whoops..well, those trees were prolly terrorists anyways

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Forest Service Admits 'Serious' Mistake in Logging Rare Tree Preserve

 

August 25, 2005 — By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Forest Service admitted Wednesday to making a

" serious " mistake that allowed the logging of 17 acres inside a rare tree

reserve as part of the salvage harvest of timber burned by a fire in 2002.

 

The logging inside the 350-acre Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area, created in 1966 to

protect Brewer spruce and other rare plant species in the Rogue River-Siskiyou

National Forest, was discovered last week by environmentalists after the timber

was harvested and a forest closure intended to bar protesters was lifted.

 

Forest Service personnel mismarked the border of part of the timber sale next to

the botanical area, said Illinois Valley District Ranger Pam Bode. Normally

trees are marked with stapled tags and paint to show the boundaries of timber

sales and reserves within them.

 

Spokeswoman Patty Burel said the Forest Service would look into the blunder.

 

Barbara Ullian, conservation director of the Siskiyou Project group that

discovered the damage, said the mistake demonstrated the importance of allowing

the public to monitor logging operations in national forests.

 

" This is no small little slip across the border and a few trees, " Ullian said.

 

The Forest Service closed the area to the public in March after protesters

attempted to block logging roads and sit in trees.

 

The Siskiyou Project counted 290 stumps inside the botanical area, including one

that measured three feet in diameter that was 234 years old, Ullian said.

 

A lightning storm in July 2002 sparked four fires in the rugged Klamath

Mountains of southwestern Oregon. The blazes combined into a single fire that

threatened 17,000 people in small communities of the Illinois Valley and cost

$153 million to control.

 

Source: Associated Press

 

 

 

 

 

a blinding flash

hotter than the sun

dead bodies lie across the path

the radiation colors the air

finishing one by one

[Guest guest]

Blunder my ass! They just sort of missed an area as big as 17 acres?

Personally, I'd check the banking records of the person who made the

blunder!

 

Oregon has almost nothing worth logging left up there. Most of Oregon now

looks like a nuclear waste land. Clear cut after clear cut after clear cut!

And the fire damaged areas are places that most logging operations can't get

into anyway! Now, those nice areas set aside are sure easy to get into.

Doesn't take an Einstein to figure out how come that 17 acres was marked by

" mistake. "

 

Lynda

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fraggle <EBbrewpunx

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Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:45 AM

whoops..well, those trees were prolly terrorists

anyways

 

 

> Forest Service Admits 'Serious' Mistake in Logging Rare Tree Preserve

>

> August 25, 2005 â? " By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press

> GRANTS PASS, Ore. â? " The Forest Service admitted Wednesday to making a

" serious " mistake that allowed the logging of 17 acres inside a rare tree

reserve as part of the salvage harvest of timber burned by a fire in 2002.

>

> The logging inside the 350-acre Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area, created in

1966 to protect Brewer spruce and other rare plant species in the Rogue

River-Siskiyou National Forest, was discovered last week by

environmentalists after the timber was harvested and a forest closure

intended to bar protesters was lifted.

>

> Forest Service personnel mismarked the border of part of the timber sale

next to the botanical area, said Illinois Valley District Ranger Pam Bode.

Normally trees are marked with stapled tags and paint to show the boundaries

of timber sales and reserves within them.

>

> Spokeswoman Patty Burel said the Forest Service would look into the

blunder.

>

> Barbara Ullian, conservation director of the Siskiyou Project group that

discovered the damage, said the mistake demonstrated the importance of

allowing the public to monitor logging operations in national forests.

>

> " This is no small little slip across the border and a few trees, " Ullian

said.

>

> The Forest Service closed the area to the public in March after protesters

attempted to block logging roads and sit in trees.

>

> The Siskiyou Project counted 290 stumps inside the botanical area,

including one that measured three feet in diameter that was 234 years old,

Ullian said.

>

> A lightning storm in July 2002 sparked four fires in the rugged Klamath

Mountains of southwestern Oregon. The blazes combined into a single fire

that threatened 17,000 people in small communities of the Illinois Valley

and cost $153 million to control.

>

> Source: Associated Press

>

>

>

>

>

> a blinding flash

> hotter than the sun

> dead bodies lie across the path

> the radiation colors the air

> finishing one by one

>

>

>

> To send an email to -

>

[Guest guest]

wot do you mean...

there's all those trees left to cut on the side of the freeways!

you know, those strips they left so you wouldn't notice the denuded landscape

behind em!

 

 

Lynda <lurine

Aug 25, 2005 11:53 AM

 

Re: whoops..well, those trees were prolly terrorists

anyways

 

Blunder my ass! They just sort of missed an area as big as 17 acres?

Personally, I'd check the banking records of the person who made the

blunder!

 

Oregon has almost nothing worth logging left up there. Most of Oregon now

looks like a nuclear waste land. Clear cut after clear cut after clear cut!

And the fire damaged areas are places that most logging operations can't get

into anyway! Now, those nice areas set aside are sure easy to get into.

Doesn't take an Einstein to figure out how come that 17 acres was marked by

" mistake. "

 

Lynda

 

 

a blinding flash

hotter than the sun

dead bodies lie across the path

the radiation colors the air

finishing one by one

[Guest guest]

Good thing those 'crazy' conservationists were keeping watch, huh? A tree that was 234 years old, how sad...fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

Forest Service Admits 'Serious' Mistake in Logging Rare Tree PreserveAugust 25, 2005 — By Jeff Barnard, Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Forest Service admitted Wednesday to making a "serious" mistake that allowed the logging of 17 acres inside a rare tree reserve as part of the salvage harvest of timber burned by a fire in 2002. The logging inside the 350-acre Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area, created in 1966 to protect Brewer spruce and other rare plant species in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, was discovered last week by environmentalists after the timber was harvested and a forest closure intended to bar protesters was lifted. Forest Service personnel mismarked the border of part of the timber sale next to the botanical area, said Illinois Valley District Ranger Pam Bode. Normally trees are marked with stapled tags and paint to

show the boundaries of timber sales and reserves within them. Spokeswoman Patty Burel said the Forest Service would look into the blunder. Barbara Ullian, conservation director of the Siskiyou Project group that discovered the damage, said the mistake demonstrated the importance of allowing the public to monitor logging operations in national forests. "This is no small little slip across the border and a few trees," Ullian said. The Forest Service closed the area to the public in March after protesters attempted to block logging roads and sit in trees. The Siskiyou Project counted 290 stumps inside the botanical area, including one that measured three feet in diameter that was 234 years old, Ullian said. A lightning storm in July 2002 sparked four fires in the rugged Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon. The blazes combined into a single fire that threatened 17,000 people in small communities of the Illinois Valley and cost $153

million to control. Source: Associated Press a blinding flash hotter than the sun dead bodies lie across the path the radiation colors the airfinishing one by oneJonnie

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