New Pacific Lumber Oldgrowth Logging Plans

Three oldgrowth timber harvest plans (THPs) have been filed by Pacific Lumber since a misleading article claimed that the company was logging the last of it's available oldgrowth. The article was published by the Times-Standard newspaper of Eureka, Ca.
While it is true that the highest quality Marbled Murrelet habitat is being systematically logged, there are certainly many remaining oldgrowth stands. Two of the logging plans are on the Bear River side of Rainbow Ridge and one is on Monument creek near Scotia. The THPs clearly outline the companies plans to log ancient groves of Redwood and Douglas Fir. The majority of the logging will be clearcutting. At least one of the plans calls for "broadcast burning" and the use of herbicides on hardwood trees. The struggle isn't over yet...

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