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Testimony by Bonnie Phillips 

 July 23, 1996 



If a Decision Notice is signed on the Canyon Salvage Sale before 

 December 31, 1996, then citizens such as myself will have no rights of 

 administrative appe<d and no recourse under the law. Instead of our nornnal 

 conversatior\s ana negotiations with the Forest Service on this proposed s<de, we 

 have been left to spending our time taking interested members of the public on 

 field trips to the area, sending out action alerts to our members, and hoping 

 that one of our Chapters' Congressional Representatives will take up our cause. 

 None of this is helpmg our reuitions wdth tne Forest Service. This is a bad and 

 very unnecessary sale. 



In summary, the logging rider may have irrevocably undermined the 

 Clinton Forest Plan, although there is still an outside chance to get it back on 

 track. It has surely devastated the land, decimating salmon spav^ng streams 

 and important old growth habitat for many threatened and endangered species. 

 It has provided less certainty to the communities. And the worst is still to 

 come. Instead of peace, even reluctant peace, polarization and anger have 

 returned to the Pacific Northwest. Only a total repeal of this rider now can 

 send the signal to the Forest Service, and to the American people, that Congress 

 really does not want to destroy forests and destroy communities. Instead, repeal 

 of the rider would show that Congress is committed to making a hard-fought, 

 region-wide ecosystem management plan work for the long-term stability of 

 Northwest ecosystems and communities. 



