High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Timber company collides with gas drillers http://www.hcn.org/issues/278/14861 Conservationists have struck a deal with Tembec Inc., a progressive Canadian timber company, to protect land west of Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks from coalbed methane drilling No publisher David Thomas Energy Coalbed Methane Logging Companies Tembec Inc. The Nature Conservancy of Canada Elk River British Columbia Glacier National Park Waterton Lakes National Park ChevronTexaco Corp. coalbed methane mineral rights 2010-02-05T09:58:06Z News Article Timber companies borrow a tool from environmentalists http://www.hcn.org/issues/259/14271 In Idaho’s Panhandle region, the Potlatch Corp. is negotiating conservation easements on as much as 600,000 acres of forest, but not all conservationists are thrilled at the prospect No publisher Mark Matthews Logging Companies Conservation easements land trusts Potlatch Corp. timber easements Idaho Panhandle logging companies Trust for Public Land 2010-02-05T10:13:49Z News Article Can green-certified lumber make it? http://www.hcn.org/issues/229/11301 Some foresters who are using responsible environmental practices in order to be "green-certified" are disappointed by the lack of return for their admirable efforts. No publisher Jane Braxton Little Socio-Economics Logging Companies 2010-02-05T08:54:03Z News Article Landmark timber deal stops Seattle sprawl http://www.hcn.org/issues/226/11214 Overwhelmed by development in this bedroom community near Seattle, the town of Snoqualmie finds an ally in the Evergreen Forest Trust, which has purchased a huge tree farm that will enable logging to continue, and block sprawl. No publisher Dave Wortman Logging Communities Logging Companies 2010-02-05T08:53:16Z News Article Organics, timber cut healthy deal http://www.hcn.org/issues/210/10713 The town of Williams, Ore., wants to buy a nearby forest owned by Boise Cascade to protect local organic farms from herbicide chemicals used in spraying. No publisher Rachel Jackson Logging Companies 2010-02-05T08:36:23Z News Article 'Specialists in diversity' http://www.hcn.org/issues/178/5767 RBM Lumber is not your typical forest products firm, but others could learn a lot from it. No publisher Steve Thompson Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:01:19Z News Article 'It shouldn't be all or nothing' http://www.hcn.org/issues/178/5766 Evenlyn Thompson of RBM Lumber talks about working for sustainable forestry. No publisher Steve Thompson Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:01:19Z News Article A growing movement in green http://www.hcn.org/issues/178/5764 Green-labeling for forest products is becoming more common throughout the country, but not all green labels are created equal. No publisher Rebecca Clarren Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:01:18Z News Article After the fall http://www.hcn.org/issues/178/5760 RBM Lumber in Columbia Falls, Mont., is a small, family-owned mill that is a pioneer in a brand new kind of timber economy, one that would restore rather than deplete forests and create low-volume, high-value wood products in a sustainable way. No publisher Steve Thompson Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:01:17Z News Article Judge disciplines L-P http://www.hcn.org/issues/133/4257 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. No publisher Dustin Solberg Logging Companies 2010-02-05T10:05:13Z News Article The greening of Mount St. Helens http://www.hcn.org/issues/120/3824 The trees that Weyerhaeuser Co. replanted after Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980 are doing surprisingly well. No publisher Andre Stepankowsky Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:51:43Z News Article No-show lets roads roll http://www.hcn.org/issues/111/3507 The House of Representatives backs away from an amendment that would require logging companies to pay for their roads in national forests. No publisher Greg Hanscom Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:49:28Z News Article Just don't do it http://www.hcn.org/issues/109/3431 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. No publisher Jamie Murray Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:48:50Z News Article Checks are in the mail http://www.hcn.org/issues/95/2952 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. No publisher Katie Fesus Logging Companies 2010-02-05T08:57:51Z News Article Logging firms sour the West for trees http://www.hcn.org/issues/84/2587 Boise Cascade and the Louisiana-Pacific lumber companies export timber from Dixie National Forest to the chagrin of local companies. No publisher Brent Israelson Logging Companies 2010-02-05T09:09:54Z News Article