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Oregon Forests at Risk From the Rescissions Logging Rider 

 July 17, 1996 



86. Red Mountain: 



87. Dutch Wolf: 



88. Rusty Bull: 



89. Darkhom: 



90. Fly Ridge: 



91. Bugcheck: 



92. Twin Lakes 



Pristine roadless areas would be entered with the 

 logging of these sales. 



A mostly green sale, the Dutch Wolf would produce 3.7 

 nunbf. 



Tlnese two Baker Ranger District Sales alone would affect 

 5,300 acres and produce 16.7 mmbf of timber. 



Dark Horn is a large, almost entirely green sale, with some 

 sections containing mistletoe. 



Located in the La Grande Ranger District, 5.7 mmbf of timber 

 would be logged over 1766 acres in these sales. 



Four million board feet would come out of this one Wallowa 

 Valley sale, with damage covering 1470 acres. 



The Twin Lakes Fire Salvage Sale involves logging of green 

 and dead trees, v^rith construction of some temporary roads. 

 Twenty one thotasand acres in the Lake Fork area would be 

 affected by logging activity. 



Umatilla National Forest 



Contact: Karen Coulter or Asante Riverwind 

 Project, 541/468-2028 



WALLA WALLA RANGER DISTRICT 



Blue Mountain Biodiversity 



93. Grande Ronde: 



94. UmatiUa Breaks: 



The scale of this sale is in fact 'grand," with over 10 

 mmbf of timber resulting from logging on 1,060 acres. 

 Green trees would be cut as a part ot the sale. The 

 units buffer a roadless area and include important 

 wildlife corridors. The sale is in the Looking Glass 

 drainage area, feeding the Grande Ronde River which is 

 critical salmon spawnmg area. 



Another huge sale, 8 mmbf over 1,340 acres would be 

 generated from Umatilla Breaks. Cutting could injpact 

 wolverine and sensitive fish habitat particularly. Tne 

 Breaks is next to the North Fork John Day Wilderness 

 Area. At least 15% of the trees to be cut are green 

 and healthy, and more will be logged due to coverage 

 by misUetoe. 



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