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managed matrix areas. For this sale, the Forest Service 

 has cobbled together the parts of the documents that 

 make up the ROD that support timber harvest and use 

 them to justify the sale. In addition, streamside buffer 

 protections have been proposed for cutting without 



iustification. Contact: Dave Werntz, Northwest 

 icosystem Alliance, 360/671-9950. 



5. Canyon Creek: The Canyon Creek timber sale on the Gifford Pinchot NF will 



fragment the stretch of contiguous forest which surrounds 

 Canyon Creek. Unfragmented forests are increasingly rare in 

 central Washington and important for the integrity of water 

 qucility, fisheries, and wildlife. This area has been designated 

 a Key Watershed under the Northwest Forest Plan because of 

 its importance as fish habitat. 



6. Butte Demo: The Butte Demo timber sale on the Gifford Pinchot impacts 



important habitat for goshawk and will contribute to sediment 

 loading of local streams, jeopardizing fish populations. 



Wenatchee National Forest 



7. Tip and 



8. Tiptop: The Tip and Tiptop are Section k sales that were enjoined by 



a Washington court a year ago. The sales are in designated 

 old growth comprised of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. 

 The cutting area contains numerous tributciries to Peshastin 

 Creek, which supports trout and salmon fisheries. The effects 

 on fish, caused the Washington District Court to stop these 

 Stdes. The industry has indicated that it wants to log these 

 sales using the original and illegal contract prescriptions under 

 the logging rider. Contact: Liz Tanke, Northwest Ecosystem 

 Alliance, 206/255-2449. 



Okanogan National Forest 



9. Thunder Mountain: The Thunder Mountain Salvage Sale on the Okanogan 



National Forest in north-central Washington would log 

 3.5 million board feet within the heart of the remote 

 and inaccessible Long Swamp Roadless Area, the largest 

 unprotected roadless area in Washington. AJthough the 

 area burned in the fall of 1994, biologists believe mat 

 the fire will benefit the overall ecosystem which 

 includes grizzly bears, lynx and wolves. 



Because the economic value of the timber is low, the Forest Service is 

 allowing heavy logging equipment to operate over the area's fragUe high- 

 elevation soils, on up to 35% slopes. Recent monitoring data indicate that use 

 of feller-bunchers on slopes greater than 25% leads to unacceptable levels of soil 



