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  • From: eric + michiko <emstorm@metro.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Actions you can take to help preserve Wilderness
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 08:49:47 -0700

I have recieved a couple different notices about this and thought it was important enough to send. It doesn't take long to make yourself heard, especially from the website at the Wilderness Society (link below). July 26th is the deadline, so please take a moment. Thanks!

Eric:


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PROPOSAL WOULD DOUBLE LOGGING IN 3 NATIONAL FORESTS
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a logging plan in three national
forests in California's northern Sierra Nevada that would increase logging
by 157%. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Quincy
Library Group plan also admits that the "Proposed Preferred Alternative"
could harm spotted owls and other sensitive wildlife, and would require 100
miles of new roads and reconstruction of *1000* miles of roads.
We need your help to convince the Forest Service to adopt a different plan
-- ALTERNATIVE FIVE, which would adequately protect old growth forests,
wildlife, rivers and streams, and the overall environment of the area which
is key to the health of the regional economy. Alternative FIVE is the only
plan that implements the new direction for the Forest Service charted by
its Chief, Mike Dombeck.
Send your comments By July 26th to the Forest Service via email from
<http://www.wilderness.org/ccc/california/quincyproposal.htm>http://www.wilderness.org/ccc/california/quincyproposal.htm or see below
for more details.
BACKGROUND
Despite opposition of more than 140 conservation groups, the Quincy plan
was approved by Congress last November after being attached to the huge
appropriations bill in the final minutes of the last congressional session.
The Quincy plan will change forest management on the Plumas, Lassen, and
part of the Tahoe National Forests - 2.5 million acres of public land, an
area larger than the state of Rhode Island.
TAKE ACTION
The Forest Service is accepting comments on the DEIS through July 26th. To
send an email or for more information, go to
<http://www.wilderness.org/ccc/california/quincyproposal.htm>http://www.wilderness.org/ccc/california/quincyproposal.htm, or use the
addresses below. Points to include in your letter or email:
Please urge the Forest Service to adopt ALTERNATIVE FIVE for the Quincy
Pilot Project DEIS. Specifically, the Forest Service should adopt a plan
that:
1. Protects wildlife like spotted owls and all their old-growth forest
habitat;
2. Fully protects streamside areas as outlined in the Sierra Nevada
Ecosystem Project (SNEP) report;
3. Protects all roadless areas 1000 acres and larger;
4. Minimizes intensive logging practices, which even the DEIS predicts
would harm wildlife and streams;
5. Increases use of prescribed fire to reduce wildlife threat;
6. Is consistent with the pending Sierra-wide National Forest planning
process; and
7. Implements the new direction for the Forest Service charted by Chief
Dombeck.
Send your comments to:
David Peters, Project Manager
Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act Pilot Project
USDA Forest Service
P.O. Box 11500, Quincy, CA 95971
E-mail: fract/r5_plumas@fs.fed.us
Please send a copy of your letter to:
Michael Dombeck, Chief, USDA Forest Service
14th St. & Independence Ave., SW, Wash., DC 20250
E-mail: Mike.Dombeck/wo@fs.fed.us
THANKS FOR TAKING ACTION TODAY!
For more information about the Quincy plan or the Sierra-wide forest
planning efforts, or for a free copy of The Wilderness Society's Citizens'
Guide to the SNEP report, contact Louis Blumberg (louis_blumberg@tws.org)
or Jay Watson (jwatson@tws.org) at the California office of The Wilderness
Society, 415-561-6641.
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An archive of past WildAlerts can be found at
<http://www.wilderness.org/wildalert/wildalerts.htm>http://www.wilderness.org/wildalert/wildalerts.htm
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