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Frank Rue 



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September 14, 1969 



Site specific observations related to cutting of old-growth 

 prescription areas are as follows: 



1. Uest side of Turn Creek salvage unit - £1 Capitan 

 Passage: This unit reportedly salvaged insect damaged 

 trees in approximately 5 acres bordering anadromous 

 fish habitat in a retention area 3long Turn Creek. 

 Only alders uere left along the stream. Ue uould like 

 the Forest Service to provide a copy of the fisheries 

 biologists report for tne revieu of this unit. 



2. An approximately 340 acre unit (532-107) on the uest 

 side of Red Bay uas cut after development of the DEIS 

 but before the revieu of the 89-94 FEIS was completeo. 

 This unit uas expanded, without state revieu, to 

 include at least 20 acres of retention on the east side 

 of the unit. Very little evidence of bloudcun uas 

 observed in this unit. Thus, an apparently unjustified 

 bloun doun area of retention jas cut as an early entry 

 uithout any state revieu. 



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Approximately 2.5 acres of retention uera cut 



road at mile 4 of FDR 20 east of Labouchere 



acreage uas apparently cut last year across 



from another 8-10 acre "salvage sale" uhich 



not receive state revieu. Red flagging uas 



adjacent to a uetland area at the back line 



high volume "salvage" unit. Only one tipped 



uas evident in the unit, but there uere stumps of 



numerous high-quality Si-ruce. Ue uould like to see the 



EA uhich authorized this cutting and find out uhy our 



Department uas not notified by the Forest Service, a= 



per our previous agreements. 



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 . This 

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 also did 

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Tuo bloun doun eagle nest trees and adjacent retention 

 appear to have been cut on Protection Head. The 

 cutting of this retention timber precluded the 

 possibility of nearby standing spruce serving 3s 

 replacement nest trees. This runs contradictory to one 

 of the intents of leaving buffers around nest trees. 

 Additionally, the tuo nest trees uere bucked and yarded 

 out, uhich appears to have been a violation of the Bald 

 Eagle Protection Act. 



An approximately 5 acre currently active rock pit is 

 located in a retention area at mile 3.5 of FDR 20 east 

 of Labouchere Bay and an approximately 2 acre inactive 

 rock pit is located in the retention area at 

 approximate mile 4.5 of the same road. These pits and 

 other similar instances on the Tongass Forest reduce 

 the effectiveness of retention, uhich may be magnified 



