California Supreme Court Sides with Environmentalists in Decades-Long Forest Dispute
July 17, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - After decades of legal wrangling, environmentalists emerged victorious in a California Supreme Court case that promises improved protection for California's endangered species and industrial forestlands.

Emergency Petition filed with Schwarzenegger Administration to Protect Imperiled Salmon
July 16, 2008


A New Era in Humboldt County:
June 6, 2008
Humboldt County, CA - Ending a 23-year drama, Texas bankruptcy Judge Richard S. Schmidt will announce that he favors a sustainable and economically viable plan for north coast forests formerly held by now-bankrupt Pacific Lumber Company.

Underwood Roadless Area Threatened
March 25, 2008
The Six Rivers National Forest recently announced its decision to build a permanent road through the Underwood Roadless area on the Wild and Scenic South Fork Trinity River. The road is proposed specifically to give Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) cheap access to a landlocked 160 acre parcel containing never logged stands of old growth forest on Underwood Creek.

EPIC Joins Lawsuit Over California's Salmon Rules
February 25, 2008
San Francisco, CA - A coalition of environmental and fishery groups filed suit today in San Francisco Superior Court against the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG), seeking to overturn new regulations that streamline the killing of endangered coho salmon. The groups charge the regulations, adopted by DFG in December 2007, violate the California Endangered Species Act (CESA). The coalition includes the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), Sierra Club and California Trout.