Tag: Sierra Pacific Industries

Matt Pontes, former Shasta County CEO, tapped as SPI’s first Director of Wildfire and Fuels Management

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif., — Matt Pontes, who announced last month that he was resigning as Shasta County CEO, and timber titan Sierra Pacific Industries announced over the weekend that Pontes will become Sierra Pacific Industries’ (SPI) first Director of Wildfire and Fuels Management. Sierra Pacific Industries is a third-generation, family-owned forest products company based in Anderson, California, and the company […]

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Citing “extreme drought conditions, wildfire dangers”, SPI and Beaty to close all public timberland access

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Citing “extreme drought conditions” and “risk of wildfire”, both Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) and W. M. Beaty & Associates, Inc. have announced they will be closing all timberland access to their properties, beginning next week, Monday, June 21.  The closures, which are similar to other forestland closures heading into wild fire season in recent years, are […]

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Citing “extreme wildfire danger” SPI and Beaty close all public timberlands access

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Citing “extreme wildfire conditions and risk to lives and property,” Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) announced Thursday, Sept. 3 that it would be closing its California forestlands to public access. W.M. Beaty & Associates Inc., which manages approximately 288,000 acres of forest land throughout northeastern California, followed suit the next day; with Beaty President and General Manager Jeff […]

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