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An alternative Barnum remedy?

November 27, 2012 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Pacific Legal Foundation attorneys represent Barnum Timber Co. in its challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s listing of Redwood Creek as an impaired waterbody under the Clean Water Act.  Barnum, a family-owned company, owns timberland in northern California within Redwood Creek’s watershed.  EPA has listed the Creek as imp ...

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PLF to argue EPA case in San Francisco on Thursday

December 13, 2011 | By PAUL BEARD

On Thursday, PLF has a hearing before the United States District Court in San Francisco in a case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  This legal fight is one of several that PLF is waging on behalf of ordinary, hard-working Americans across the Nation as part of its campaign to Stop the EPA and Grow Freedom. PLF attorneys re ...

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A property owner gets his day in court

February 04, 2011 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Yesterday, PLF scored a win in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Barnum Timber Co. v. EPA.  Pacific Legal Foundation represents Barnum Timber, a small, family-run timber company based in Humboldt County, California. Redwood Creek, which runs through Barnum’s timberlands, has been designated by EPA as an impaired waterbody under Section 3 ...

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Forest landowners deserve their day in court

March 15, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Damien M. Schiff Last week, I argued PLF's appeal in Barnum Timber Co. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.  PLF represents Barnum Timber Co., a family-run timber harvesting operation based in Eureka, California.  In this case, PLF is suing EPA over the agen ...