type limited liability company industry forest management logging founded july 1998 headquarters near ukiah california usa key people mike jani chief forester products forest products owner fisher family of san francisco others number of employees 43 parent sansome partners l.p website www.mrc.com the mendocino redwood company or mrc is a california based forest products company which operates one mill in ukiah with holdings of over 228 800 acres 926 km2 primarily in mendocino county 1 contents 1 background 2 growth 3 humboldt 4 certification 5 references 6 external links background edit this relatively new timber company owns and manages ten percent of the county s private land . 2 founded in 1998 the fisher family founders of gap clothing are the majority stake owners . mendocino redwood company utilizes herbicide applications to reduce tanoak density and restore conifer forest . the application and quantity of use is regulated by the mendocino agricultural commission . california is the second largest forestland state in the united states second to alaska . mendocino county has one of the largest percentages of the states overall forest land . 3 growth edit following a july 29 2008 final order from the us bankruptcy judge richard schmidt the way cleared for mrc to take control of the once storied then vilified and finally bankrupt pacific lumber company in humboldt county california from maxxam inc. of texas . the final dispensation of the bankruptcy which had been ongoing since january 2007 began the transfer of palco s buildings mill and 210 000 acres 850 km2 of humboldt forest to mrc . the company town of scotia and other properties were transferred to marathon structured finance . 4 humboldt edit the consolidation of pacific lumber company palco and subsidiaries is under the new name of humboldt redwood company which began operations ostensibly with a more conservative harvesting model that eliminates clearcutting and most old growth redwood cutting . citation needed certification edit mendocino redwood company was given a well managed certification of timber management practices . this certification was issued by the forest stewardship council . the certification study was conducted by scientific certification systems . citation needed references edit official website ; mrc ; url accessed july 24 2008 forest management and stump to forest gate chain of custody certification evaluation report for the mendocino redwood company public summary and background information general information environmental context url retrieved july 24 2008 . scs cert . appellate court rules in favor of mendocino redwood co. ; the eureka reporter ; url accessed july 25 2008 external links edit official company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mendocino redwood company & oldid 647091855 categories forest products companies of the united statescompanies based in mendocino county californiahidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 12 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view