Please submit comments to the US Forest Service if you enjoy outdoor recreation in our national forests. If a planned joint timber sale on 3 national forests in NE Oregon is allowed, it might set precedent for similar sized sales on other national forests across the nation.
The Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, and Ochoco National Forest are accepting comments on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyzing the Blue Mountains Forest Resiliency project until April 2. If finalized, the EIS the will approve commercial logging 574.2 square miles and building approximately 335 miles of sediment producing road. Not only will the trees be gone, but the streams will be muddy.
The forest plans for each forest will also be amended to allow old-growth logging of trees greater than 21 inches in diameter.
Comments should be emailed to r6restorationprojects@fs.fed.us,
Additional information is posted at the forest’s website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=48582
You can also call forest supervisor Forson at 541-416-6625.
Dick Artley (US Forest Service – retired)
415 NE 2nd
Grangeville, Idaho 83530
