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Oregon Forests at Risk From the Rescissions Logging Rider 

 July 17, 1996 



70. JOB 



71. Billy 11: The five sales combined cover nearly 4000 acres, and would 



produce 12 mmbf. Tlie sales vvoula log old grov>^th 

 ponderosa pine and fir in a mostly green and hesdthy forest. 

 Cutting would impair critical habitat for wolverine, pine 

 marten, northern goshawk, pileated woodpeckers, and could 

 2iffect downstream anadromous fish and/or sensitive fish 

 species such as redband and bull trout. Logging would take 



Elace on very steep slopes with erosive soils subject to 

 indslide in the scenic Aldrich roadless area. The sales are 

 located in an area of high scenic and recreational value. 



72. Trio: Trio is a combination of units deferred from the Wymer, 



Scotty, and Shirttail sales due to the Forest Service- 

 determined failure of the sales to comply with the agency's 

 screens. Tliese screens are designed to eliminate old growth 

 habitat, sensitive riparian areas and critical wildlife habitat 

 from sales. Tlnese deferred units were reinstated as the Trio 

 sale in response to the P.L. 104-19 Logging Rider. The sale 

 involves logging in old growth ponderosa pine and old 



Sowth fir nabitat, which are almost entirely green stands, 

 le sale site serves as habitat for the pileated woodpecker 

 and a range of other species, including goshawk nesting, 

 fledgling, and foraging areas. The Tno units are roaded, but 

 are otherwise not logged. 



73. Van Aspen: Over 354 acres of mostly green, healthy forest land will be 



cut to produce over one million board feet of timber. The 

 logging, which involves old growth ponderosa pine, would 

 impaur an active goshawk habitat as well as active habitats for 

 other less common hawks. 



74. Pairish: This huge sale would produce 6.8 mmbf of timber. 



LONG CREEK RANGER DISTRICT 



75. M & O: The northern third of the sale is within a pristine roadless 



area, where only the smaller units on the edges of the 

 roadless area have been logged before. Logging is planned 

 within a bowl of contiguous, intact forest canopy containing 

 ponderosa pine at four feet in diameter or more and fir old 

 growth habitat with Douglas fir up to five feet in diameter. 

 Active nest-buildine and foraging oy the pUeated woodpecker 

 can be viewed in the M & O, as well as wolverine, elk, and 

 bear activity. The area has a high riparian value with a 



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