenge Fish & Game Refusal to Protect Recently Discovered Salamander

May 9, 2006    Regional Water Board Adopts Cutting-Edge Water Quality Protections
Modified Permits Leave Residents Concerned for Effectiveness

April 7, 2006    Court Ruling Opens Forest Service Fire Planning to Public

March 16, 2006    Habitat of Newly Discovered Salamander Species Slated for Logging
In a backroom deal, California Departments of Forestry and Fish and Game approve removal of protections for Scott Bar Salamandery

March 15, 2006    EPIC Inquiry on Disclosure Sent to Realtors in Maxxam Lands Liquidation
Environmental Watchdog Group Raises Concern for Habitat Protection by Maxxam

January 2, 2006    Citizen Lawsuit Filed Against Evergreen's Humboldt Bay Pulp Mill

  2005

November 17, 2005    Community Appeals to Pacific Lumber President Robert Manne to Halt Logging Ancient Redwood Grove at Nanning Creek
Last Largest Unprotected Ancient Redwood Forest In the World Now Being Logged

November 1, 2005    Groups Notify Evergreen Pulp Mill of Intent to File Suit

September 30, 2005    Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Slapped with Logging Violation Notice

September 21, 2005    FEDERAL AGENCY REAFFIRMS MAXXAM/PACIFIC LUMBER'S FLAWED HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN
Upbeat Assessment of Murrelet Prospects Contradicts Recent Comprehensive Review

September 14, 2005    PACIFIC LUMBER MOUNTS LAST-MINUTE ATTACK ON PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS

August 15, 2005    Petition Filed In Court For Air Quality Board To Halt Pulp Mill Pollution

August 4, 2005    Beginning of the End-Game for Maxxam in Humboldt County

August 2, 2005    JUDGE UPHOLDS PROTECTION FOR OLD-GROWTH FORESTS
Bush administration plan to eliminate protection for rare plants

July 28, 2005    EPIC To Defend Order Limiting Timber Harvest in Damaged Watersheds

June 27, 2005    Forest Service Rush to Log Hits Snag
Conservationists Challenge Bush Administration Rule-Change Insulating Logging from Environmental Review

May 16, 2005    New Species of Salamander Found in Siskiyou Mountains
Rare species discovery highlights the biological richness of the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion

May 5, 2005    Federal Court Halts Klamath Old-Growth Logging
Westpoint Timber Sale Permanently Enjoined

May 5, 2005    State Agency Finds Maxxam/Pacific Lumber To Blame for Financial Woes
Problems From "Deliberate Business Decisions....Not....Regulatory Decisions"

April 5, 2005    Fisheries Service to Protect Green Sturgeon in Sacramento River, Refuses to Extend Protection to Klamath Basin
Conservationists Decry Failure to List Species Throughout Range

  2004

November 4, 2004    Lawsuit Seeks to Put Brakes on Aggressive Redwood Logging
Controversial Texas Financier Back In Court Again

October 14, 2004    Ancient Forest Protected From Logging
Court Blocks Forest Service Plan to Cut Next to Yolla-Bolly Wilderness

September 1, 2004    Bush Administration Moves to Drop Murrelet Protections
Government Seeks to Open Rare Ancient Forests to Logging

August 20, 2004    Conservationists Sue to Halt Logging in Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Denounce "Backwards" Bush Fire Policies

July 12, 2004    Bush Administration Undoes Roadless Protections for National Forests

June 15, 2004    Groups Seek Protection for Eureka Marsh
State Asked to Drop Funding for Controversial Truck Bypass

May 28, 2004    Conservationists in Federal Court to Challenge Old-Growth Logging in the Klamath National Forest

May 26, 2004    New Report Details Maxxam/PL's Wholesale Noncompliance with Environmental Protection Standards
Company Racks Up Over 300 Violations in Five Years

May 5, 2004    Report Shows Imminent Extinction for Forest-Dependent Seabird
Interior Department Concealed Study, Now Delaying Action

May 4, 2004    Environmental Groups Appeal to Ninth Circuit to Halt Old-Growth Logging in Klamath National Forest

March 18, 2004    Lawsuit Filed to Protect Rivers from Logging Pollution
"Waiver" Threatens Water Quality Throughout Sierra Nevada

March 3, 2004    Court Rules in Favor of Conservation Groups Seeking Protection of Prehistoric Fish
ESA Listing Decision on Green Sturgeon Remanded Back to Federal Fisheries Service

February 23, 2004    Diverse Coalition Forms to Oppose LNG
Groups Say "Independent Study" Is Far From Independent

February 17, 2004    Under Oath, Calpine Executive Gives LNG Facility 50/50 Chance
Testifies Company on Shaky Financial Ground

  2003

October 15, 2003    Federal Court Reins In Logging Pollution
Water Pollution from Logging Operations Will Require Federal Permits

September 30, 2003    Federal Lawsuit Seeks Protection for Ancient Forest
EPIC Asks Court to Block Logging Next to Yolla-Bolly Wilderness

September 11, 2003    Victory for Conservationists with Forest Service Fire Bureaucracy
Historic Lawsuit Affirms Public Involvement in Fire Management Planning

September 2, 2003    Court Strikes Down Controversial Logging Regulations
EPIC Prevails in Attempt to Weaken Salmon Protections

July 1, 2003    Groups Sue over the Deceptive Bush Administration's "Healthy Forests Initiative"

June 27, 2003    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Issues Cease and Desist Order to Coast Seafoods

June 24, 2003    Lawsuit Filed to Protect Remnant Klamath Old Growth
Logging Threatens Beaver Creek and Critical Wildlife Habitat

