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REQUEST FOR A STAY A aK 



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The Wildcat Knob Project Timber Sale Decision Notice and Finding 

 of No Significant Impact violate 42 U.S.C. 4223 et seq (herein after 

 called NEPA). This decision violates NEPA, NFMA, and Forest Plan 

 direction. All activities pertaining to the sale must be halted until 

 the Forest Service compiles with these federal regulations. 



Appellants request a stay, for the duration of this appeal, of 

 the District Ranger's decision to approve the Wildcat Knob Project 

 Timber Sale. Specifically, appellants request that the Forest Service 

 halt the offering and awarding of any commercial timber sale, any 

 planning or offering bids for construction and reconstruction of any 

 roads, and further marking of any trees In the Planning Area for the 

 proposed sale. This stay should be granted for the following reasons: 



The Wildcat Knob Project Timber Sale would Irreversibly alter the 

 existing natural character of the creeks In the watershed a rea tha t are 

 part of the water supply for the town of Franklin, namtfly /Popular CoVe 

 and Mill Creek. Wallace Branch would also be damaged. Soli stability 

 would be compromised, stream shading lost, sedimentation would Increase, 

 and the forest would be fragmented, resulting In less fish and wildlife 

 diversity than would otherwise exist if the area were allowed to recover 

 from past logging and road building. 



Visual beauty from numerous sites would be irreversibly destroyed 

 due to the large number of planned clearcuts, and other harvesting 

 methods that would not maintain a continuous canopy. 



The Record of Decision relies on an Incomplete assessment of the 

 environmental Impacts when it concludes that the selected alternative 

 is the optimal management strategy for the Wildcat Knob Project Planning 



