GET YOUR COMMENTS IN!
SEND THEM HERE or Here
Learn more from the Sierra Club here.
Read the common comments here.
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CLATSOP COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER INCREASED CLEAR CUTTING OF MATURE FOREST ON CLATSOP STATE FOREST
May 11th. 6PM. Astoria. 827 Commercial St.
The Board will discuss their position on the ten-year plan to clear cut thousands of additional acres of scarce older forests on the Clatsop State Forest.
County Draft Letter on Increased Logging
Projected harvest 2010-2050 along Columbia River (big).
Scientists' Report Finds Bad Science Behind Logging Increase
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SIGN THE PETITION
Ask Governor Kitzhaber and the Board of Forestry to support protected reserve areas on Oregon State Forests.
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FEDERAL COURT: LOGGING ROADS ON STATE FORESTS REGULATED BY CLEAN WATER ACT
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that logging roads are regulated by the federal Clean Water Act. This case was focused on roads in the Trask and Kilchis Rivers of the Tillamook State Forest.
Oregonian story here
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ELEVEN FISHING AND CONSERVATION GROUPS APPEAL LOGGING INCREASE
A wide coalition of groups filed a formal petition to the Board of Forestry to reconsider their decision to increase logging on the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests.
Press Release Here.
Petition Here.
Scientific Declaration Here.
Daily Astorian Article Here.
Map of Projected Logging for Next 40 Years Here.
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COUNTIES CALL FOR TIMBER HARVEST OVER ALL OTHER VALUES ON STATE FORESTS
Leaders from Tillamook and Clatsop counties have called for timber production to be legally enshrined as the dominant purpose of the state forests.
Read the county proposal here.
A wide coalition of fishing, recreation, and conservation organizations have joined into a common statement on the state forest management. You can read it here.
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BOARD OF FORESTRY REDUCES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS ON STATE FORESTS on EARTH DAY 2010
On April 22, the Board of Forestry moved forward on the State Forester's recommendation to weaken environmental protections on the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests. Public comments taken before the meeting were overwhelmingly against the increased emphasis on timber. The vote was 5-2, with board members Hayes and Hutchison opposed. Blackwell, Mukumoto, Giustina, Phillippi, and Wilson all supported the timber harvest increase.
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Oregonian Editorial: Board of Forestry is "dominated by timber and labor interests"
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THE OREGONIAN WEIGHS IN...
BOARD OF FORESTRY "LOST ITS BALANCE"
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RECENT HARVEST LEVELS UNSUSTAINABLE
In November of 2008, the Department of Forestry completed a new analysis that showed recent harvest levels have been significantly above the level sustainable under the current plans. New models of tree growth showed many stands growing much more slowly than had been previously thought -- and no one knows why. In addition, better data showed far more areas were too steep to harvest.
TIMBER HARVEST MAPS (WARNING -- BIG FILES!)
See what the latest Oregon Department of Forestry recommendation will mean for the Wilson River Watershed (750K map). The Wilson will see intensive clearcutting over the next 40 years if this recommendation goes forward. It is too extreme. We need balance on our state forests. Be sure to also take a look at this map of the last 40 years of clearcuts in Oregon's north coast forests (1.8 meg map).