June 20, 2003    Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Environmental Groups, Native American Elder in Wild and Scenic Rivers Lawsuit
North Fork Eel River to Receive Increased Protection

May 23, 2003    Bush Administration Moves to Dismantle Northwest Forest Plan
Loss of Protection for Wildlife is a Sweetheart Deal for the Timber Industry

May 20, 2003    Court Rules Against Pacific Lumber's Headwaters Permits
Over 600 acres of Ancient Forest Logged Using Illegal Permits

May 20, 2003    House Passes Fatally Flawed Forest Fire Bill
Bill Sacrifices Home Protection, Citizen Participation and Environmental Laws for Benefit of Logging Industry

May 20, 2003    House Set to Vote on Fire Legislation that Fails to Protect Communities
New GAO Report Undermines Premise Of McInnis Bill

May 8, 2003    103 Conservation Groups to Congress: McInnis Bill Does Nothing to Protect Communities
Groups Claim McInnis Bill Will Only Limit Citizen Participation and Increase Logging on America's National Forests

May 7, 2003    Conservation Groups Challenge Old Growth Logging in Federal Court
Klamath Plan Would Damage Wild and Scenic Salmon River

May 7, 2003    Conservation Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Northern California Old-Growth Timber Sale
Klamath Logging Plan Would Severely Impact Wild and Scenic Salmon River and Critical Wildlife Habitat

May 1, 2003    Lawsuit Seeks to End Water Pollution Exemption for Logging Operations
Sierra-Delta Watershed and Urban Drinking Water Impaired by Waiver

April 29, 2003    McInnis Fire Bill Sacrifices Community Protection and Citizen Participation for Benefit of Logging Industry

April 8, 2003    Groups Ask Court to Protect Prehistoric Fish
Legal Action Seeks to Reverse Fateful Decision on Green Sturgeon

April 7, 2003    107 Members of Congress, 325 Scientists, More than 100,000 Citizens Oppose Changes to Forest Policy

February 20, 2003    Lawsuit to be Filed to Protect Green Sturgeon
Ancient Fish Reduced to 3 Known Spawning Populations

February 13, 2003    Coalition Calls for Rejection of Mad Water Export
Groups Send Detailed Letter to Water Officials Pointing Out Fatal Flaws in Plan

February 3, 2003    Conservation Groups File Lawsuit to Obtain Public Information
Forest Service Denial of Fee Waivers Under Freedom Of Information Act Prompts Legal Challenge

January 21, 2003    Groups Demand Water Board Curtail Excessive Logging
Independent Scientific Panel Says Pacific Lumber Logging Will Prevent Recovery of Five North Coast Watersheds

January 16, 2003    Regional Water Board Sued for Exempting Logging Industry from Pollution Requirements in Northern California
Independent scientists conclude Pacific Lumber practices cause downstream floods

  2002

November 14, 2002    Groups File Lawsuit to Protect Green Sturgeon
Contemporaries of the Dinosaurs, Sturgeon Fossils Date Back 200 Million Years

November 13, 2002    Pacific Lumber Faces Contempt Charges for Illegal Logging
Unlawful Logging in Humboldt County Threatens Water Quality and Endangered Species

September 30, 2002    Judge Reinforces Order Halting Logging Operations
Pacific Lumber Still Flaunts Order and Lawless Logging Continues

September 20, 2002    EPIC Calls for Enforcement of Court Order
Pacific Lumber Continues Unlawful Logging Operations

September 19, 2002    Deal on Lawless Logging Legislation Pending
Senator Feinstein Introduces Harmful Compromise that Threatens Wild Forests and Citizen's Rights

September 5, 2002    Bush Administration and congress move to increase logging under the guise of 'Fire Risk Reduction'
Bill Threatens to Eliminate Environmental Laws and Block Citizens From Protecting National Forests

August 30, 2002    Court Shuts Down Logging Under Headwaters Deal
Stall Tactics Backfire on Pacific Lumber

July 23, 2002    Conservation Groups Move to Intervene to Protect Snowy Plover
Lawsuit Aims to Eliminate Habitat Protection for Rare Bird

July 18, 2002    Conservation Groups Set Record Straight
144 Organizations Send Letter to Forest Service Chief and Congress

April 23, 2002    Court Slaps Post-Fire Logging Plan Near Trinity Alps

  2001

December 21, 2001    Injunction Sought To Protect Highly Endangered Seabird and Ancient Redwood Forests
Marbled Murrelet Faces Impending Extinction In California

December 14, 2001    Green Sturgeon Moves Closer to Protected Status

December 10, 2001    Groups File Wild and Scenic River Lawsuit to Protect North Fork Eel River
Forest Service Charged with Degradation of Fisheries and Water Quality from Cattle Grazing

July 24, 2001    Environmentalists Sue to Halt Federal Clean Water Violations by Pacific Lumber Co. in Northern California

July 10, 2001    Groups Challenge Logging In Roadless Area by Trinity Alps

June 11, 2001    Protected Status Sought for Prehistoric Fish
Conservation Groups Petition To List the Green Sturgeon as Endangered

May 24, 2001    State Water Board Refuses to Issue Stay on Order for Controversial "Hole in Headwaters" Logging Plan
State Budget May Include Money to Fill Missing Hole in Headwaters Reserve

February 22, 2001    Maxxam/Pacific Lumber on Notice to Halt Illegal Discharges of Pollution into Northern California Rivers
Logging Operations Blamed for More Than a Million Violations of the Federal Clean Water Act

 

  


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