Archive for the ‘logging’ Category

Weyerhauser: Logging and landslides - What went wrong?

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Those fears came true last December when a monster storm barreled in from the Pacific, drenching the mountains around the Chehalis River basin and touching off hundreds of landslides. Little Mill Creek, filled with mud and debris, turned dark like chocolate syrup. More than three months passed before nearly ...

Environmental movement: First It Takes, Then It Gives

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The Wall Street Journal today writes about the economic resurgence in Hayfork, California created by companies like Jefferson Forest Products, a sustainable logging company acquired a couple of years ago by Upstream21. Upstream21 is a holding company that buys  small to medium-sized businesses and operates them in a socially responsible ...