Logging in Ohio's Wayne National Forest Stalled
11/16/98
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Title: Logging in Ohio's Wayne National Forest Stalled
Source: American Lands
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Date: 11/16/98
FOREST FOCUS, the bulletin of American Lands, November 16, 1998
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REMINDERS: The comment deadline on the Headwaters HCP Agreement is today
and the comment deadline on listing the lynx is tomorrow.
LAMB BROOK ACCESS DENIED: Vermont's Lamb Brook area of the Green Mountain
National Forest has been spared from immediate logging and road
construction. The environmental community won an injunction because the
Forest Service's Environmental Assesment was determined to be "arbitrary
and capricious." However, the battle to keep the Lamb Brook wild is not
over. The Forest Service is continuing its Environmental Impact Statement
with the goal of extensive roadbuilding and timber harvests in this
critical habitat for black bears and neo-tropical songbirds. For more
information please contact the Native Forest Network at 802/863-0571 or
nfnena@sover.net
DAM REMOVAL: The Clinton administration and environmentalists agree that
it is time to remove some dams in the Pacific Northwest to meet the needs
of endangered salmon, but they must overcome Sen. Slade Gorton's (R-WA)
opposition, reports Associated Press. The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission ordered the Edwards Dam in Maine removed under a law requiring
that energy needs be assessed in comparison to environmental protection.
Gorton fears a similar fate of dams in the Northwest and has stalled dam
removal by withholding funds in the House Interior Appropriations
subcommitte for the Elwha Dam removal. "What he's done is basically try
to hold the Elwha Dam issue hostage," said Shawn Cantrell of Friends of
the Earth. Scientists and federal officials believe that the removal of
some dams is essential to restore endangered salmon stocks.
BAT STALLS LOGGING: Logging in Ohio's Wayne National Forest has been
stalled because of the discovery of the endangered Indiana bat, reports
Associated Press. Environmental challenges to the Wayne National Forest
Plan have put plans for two timber sales on hold for the past two years,
but a recent Supreme Court decision upheld the right to log these sales,
saying that opponents had to wait until a specific timber sale was
proposed. The Buckeye Forest Council and Heartwood have said they will
sue if the Forest Service does not find a way protect the Indiana Bat.
SIERRA TASK FORCE: Environmental groups have joined forces to create the
Ancient Forest Task Force in response to the Quincy Logging Rider passed
by Congress. The coalition will try to prevent permanent damage to the 2.5
million acres of public forest lands in the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe
National Forests targeted for logging. "We still have opportunities to
stop this train wreck," said Scott Hoffman Black of trhe Sierra Nevada
Forest Protection Campaign. "We can still prevent the environmental
damage and 70 million dollar taxpayer giveaway to Sierra Pacific
Industries through the current environmental review process, through the
courts, and if necessary, timber sale by timber sale." For more
information please contact Evelyn Stivers at 916/442-3155 x216 or
sierra_campaign@friendsoftheriver.org
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