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Oregon Forests at Risk From the Rescissions Logging Rider 

 July 17. 1996 



January 17 that all 318 sales must be awarded even if the 

 apparent high bidder was not available. 



3. Broken Buck: Broken Buck was traded June 12 to replace the Section 318 



"Wren-N-Doubt" sale on the Coos Bay BLM district. Local 

 citizens have filed a protest with the BLM over the trade. 

 No modifications were made, despite the fact that some of 

 the Option 9 required retention trees will be dumped on 

 115% slopes as an attempt to prevent landslides on unstable 

 grovmd. BLM's soil scientist says this landslide prevention 

 technique is unproven, and could even cause landslides due 

 to blowdowns. 



4. Four Gates: Four Gates deforests 6 mmbf on 140 acres next to coho 



bearing streams in the water quality limited watershed of 

 McGee Creek in the coastal range. Most intennittent streams 

 in the Four Gates sale have only 50% of the riparian reserve 

 width required by Option 9, a naU site tree length instead of 

 full lengths (90' vs. 180'). No fisheries biologist was involved 

 in the planning or decision on this sale, and BLM did not do 

 the aruuysis required to change buffers. BLM's own botanist 

 was in opposition to the reduced buffers. 



5. Cobble Creek: BLM decided to more than double their usual unit size in this 



sale. Their old liniit was 40 acres: Cobble Creek is a one unit 

 sale of 83 acres. A decision to begin cutting on 110 acres 

 was made recently. Six mmbf will be slicked off the 

 mountain in two huge clearcuts, to "reduce forest 

 fragmentation," according to the BLM. NEPA documents, 

 however, did not analyze important environmental issues such 

 as whether large clearcuts are really beneficial to forest heedth. 

 The National Marine Fisheries Service said that this sale is 

 "likely to adversely affect" endangered fish stocks. 

 Roadbuilding for the sale vnll ait through the heart of a 

 riparian reserve. 



6. Suznxnit Creek: Qearcutting will occur on 125 acres in the Summit Creek sale, 



95 of which are in a key watershed. A total of 9.5 mmbf will 

 be cut on this Section Jl8 sale. 



7. Texas Gulch: Texas Gulch is in a key watershed which drains into the 



southern portion of the Umpqua River. Nearly 8 mmbf will 

 be logged in this sale, at the unreasonably cheap price of 

 $268/mDf. Trees writh 25" dbh would be downed as a part of 

 this 116 acre dearcut. 



