Why are there logging operations along rivers of wet/moist timber in the name of fire prevention – PB/TK
Stealth Logging in the National Forests – By George Wuerthner June 19 2017
Recently I drove up the Lostine River corridor on the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in eastern Oregon and hiked the trail in the Eagle Cap Wilderness giving me a good opportunity to review a Forest Service proposal to log the river corridor.
The agency is using a stealth method of approving the proposed logging called a “Categorical Exclusion”. The CE allows the Forest Service to proceed with logging without the usual public review and environmental analysis.
Why would the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest be using the CE for this proposal?
The reason is abundantly clear. The proposal is based on flawed assumptions about wildfire and ignores the best and most recent fire science that questions the efficiency and effectiveness of fuel reductions.
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