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By Logert, October 17, 2009 3:19 pm

My parent company, MRC, was mentioned in the latest issue of National Geographic magazine. The article discusses MRC’s acquisition of the troubled Pacific Lumber Company now the Humboldt Redwood Company:

“…the new Humboldt Redwood Company will bring selective cutting back to the old Pacific Lumber lands. Its parent company, MRC, has already implemented the approach on 230,000 acres of heavily logged redwood forest in Mendocino County it purchased from Louisiana Pacific a decade ago. MRC stabilized logging roads, reestablished stands, and made a practice of cutting a third to a half of the overall volume of timber grown on its property each year through a variety of selection techniques. By doing this, the company has sacrificed greater short-term profits for long-term investment in the forest.” – Read More