Roadless Red Alert!
o2, 06.06.2006 10:18
Imminent Logging Threatens Oregon's Largest Roadless Area
Breaking news: The Bush administration is planning to auction the controversial Mike's Gulch roadless logging project this Friday, June 9th. Logging could begin within days after the auction.
The Mike's Gulch timber sale would saw into the largest roadless forest in Oregon: the 105,000-acre South Kalmiopsis Roadless Area. In addition to harming the South Kalmiopsis, Mike's Gulch would set a dangerous national precedent by logging roadless forests for the first time since the 2001 Roadless Rule was approved.
In a move to gut the Roadless Rule, the Bush administration has asked state governors to complete complicated petitions to protect roadless forests in their states. While some anti-conservation governors are not participating in the process, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski is currently creating a petition. Despite a promise to provide "interim protections" to roadless forests while petitions are being completed, the Bush administration is moving ahead with roadless forest logging in Oregon.
By charging ahead with roadless forest logging, The Bush administration is breaking their promise, and wrecking the very process they set up. In addition to the Mike's Gulch timber sale, the Bush administration is proposing to saw into the 90,000-acre North Kalmiopsis Roadless Area later this summer with the Blackberry timber sale.
TAKE ACTION
Please contact Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski
1. Thank him for speaking up on behalf of Siskiyou roadless areas;
2. Ask him to seek a court injunction against the Mike's Gulch and Blackberry logging projects
Governor Kulongoski
160 State Capitol
900 Court St.
Salem, Oregon 97301-4047
Phone: (503) 378-4582, Fax: (503) 378-6827
Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Peter DeFazio have not weighed in on the logging of the North and South Kalmiopsis Roadless Areas.
Call them and ask them to:
1. Stand with Governor Kulongoski and publicly oppose the logging of roadless forests in the Siskiyou
2. Pressure the Bush administration to cancel the Mike's Gulch and Blackberry logging sales
Senator Ron Wyden
1220 SW 3rd Ave., Suite 585
Portland, OR 97204
Phone:(503) 326-7525, Fax:(541) 431-0610 (in DC):(202) 228-2717
Representative Peter DeFazio
151 West 7th, Suite 400
Eugene, OR 97401
Phone: (541) 465-6732, Fax:(541) 465-6732 (in DC):(202) 225-0032
Toll free in Oregon: 1-800-944-9603
Call Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth and tell him to:
1. Immediately withdraw all roadless logging proposals in the Siskiyou National Forest including the Mikes Gulch and Blackberry logging sales.
2. Stop breaking your promise! Restore a moratorium on roadless area logging while state specific roadless petitions are developed.
Forest Service Chief Bosworth
USDA Forest Service
1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20250-0003
Phone: 202/205-1661; Fax: 202/205-1765; Email: 
dbosworth@fs.fed.us
Thanks for helping us protect America's Roadless Forests!
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Roadless Rally-This Friday!!! 08.06.2006 - 09:44 The First Roadless Area Timber Sale, Mike's Gulch, is scheduled to be auctioned this Friday, June 9th. This precedent-setting act not only threatens the pristine beauty of the the Siskiyous, but Roadless Areas and ancient forests across the country. Come to the Federal Building in Medford where the auction will be held, and let the Forest Service and the Bush Administration know that you will not stand for the destruction of public lands and the last ancient forests! Where: Medford Federal Building Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest headquarters, 333 West 8th Street Medford, OR When: 9:00am What: A fun, theatrical, family friendly rally! Wild Siskiyou Action>  e-mail:: wildsiskiyou@gmail.com
Pristine??? 08.06.2006 - 11:23 Maybe you should hike in to this "Pristine" area of the Biscuit Fire. Bring back some pictures, I somehow doubt that many of you have even been in there, but if it sells feel free to pack in and set up camp, enjoy the pristine views and hope there isn't any wind. The one thing in favor of "saving" this pristine area is the fact that most of the timber is in advanced stages of decay, as far as lumber recovery. Chane Sau> LIVE REPORT 09.06.2006 - 10:15 Crowd of about 75 people and a long stand of handmade/painted evergreens each representing a roadless area now on the chopping block are waiting in front of the Forest Service office (Medford Post Office building) right now. They are waiting to hear what Timber Baron has purchased the Mike's Gulch Roadless Area timber sale. Mike's Gulch is to be the first of many, each represented by a wooden tree. Next scheduled sale is Blackberry, also in Oregon, in the North Kalmiopsis. On the chopping block besides roadless Areas in Oregon are those in California, Wyoming, Idaho including grizzly habitat, Alaska including wolf habitat, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and other states. protester> Timber Baron??? 09.06.2006 - 22:44 What's your definition of"Timber Baron"? I would hardly call the surviors of the timber industry Barons, research the economics of todays timber industry, put aside the rhetoric, and see where the money really is and where it goes. Chane Sau> |