Washington: More Wildcat logging near Mount St. Helens
A few days ago I posted a Sattelite photo in a post called:
Washington: 30 years after the the mountain blew the land is still
barren
After looking at that photo in case your worried about any trees being left, the forest
service plans to cut some more down to remind you that yes indeed we
really are running out of trees! Especially the trees that grew back
after the first forest got cut down? Well, we will be running out of those soon
as well. Of course thinning makes the forest healthier right? http://forestpolicyresearch.com
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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