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For over one hundred years, the name Weyerhaeuser has been synonymous with timber. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, who founded the company, was castigated as the "classic cut-and-run timberman" by muckraking journalists who exposed his vast land-grabs, [[deforestation]], and monopolization, comparing his riches and methods to [[the Rockefellers]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html</ref>
For over one hundred years, Weyerhaeuser has been "synonymous" with timber. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, who founded the company, was castigated as the "classic cut-and-run timberman" by muckraking journalists who exposed his vast land-grabs, [[deforestation]], and monopolization, comparing his riches and methods to [[the Rockefellers]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html</ref>


By 1999, the company had acquired ownership control over 5.6 million acres of forestland across U.S.-occupied [[Turtle Island]], as well as licensing arrangements and rights to an additional 18 million acres across Canada-occupied [[Turtle Island]].
By 1999, the company had acquired ownership control over 5.6 million acres of forestland across U.S.-occupied [[Turtle Island]], as well as licensing arrangements and rights to an additional 18 million acres across Canada-occupied [[Turtle Island]].

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For over one hundred years, Weyerhaeuser has been "synonymous" with timber. Frederick Weyerhaeuser, who founded the company, was castigated as the "classic cut-and-run timberman" by muckraking journalists who exposed his vast land-grabs, deforestation, and monopolization, comparing his riches and methods to the Rockefellers.[1]

By 1999, the company had acquired ownership control over 5.6 million acres of forestland across U.S.-occupied Turtle Island, as well as licensing arrangements and rights to an additional 18 million acres across Canada-occupied Turtle Island.

Leadership

1999 Directors:

Information Systems

"Weyerhaeuser Information Systems, which began as the company data processing department, now markets internationally for professional services, information systems, disaster recovery, and manufacturing systems. Its customers have included IBM, Honeywell, DEC, and Hewlett-Packard. District and municipal court jurisdictions in Washington State use Weyerhaeuser computer systems. Weyerhaeuser has even participated in a steering committee designed to test attitudes about converting a mothballed nuclear reactor on the Hanford reservation to a weapons plant."

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Political Corruption

In the 1990s, ecological pressure to halt deforestation in the Pacific Northwest to protect the old growth forest and iconic species like the spotted owl was gaining considerable momentum. At the time, this

George Weyerhaeuser, a Yale classmate of George H.W. Bush, visited the White House shortly before the Bush administration removed private timber holdings from endangered species protection for the spotted owl. Weyerhaeuser Inc owns a third of a million acres that could have been place off-limits to timber cutting.

When the Clinton Option 9 plan was released, Weyerhaeuser endorsed the plan; smaller mills, which don't have their own supply of timber, accused Weyerhaeuser, Simpson, and Plum Creek Timber, which also accepted the plan, of selling out the industry.

Public Relations

The company spends millions of dollars on full-page newspaper advertisements extolling the benefits of industrial, intensively-managed "forest" operations, while replacing diverse natural forests with genetically-engineered, single-species plantations. In June 1994, Weyerhaeuser executives appeared at "town hall" meetings in Portland, Tacoma, and Seattle. The company had sent invitations (printed on recycled paper) to hundreds of environmentalists. Vice president Charley Bingham acknowledged the company had been slow to recognize public concerns about the environment, and claimed it was now ready to listen and learn. Environmentalists viewed the meetings with skepticism; newspapers praised the willingness of the company to "subject itself to public comment."

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  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html
  3. ↑ https://www.bechtel.com/newsroom/releases/2009/07/memoriam-harold-j-bill-haynes/
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000824134904/http://www.endgame.org/weyerprofile.html
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