Weyerhaeuser

· Seattle P-I: "Bush Administration: Too cozy by half"

June 27, 2007; The obsequious way a federal agency handled the Weyerhaeuser Co. on spotted owl issues tells a larger story about life under the Bush administration. These times are so sweet for those with money that even when the government is concerned that a company's logging may hurt an endangered species, the corporation gets a chance to edit a letter about those worries.

· Seattle P-I: "Weyerhaeuser got to edit U.S. letter on logging, owls"

June 23, 2007; Fish and Wildlife Service defends move

· Green-stamping’ of Timber Companies Comes Under Scrutiny

The New Standard, January 12, 2007; Conservationists say a major certifier of environmentally “sustainable” foresting practices in the US offers its approval too easily and is too hesitant to take action against firms that harm the environment.

· Groups oppose forest certification of Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek

Boston Globe, December 31, 2006; Conservation groups are moving beyond the courtroom into the marketplace to pressure two of the nation's largest timber companies to green up their acts on private forest lands, and challenge the timber industry's sustainable forestry standard.

· Group wants logging ban to protect owl

Seattle P-I, November 14, 2006; Citing a "prolonged and accelerating decline" that halved Washington's spotted owl population since the early 1990s, a Seattle environmental group asked a federal judge Monday to bar logging on about 50,000 acres of private timberlands in Western Washington.

· Rules are adopted to protect spotted owl here

Seattle Times, August 10, 2006; State forestry rules aimed at protecting the northern spotted owl will neither aid the bird's declining numbers nor stop a possible lawsuit from conservationists, a lawyer said Wednesday.

· With spotted owl count falling, lawsuit is planned

Seattle P-I, April 19, 2006; Audubon Society tells Weyerhaeuser, state they are violating species act

· Seattle Times: "Judge blocks logging of privately owned spotted owl habitat"

August 1, 2007; A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction to stop Weyerhaeuser Co. from logging in spotted owl habitat on four parcels of private land in Washington.

· Seattle P-I: "Weyerhaeuser ordered not to log owl habitat"

August 1, 2007 - Injunction forbids work at four sites until Audubon suit is concluded

· Seattle Times: "Owl ruling halts logging on 56,000 acres of private land"

August 2, 2007 - A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked Weyerhaeuser from cutting trees on its own land in southwest Washington, saying state logging rules weren't doing enough to protect threatened spotted owls.