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sion for us to make, but the loss of our democratic rights and the 

 egregious violations to the land caused us to plan this unprece- 

 dented action. 



Fortunately, we were relieved that the Ninth Circuit ruled in 

 favor of the murrelet. This ruling, however, does not solve all the 

 problems because the rider still requires like and kind substitute 

 volume. The timber industry is currently in court claiming that 

 this volume does not need to follow the Clinton plan nor environ- 

 mental laws. Many other old growth sales have already fallen 

 throughout Washington State and Oregon, including sales for 

 which murrelet surveys have never been done. 



The current Option 9 sales, as they are called, are also shielded 

 from citizen input and citizen administrative appeals. This has 

 made it far easier for the Forest Service to do shoddy work and vio- 

 late the standards and guidelines of the plan. In Washington State, 

 the worst violations are coming from the Gifford Pinchot National 

 Forest. This forest plans to expand their sale program by 33 per- 

 cent over what is stated in the Clinton plan. Although the logging 

 rider supposedly provides judicial review for Option 9 sales, in the 

 one case taken to court on the Umpqua National Forest, Judge 

 Hogan ruled that Option 9 sales offered since the logging rider's 

 enactment cannot be reviewed by the courts. 



The salvage component has also seriously affected the viability of 

 the plan. For example, an old growth salvage sale on the Mount 

 Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, my forest, is planned in a 1,300 

 area in a large late successional reserve. In order to log the defoli- 

 ated hemlock trees, which are mostly adjacent to Canyon Creek, 

 which contains some very important salmon runs, many, many 

 large, healthy, old growth cedar trees would have to be cut. A fa- 

 vorite hiking trail would be obliterated. Because of the rider, no ad- 

 ministrative appeal or court challenge would be available to us for 

 this sale and we have no negotiating clout at this time. 



Although there has been a lot of discussion for loss of timber 

 jobs, I live in a community that has seen many, many tribal — there 

 are many tribes in the Puget Sound area and I have seen the loss 

 of their jobs through the loss of fisheries resources. I have also seen 

 the loss of commercial fishing jobs and the sports fishing industry 

 has taken a hard hit, and all this because of our decimated salmon 

 runs. 



In summary, the logging rider may have irrevocably undermined 

 the Clinton forest plan. I would still like to see it work. It surely 

 has devastated the land. It has decimated salmon spawning 

 streams and important old growth habitat. It has provided less cer- 

 tainty for communities and I feel that only repeal of the entire 

 rider now would show the Congress is committed to making a hard- 

 fought region-wide ecosystem management plan work for the long- 

 term stability of Northwest ecosystems and communities. Thank 

 you. 



[The statement of Ms. Phillips may be found at end of hearing.] 



Mr. COOLEY. Thank you, Ms. Phillips. 



Mr. Mayr, I happened to marry a lady from Hoquiam, Rosemary 

 Deweiss, so I am very familiar with your area. I spent a lot of time 

 in that area, by the way. Very few people know about it. When you 

 say Hoquiam, they kind of look at you funny. 



