No Public Disclosure of Old Growth Logging!

The Umpqua National Forest has begun clearing cutting 24 acres of old growth trees in the Lemolo Lake area. The unit is supposedly being cut for a Pacific Orp building.

There was not Environmental Assessment (EA), there was no wildlife surveys nor was there any public disclosure.

It took the agency over a month of regular prodding by Umpqua Watersheds Conservation Director to even answer questions as to what and why they were logging.



Contact - Cheryl Caplan, Public Affairs Officer, Umpqua National Forest
Office -- 541/957-3270; cell -- 541/430-5124, fax -- 541/957-3495
ccaplan@fs.fed.us
Centennial Website -- http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/umpqua/100

Tell her how disgusted and disappointed you are, as once the trees are down, they can not be put back. Make them think twice in the future about cutting old growth trees.

Thanks Francis for the information and photos.