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Mendocino National Forest 

 1?. Kop/Gibson Green Timber Sale 



Ranger District Volume <mmbf) Project Acres Logging Acres 



Stonyfcrd 6 722 N/A 



Location 



This sale is located in the headwaters of the Eel River, due west ot the town of Elk Creek, and between 

 Willows and Covelo. 



Impact 



According to the recently released Environmental Assessment, Kop/Gibson will violate the Northwest Forest 

 Plan's Standards and Guidelines for unmapped Late Succcssional Reserves by removing 158 acres of suitable 

 spotted owl habitat from all ten unmapped LSRs within the sale area. The EA further admits that "[t]he habi- 

 tat of the spotted owl, goshawk, marten, fisher, and pileated woodpecker is naturally fragmented on the 

 Mendocino National Forest. The habitats have been further fragmented from past timber harvesting on both 

 public and private lands. The combination of the Kop, Gibson and the Flat Timber Sales will cause more 

 fragmentation of these species habitat." This timber sale should not be allowed to further fragment known 

 spotted owl nesting areas in light of the Upper Main Eel Watershed Analysis' conclusion that Northern spot- 

 ted owls in the area are suflfering from "a downward population trend or a lack of habitat." The Forest Service 

 has failed to consider the adverse cumulative and secondary effects of the Kop/Gibson timber sale. 



For additional information: 



Don Morris, Willits Environmental Center, 707/459 4715 



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