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MRC completes reorganization of Pacific Lumber Company and forms Humboldt Redwood Company

Read articles, court filings and other documents dating from December 2007 through the present


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Press Articles
Press Articles related to the formation of Humboldt Redwood Company have been moved!


MRC Fact Sheet
Important Facts About The Mendocino Redwood Company LLC (MRC) Efforts to Reorganize PALCO through the Current Bankruptcy Process


Court Filings and Related Documents
Court Documents related to the formation of Humboldt Redwood Company have been moved.


MRC Communications
For all employee news postings, please visit our Employee News page
Subject: Date:
Letter to All Employees from Richard Higgenbottom Re: Organization Announcement (PDF file size 36K)
8/26/2008
Letter to All Employees from Richard Higgenbottom and Sandy Dean, RE: Reorganization plan completed and HRC transition underway (PDF file size 56K)
8/2/2008
Letter to All Employees from Richard Higgenbottom and Sandy Dean, RE: Final Confirmation Order; Next Steps (PDF file size 44K)
7/10/2008
Letter to All Employees RE: Third Update on Progress Following Judge Schmidt's Ruling, from Richard Higgenbottom (PDF file size 280K)
7/1/2008
Letter to All Employees RE: Second Update on Progress Following Judge Schmidt's Ruling, from Richard Higgenbottom and Sandy Dean
6/10/2008
Letter to All Employees RE: Judge Schmidt's Ruling, from Richard Higgenbottom and Sandy Dean
6/6/2008
Letter to All Employees, RE: Statements of Support Filed With the Court, from Richard Higgenbottom and Sandy Dean
4/7/2008
A Letter to All MRC Employees, RE: Update on MRC Support for Reorganization of Palco (PDF file size 363K)
2/8/2008
A Letter to All MRC Employees, RE: Pacific Lumber Company (PDF file size 231K)
12/20/2007


Radio Broadcasts
Source: Date:Program:
KQED Radio: Out of the Woods?
8/4/2008
Program discusses why many environmentalists and Humboldt County residents think the new the Humboldt Redwood Co. might be the best hope for the 210,000 acres of timberland at stake...
[Listen on The California Report web site]
[Download the program to your computer (large file - 24MB)]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
The California Report produced by KQED
8/4/2008
Includes coverage of the beginnings of the Humboldt Redwood Company. (Scroll to bottom of page - from 0:37 to 1:34)
[Listen on The California Report web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
The California Report produced by KQED
6/6/2008
Includes coverage of Pacific Lumber Ruling - A federal bankruptcy judge ruled Friday on a reorganization plan for Pacific Lumber....
[Listen on The California Report web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
The California Report produced by KQED
5/2/2008
Includes PALCO Bankruptcy Update - There are significant developments in the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy case...
[Listen on The California Report web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
KMUD Local News, 6:00 pm edition
5/1/2008
Includes report on two significant developments in the Pacific Lumber Bankruptcy case and interview with Sandy Dean. (Note: starts at 3:00 min).
[Play as a stream from the KMUD web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
The California Report produced by KQED
4/8/2008
Includes PALCO Bankruptcy - More than 200,000 acres of redwood timberlands are on the line today as bankruptcy proceedings get underway for the north-coast Pacific Lumber Company...
[Listen on The California Report web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).
KMUD Local News, 6:00 pm edition
1/31/2008
Includes an interview with Sandy Dean, CEO of Mendocino Redwood Company and Sam Johnson of Environmental Protection Information Center.
[Play as a stream from the KMUD web site]
[Download the program to your computer]
TO DOWNLOAD: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).


Business Plan
Subject: Date Posted:
Mendocino Redwood Company - Marathon Business Plan for Newco (PDF file size 1.2MB)
2/26/2008


Community Town Hall Meetings
Three community town hall meetings were held in Humboldt county where we addressed questions and concerns about our proposal to reorganize the Pacific Lumber Company.

Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 am in Fortuna at the Monday Club
[Listen to the audio recording of the meeting on the KMUD website]
[Download the audio recording to your computer] - See DOWNLOAD notes below.*

Saturday, March 15th, 2:00 pm in Eureka at the Red Lion Inn
[Listen to the audio recording of the meeting on the KMUD website]
[Download the audio recording to your computer] - See DOWNLOAD notes below.*

Tuesday, March 18th, 2:00 pm in Eureka at the Wharfinger Building

**TO DOWNLOAD PROGRAMS: Use the right mouse button and choose Save Link As (some browsers display it as Download Link Target, and on a Mac hold the Control key while clicking on the link).

Also see the MRC sponsored ads below for additional information.
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Slides for Community Town Hall Meetings (PDF file size 1.2M)
3/15/2008


MRC Sponsored Ads
Ad Subject: Posted Date:
An Important Message for the Creditors of Palco and Scotia Pacific from the Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC (PDF file size 2.5M)
3/14/2008
Important Information for the Creditors of Palco and Scotia Pacific (PDF file size 456K)
3/11/2008
An Important Message to all Pacific Lumber Company Stakeholders from the Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC (PDF file size 436K)
3/11/2008


Other Letters
Subject: Date:
Letter to the editor of the Times-Standard by Governor Wilson with Response Letter by Sandy Dean, Chairman of MRC
4/3/2008
A Letter from the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (PDF file size 16K)
3/31/2008


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