Washington: Gifford Pinchot NF’s Wildcat Timber sale that will log 2,800 acres

The U.S. Forest Service is planning to sell trees for logging across
2,800 acres in the area of Pine Creek and Muddy River southeast of
Mount St. Helens. Forest Service planners are asking the public’s help
in identifying issues or concerns with the Wildcat Thin Timber Sale.

Written comments should be submitted by Jan. 19 to Ruth Tracy, project
leader, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10600 N.E. 51st Circle,
Vancouver, WA 98686, or by e-mail at rtracy@fs.fed.us. Already, the
Forest Service has identified a concern about sediment sloughing into
fish-bearing streams from the necessary construction of logging roads.
About half the area is designated for producing timber, while the
other half is a late-successional reserve. The Forest Service
indicated that thinning in the reserve will be done to thin out
overcrowded stands, thus hastening the development of old-growth
habitat in the future. The entire area has been harvested, with some
logging dating to the late 1950s through the early 1970s.
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