Results for keyword: Logging Companies
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Judge disciplines L-P
Louisiana-Pacific is fined $37 million for breaking environmental laws at its Olathe, Colo., waferboard plant, and also for selling a product that did not meet the company's claim.
by Dustin Solberg, Jun 22, 1998 -
The greening of Mount St. Helens
The trees that Weyerhaeuser Co. replanted after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 are doing surprisingly well.
by Andre Stepankowsky, Dec 08, 1997 -
No-show lets roads roll
The House of Representatives backs away from an amendment that would require logging companies to pay for their roads in national forests.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 04, 1997 -
Just don't do it
A logging company defies a request from the Oregon State Forestry Department that loggers voluntarily stop clear-cutting slide-prone slopes above highways and homes.
by Jamie Murray, May 26, 1997 -
Checks are in the mail
Louisiana-Pacific must pay one of the largest product-liability settlements in U.S. history to customers who bought the company's Inner Seal home siding.
by Katie Fesus, Dec 09, 1996 -
Just ask the loggers
A Forest Service memo suggesting regional foresters work with the timber industry enrages logging critics.
by Warren Cornwall, Oct 16, 1995 -
The spotted owl made the rich richer
A study reveals that profits of the 12 largest timber companies in the Northwest went up 43 percent after federal logging was cut back to protect the spotted owl.
by Alan Pittman, Aug 07, 1995 -
Timber industry takes a stand
The timber industry responds to the Sierra Club's book, Clearcut, with its side of the story in its own book, Closer Look.
by Chip Giller, Oct 17, 1994 -
Timber industry mounts an offense
Timber industry finances campaign against Option 9.
by Staff, Feb 07, 1994 -
Logging firms sour the West for trees
Boise Cascade and the Louisiana-Pacific lumber companies export timber from Dixie National Forest to the chagrin of local companies.
by Brent Israelson, Dec 13, 1993
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