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Oregon Forests at Risk From the Rescissions LoKging Rider 

 July 17, 1996 



95. Swampy: Swampy is a critical wildlife habitat area. The Snake River 



spring and summer diinook salmon runs downstream only 

 four miles away, and the Snake River fall chinook salmon 

 swims 40 miles away. Forest Service documents acknowledge 

 that 60% of the sale is green, with 30-50% crown reduction 



?lanned, meaning a significant removal of canopy dosure. 

 he Swampy sale is a 350 mbf sale over 100 acres. 



%. Fox- An insuffident range of alternatives have been considered under 

 NEPA for the Fox sale. Three million bocird feet will be cut over 

 1,400 acres, portions of whidi are in a roadless area. Eleven 

 percent of the forest to be logged is late and old structure, with 

 green trees planned for cutting. 



97. Curly: Large trees will be taken from 740 acres to generate 6.3 mmbf 



for this sale. Sawlogs (larger mature to old growth) will 

 comprise 33% of the volume. Curly is in a naturally cool, 

 moist forest, not subject to frequent fires. Logging on 180 

 acres of the old growth habitat would remove needed canopy 

 dosiire and cover contributing to the old growth structure and 

 mainteruuice of the moister conditions. Snake River chinook 

 salmon and steeihead would be affected by the sale. 



98. Moe: Over one million board feet will be cut from an area covering 



400 acres. 



99. Umatilla Restoration: Ten million board feet over 2000 acres would be 



cut in this sale which enters a roadless area. 



100. Andies: Logging on 226 acres would generate 1 mmbf of timber in the 



Andes sale. 



NORTH FORK JOHN DAY RANGER DISTRICT 



101. Camas Restoration Project: Tlie Camas Project will log 45 mmbf of 



trees over the next ten years in various 

 large timber sales, all subject to the 

 provisions of the P.L. 104-19 Logging Rider 

 and therefore exempt from dtizen appeal 

 or court review. Snelterwood 

 "prescriptions' are proposed for all units in 

 tne Camas sale. Tnese cuts are virtual 

 dearcuts, usually with only tiny dumps of 

 small trees left, which are then subject to 

 windthrow and overexposure to the sun. 

 Over ten years or less, 45.258 mmbf will be 

 logged from over 15,086 acres. The forest 



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