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Mendocino National Foresf 

 13. Coyote Salvage Sale 



Ranger District 



Covelo 



Volume (mmbf) 



N/A 



Projett Acres 



N/A 



Logging Acres 



N/A 



Location 



This sale is approximately 1 5 air miles southeast of Covelo. 



Impact 



The Coyote sale will remove approximately 400 thousand board feet of windthrow salvage in a Late 

 Succesional Reserve of a Key Watershed. Natural forests need insects, disease, and dead and dving trees to be 

 whole and "healthy". The dead trees are targeted by micro-organisms that quickly begin to reduce the trees 

 to their basic elements, providing nutrients to the soil. By exporting all the dead and dying trees from the for- 

 est, the Forest Service is compromising the fertility of the system. 



The Forest Service intends to remove windthrow trees that have fallen on roads. However, one of the man- 

 agement goals of Key Watersheds is to close existing roads. To this end, fallen trees are beneficial. Fallen trees 

 should not be considered as salvage but rather as material needed for watershed restoration. 



For additional information: 



Don Morris, Willits Environmental Center, 707 14')^ 4715 

 Rvan Henson, California Wilderness Coalition, 916/758 0380 



Bare iandsciif>e rmiaiuing afrer a mivage hogging operation. (Anthony Ambrose) 



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