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Oregon Forests at Risk From the Rescissions Logging Rider 

 July 17, 1996 



81. Mossy (Pare): The Mossy sale originated before the rider. Pare is the name 



of the new analysis that is being done on this sale. It 

 includes logging in old growth habitat and the cutting of 

 green trees under the pretext of root rot eradication, despite 

 me fact that logging actually spreads the disease. Over 8.6 

 minbf over 803 acres will be cut. Volume as high as this 

 over a relatively small area indicates the falling of large trees. 



BURNS RANGER DISTRICT 



82. Badger An enormous area of 4,756 acres would be logged as a part 



of the Badger timber sale, including logging in approxinnately 

 200 acres of old growth replacement stands. Sensitive spedes 

 that could be affected by tne sale include the wolverine, 

 Preble's slirew. Pacific western big-eared bat. Sage grouse, 

 redband trout, Malheur mottled sculpin, and Sierra onion. 



Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 



Contact: Mike Petersen - IiUand Empire Public Lands Council, 509/775-2590 



83. Eag^e Creek: Prime old growth stands, identified by the Audubon Adopt-a- 



Forest proeram, wUl be cut in the Eagle Creek sale. The 

 logging wul further fragment and isolate these important late- 

 successional/old growth forests in an area which has already 

 been heavily logged. Trees to be cut include healthy trees 

 over 3 feet thick and more than 150 years old that are needed 

 , to maintain a core old growth nrea which is already 



ii\adequate to maintain a viable late successional ecosystem. 

 The sale was advertised but drew no bidders. The sale is 

 ejcpected to be reworked to allow for more roadbuilding and 

 will be re-offered this summer. 



84. Beaver Creek: Old growth trees in a roadless area will be logged in the 



Beaver Creek sale. Beaver Creek flows directly into the 

 Upper Grande Ronde, a Northeast Oregon River with 

 dwmdling salmon and trout populations. Logging in Beaver 

 Creek would drastically affect the watershed supporting 

 residents of LaGrande and surrounding municipalities. 



85. Baker QtyAVashington: Baker City enters a roadless area and is one of 



the worst Timber Sales pending in the Wallowa- 

 Whitman National Forest. 



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