Jackson Demonstration State Forest

Activity of the Coalition to Save Jackson State Forest, of which BACH is an active participant.

Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy, Bohemian Grove Redwoods and Berkeley Oaks

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>< FOREST UPDATES & EVENTS from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters April 4, 2008 >< 1. Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case heating up: changes on near horizon 2. Bohemian Grove redwoods threatened again: public meeting 3. Oaks tree-sitters persevere: 500th day celebration ****Everyone is getting into the Act: Lots of hands grabbing at California's redwood forests: Some with good solutions, some not...**** In the latest chapter of the end game of Charles Hurwitz's hold on Humboldt County's redwood forests, the playing field has gotten crowded. In our last update on March 6, we explained who the contenders submitting reorganization proposals ...

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Bankruptcy in the Redwoods, Urban Tree Sit & Great Music

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>< FOREST UPDATES & EVENTS from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters March 6, 2008 >< Update on redwood and oaks campaigns: Bankruptcy and urban tree-sits Pacific Lumber: Are Hurwitz & Maxxam FINALLY on their way OUT of Humboldt County? We hope. Things have picked up considerable speed in the Pacific Lumber (PL) bankruptcy proceedings, unfolding both up on the North Coast and inside the courtroom down in Corpus Christi, Texas. A critical "Joint Disclosure" hearing took place on Feb. 28 to bring further details on those plans before the court-and to creditors who will vote on reorganization plans, , ...

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Update on Pacific Lumber and Berkeley Oaks

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>< UPDATE and ALERT from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters January 1, 2008 >< :: Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy Update ::Update on the Oak Grove Tree Sit in Berkeley PACIFIC LUMBER IS ONE YEAR INTO BANKRUPTCY AND A SHIFT IS FINALLY MANIFESTING The last lengthy update we sent you on the Pacific Lumber situation was covering their long-awaited reorganization plan, released publicly and submitted to the Texas bankruptcy court in late September. Our Oct. 2 update detailed their plans to sell their old growth for an exorbitant price tag to a non-existent buyer, sell another 22,000 acres for high-end luxury ...

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Pacific Lumber Reorganization and Berkeley Oaks

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>< >< Forest ALERT and UPDATE from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters October 2, 2007 >< >< 1. Pacific Lumber Releases Plan for Post-Bankruptcy Management and Sale of Land (Brace yourself) 2. Oak Grove in Berkeley: Oaks on trial, Tree-sitters under injunction and trees surrounded by fence Preamble: BACH's alerts have been infrequent lately and we apologize. It has more to do with BACHsters being out of town and state than lack of issues to report. This update is full of information now that the long-awaited PL Reorganization Plan is out, and the Oak Grove is full of activity. ...

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Forest Alert and Update

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>< >< Forest ALERT and UPDATE from the Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters May 16, 2007 >< >< 1 >>Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy 2 >>Judi Bari Day May 24 3 >> Endangered Oaks in Berkeley 4 >>Threatened Marbled Murrelet Under Legal Attack PACIFIC LUMBER BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS STAY IN TEXAS Federal Judge Richard Schmidt ruled on April 20 against noteholders and creditors of bankrupt Pacific Lumber who were arguing for a move to California bankruptcy court, keeping the case in Corpus Christi, Texas, where Pacific Lumber (PL) and its subsidiaries filed on January 18 of this year. While this ruling does not …

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Challenge to Pacific Lumber’s recall campaign needs support

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hello BACHsters, This is an alert about the outrageous recall effort underway, largely financed by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber to oust the Humboldt county District Attorney Paul Gallegos, who filed a fraud legal case against PL a number of months ago. (See story in our last newsletter, on our website, for background). This fraud case is hugely important, as is the need to not let this corporation which cares nothing about the community get away with throwing an ethical elected official out of office. This alert was originally sent by Ken Miller, who is with the Humboldt Watershed Council and Salmon Forever …

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