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Tour o nursery ond see the commilment to cultivoting the strongest ond Leorn from registered foresters obout su$oined yield, replonling ond most productive seedlings posible. Leorn why replonting is so essentiol to renewol of the redwoods. our forests of tomorrow. See the lote$ technology including loser-guided sowl which ensure getting the most lumber out of every log.

Leorn from resource experts obout reiuvenotion of the forest ond the volue of reforestotion.

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Prr-co Gets Logging Approval

Pacific Lumber Co.. Scotia. has convinced the North Coast Regional Water Control Board to allow it to proceed with limited logging in contested areas to avoid a "financial liquidity shortfall."

Pnlco received permission to log up to 507o of the annual 1,100-acre harvest limit in two watersheds where residents had feared potential flooding and property damage.

Both homeowners and the company were unhappy with the compromise. News reports had hinted that Pnlco might be threatening to declare bankruptcy because of delays by the board in releasing timber harvesting plans already approved by the California Department of Forestry and other state and federal regulatory agencies. "Virtually all revenue comes from sales of lumber and other products produced from timber owned by our subsidiary, Scotia Pacific Co. LLC," said Robert Manne, Pnlco president and c.e.o.

Under the Headwaters Agreement, Pelco agreed to a historic Habitat Conservation Plan that includes stringent environmental standards to protect water quality, rare and endan- gered plants, fish and wildlife habitat, and to restrict harvest on more than half of Pnlco's 211 ,OO0 acres of forest. "All our timber harvesting plans satisfy the HCP," said Manne. He noted that no other timber company operating in California abides by such tough environmental standards, or is treated the way Pelco has been under the new rules.

In its pleas to the board, Manne said, "We are not asking for anything more than what the Headwaters Agreement provides. Even if we got everything we are now asking for, the company would harvest less than what Headwaters contemplates. Because the rules were changed in the middle of the game, the company has never come close to harvesting the amounts allowed by the Headwaters Agreement. "

He said that the the company has harvested below the level permitted, by an average of 27 million bd. ft. annually.

"If Pnlco cannot begin harvesting in the very near future, revenues will not be sufficient to sustain our current level of operations," Manne said. According to PALCo, these unreleased timber harvesting plans represent 48Vo of the company's planned first quarter harvest and 38Vo of planned first half harvest levels.

However, the company is hopeful it will obtain approval of harvesting plans and lender consent to amend its line of credit. "What we want is what we were promised-a dependable supply of wood from our own property and timely review of our timber harvest permits," said Manne.

Swanson Acquires Burns

Swanson Group, Inc., Glendale, Or., has agreed to acquire wholesaler Burns Lumber Co., Medford, Or., from North Pacific Group, Inc., Portland. Or.

Burns distributes construction grade building products primarily to retail lumber yards from offices in Medford and Eugene, Or., and Wildomar and Redding, Ca.

Swanson operates manufacturing plants in Glendale, Noti and Roseburg, Or., but Burns will be its first purely wholesale division. As such, Swanson will retain the Burns Lumber name due to the "79-year-old company's strong brand identity throughout the West, Midwest and East Coast."

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Association elected Jeff Adkins, Coquille Supply, Coquille, Or., as president of its Young Westerners Club.

Also named during the annual Young Westerners Conference Feb. l0-13 in Bellevue, Wa., were v.p. Kimberly Akre, Pacific Building Center, Blaine, Wa.; secretary-treasurer Scott Jacobsen, Lloyd Lumber Co., Nampa, Id., and immediate past president Michele Pritchard, Kingston Lumber, Kingston, Wa.

Beginning three-year terms on the board of trustees are Jason Sackmann, Lumbermens, Meridian, Id., and Jessica Shepherd, Sliters Ace Hardware, Big Fork, Mt.

Lumber Association of California & Nevada is leading a contingent of members to Sacramento March 30 for its annual Legislative Day.

The morning begins with a board of directors meeting at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, followed by a Legislative Educational Forum to equip dealers with in-depth information on the most critical issues facing the lumber industry. The afternoon will be spent calling on elected officials to "enlighten" them on industry positions and how passage of certain legislation would affect dealers' busiNCSSCS.

The day ends at the Sutter Club for the annual legislative reception cosponsored by the California Forestry Association and the American Forest & Paper Assocaition.

LACN's Political Action Committee golf tournament is set for April 14 at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, Mission Viejo.

Jack Conner, husband of 2004

LACN president Margo Conner, has joined the association as marketing director. He will travel throughout the state, meeting with current and prospective members.

North American Deck & Railing Association held its first annual membership meeting and adopted bylaws and elected a board of directors and officers at its first annual membership during DeckExpo in Tampa, Fl. (see photos, p. 58-59).

Diana Hanson, Woodpile Products of Idaho, Meridian, Id., is secretary. At the end of the show, NADRA membership stood at close to 150 companies.

Window & Door Manufacturers Association has named Jeffrey F. Lowinski acting president following the resignation of Alan J. Campbell.

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