Plum Creek Timber (A) Case Solution
Plum Creek Timber Co., the country's sixth largest private timberland owner and forest products business, must determine whether to enter discussions with the U.S. government to create a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) on its Pacific Northwest properties for an endangered species of fish, the bull trout. Through the tenets of Endangered Species Act, the firm could build an HCP in exchange for long term regulatory guarantees from the U.S. government voluntarily.
The firm has to consider several factors in its decision to continue with the discussions: whether it can repeat the success of a recent HCP for spotted owls, the chance of authorities or third party suits against the firm, the prices of coordinating with multiple state and national environmental agencies, and the worth of regulatory predictability.
This is just an excerpt. This case is about STRATEGY & EXECUTION
PUBLICATION DATE: August 08, 2000 PRODUCT #: 801131-HCB-ENG
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