GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE! Pacific Lumber (PL) has pulled their logging plan (THP 1-01-352 HUM) for Allen Creek, one of Headwaters Forest's six ancient groves and one of the 13 Marbled Murrelet Conservation Areas put off limits to logging for a period of 50 years in the so-called Headwaters Deal of 1998. PL was attempting to use their own interpretations of the Deal's Habitat Conservation Plan to claim the logging could be allowed. The public and environmental organizations responded with a flood of calls and letters to agencies, particularly the California Dept of Forestry (CDF), responsible for review of all Timber Harvest Plans. full story On February 5, the Berkeley City Council passed a strongly worded resolution opposing the logging in Allen Creek Grove. It was sponsored by Councilmember Linda Maio and co-sponsored by Vice Mayor Maudelle Shirek. BACH activists worked on the resolution language with the sponsoring council members and spoke at the council meeting.