From: | Ted Schettler <tschettler@igc.org> |
Date: | Thu, 01 Aug 1996 15:54:24 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | LAND SWAP IDEA REVERBERATES |
From: "ted schettler" <tschettler@igc.org> Aimee- You and cpro are undoubtedly aware - but just in case. This is a good example of how the effects of base closure and its aftermath reverberate throughout an ecosystem. Ted Schettler ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 14:11:21 -0700 (PDT) From: <clairnet@igc.org> Subject: air-mail: ALERT: Another Phony Grassroots Group To: air-mail@igc.org This message was originally posted to a wise use watch group listserv. Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 15:24:09 -0500 To: clear-view@ewg3.ewg.org From: "CLEAR View Mailing List" <clear-view@ewg3.ewg.org> Sender: danimal@ewg.org (Dan Barry) Subject: ALERT--Phony Grassroots Group Established PACIFIC LUMBER CREATES PHONY GRASSROOTS GROUP TO "SAVE" HEADWATERS A new coalition has formed in Northern California. Pacific Lumber has retained the Sacramento Public Relations firm of Storza, Metzger, and Hunt to help set up a coalition called the "Headwaters Consensus Council (HCC)." The HCC will promote the message and consolidate support for the "permanent preservation of the Headwaters 'Grove' through just compensation to the current owner," Pacific Lumber. The HCC purports to be "an independent, broad based group drawn from the ranks of leading environmentalists, business and civic leaders, academics, the clergy, and other respected, concerned individuals and organizations." The coalition, however, has only one member -- Pacific Lumber. The HCC was created to advocate saving no more than 4,500 acres of the Headwaters Forest, the nation's last virgin old growth redwood stand. Opposing the Council is a coalition of environmentalists, church groups, civic leaders and business groups who are calling for the preservation of the entire Headwaters Forest which encompasses over 60,000 acres. >From the beginning, environmentalists have maintained that in order for Headwaters Forest to be a viable ecosystem, at least 60,000 acres of private land needs to be acquired. They are concerned that the HCC will redefine the Headwaters Forest into Headwaters "Grove." The HCC has recently sent out fact sheets and a membership application form. Recipients of the HCC materials were asked to send support letters to government officials, participate in a speakers bureau and write opinion articles and letters-to-the-editor. Maxxam Inc. (owner of Pacific Lumber) chairman Charles Hurwitz acquired the Headwaters Forest through its $900 million junk-bond takeover of Pacific Lumber Company in 1986. Shortly after, when Mr. Hurwitz doubled the rate of cutting in Pacific Lumber's redwood forests to pay off the debt, environmentalists protested. Subsequently, Pacific Lumber has been blocked from logging the Headwaters by environmental lawsuits over endangered species and other issues. According to a 7/25 article in the _San Francisco Examiner_, San Francisco Mayor Willy Brown agreed to pursue a plan to hand over housing development rights on San Francisco's Treasure Island to Maxxam Inc. in exchange for 3,000 acres of the Headwaters Forest. The land-swap was addressed again last week when the Department of Interior and Maxxam officials began negotiating settlement of a lawsuit filed by the company. The lawsuit accused the government of violating Pacific Lumber's property rights by blocking logging in Headwaters. The Sierra Club and Environmental Protection Information Center said they would seek to intervene in a settlement to prevent Maxxam from benefiting from a swap. CLEAR has obtained the HCC materials. If you would like to get a copy by e-mail, please contact us at: clear@ewg.org. ===end=== ***************************************************************** * To post a message to the listserv, send your message * * To: air-mail@igc.org * * To unsubscribe, send a message to Majordomo@igc.org * * the text is "unsubscribe air-mail youraddress" * * Send problems or questions to Katherine * * Mail: clairnet@igc.org * * Suggested Subject prefixes for listserv messages: * * ALERT: MEDIA RELEASE: or FYI: * ***************************************************************** | |
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