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Six Rivers National Forest 

 ?. Deadwood Green Timber Sale 



Ranger Disrnct 



Lower Trinity 



Volume (mmbf) 



4 



Project Acres 



N/A 



Logging Acres 



N/A 



Location 



This sale is located in the Grouse Creek watershed. 



Impact 



This sale, still in the early stages of planning, will cut four million board feet of live trees that are in old growth 

 habitat or on terrain set aside by the Northwest Forest Plan for use in experimental forestry to enhance old 

 growth. The sale site is in a Key Watershed that provides high quality habitat for imperiled fish. Grouse Creek 

 provides clear, cool water to the south fork of the Trinity River, which has also been designated as critical habi- 

 tat for a threatened anadromous fishery. 



Private landowners own most of the watershed, which has been heavily logged as a result. High sediment 

 loads already exist in the creek from a natural landslide. This problem will be greatly exacerbated by new 

 logging. Sedimentation from logging and roads will reduce the productivity of this fishery if not destroy it 

 completely. 



For additional information: 



Connie Stewart. Northcoast Environmental Center, 707/822 6918 



Healthy old growth i 

 (Anthony Ambrose) 



t key watershed. 



In the Henry Fire Salvage, on the Six Rivers, several 

 live large trees were cut, almost all with zero fire 

 damage. (Anthony Ambrose) 



