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***THP 1-07-157 'VD 08' is a really really bad THP! The area is really unstable, it contains old-growth trees, it contains spotted owl and marbled murrelet habitat, and it is very near Grizzly Creek State Park! Fulfill your right as a citizen to send in your own comments in on this THP while the comment period is still open.****
Comments for THP 1-07-157 HUM are due on 10 December 2007. That is not when you need it postmarked; they need to be in Santa Rosa on that date.
You can also fax comments to: (707)576-2608
or e-mail them to SantaRosa.Publiccomment@fire.ca.gov
( I think that hand written or typed letters snail mail carry the most weight.)
----------Sample Comment Letter----------- (cut and paste into WORD or the text of an e-mail message, and make appropriate changes)
CDF Northern Region Headquarters
135 Ridgeway Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Re: Timber Harvest Plan 'VD 08' 1-07-157 Hum
I am writing to you in regards to the Lower VD 08 submitted by Scotia Pacific Company. Both of these THPs may contain a small amount of residual forest, and both propose even-aged management in the form of clearcut forestry.
This Scotia Pacific THP in Root Creek is approximately 2.5 miles W/NW of Grizzly Creek State Park. Over 45 acres of clear-cut silviculture is planned in this THP, including the late seral and residual old growth that is present in this THP. There are over five spotted owl territories within a mile and a half of proposed units in this THP. Also USFWS released about 20 acres of ‘C’ and ‘D’ habitat for marbled murrelets. New roads will be constructed as part of this THP. Logging is proposed in unstable areas. There are other landowners within a 1000 feet downstream of the plan area. Directional felling is proposed for WLPZs. According to CGS, the majority of Unit 1 is characterized as a debris slide amphitheater slope. CGS also shows an inner gorge / debris slide complex just below and south of Unit 3 and below and north of Unit 4. The western portion of Unit 4 can be interpreted as part of a dormant translational / rotational landslide. A small dormant debris slide is shown at the sw corner of Unit 3. Also a NW-SE trending unnamed fault crosses between Units 1 and 2. Mapping in progress shows this to be a thrust fault.
Northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets continue to decline in spite of efforts to mitigate potential impacts to their habitat. Combined with the fact that the ecosystem protections of the Northwest Forest Plan may be inadequate to protect both species’ populations on public lands, these species are on a downward spiral towards extinction. The cumulative impacts of the continued destruction of spotted owl and marbled murrelet habitat including habitat written off to cutting in Scotia Pacific’s Habitat Conservation Plan may significantly contribute to the eventual extirpation of these species.
Logging and road building in unstable areas will increase the amount of sediment delivered to the Van Duzen, which is an anadromous fish bearing river. The few protections afforded the areas of instability in this THP may not be adequate overall, or in case of a catastrophic event. Trees are what is needed to keep soil on the slope in unstable areas.
Clearcut logging and even aged forest management provides very little habitat for interior forest species, such as spotted owls, for many years after logging is complete. I support select logging for this THP outside of the no cut zones, WLPZs and areas of instability. Protection of any legacy residual large trees is very important according to the findings of many scientists, and necessary for the re-establishment of the forest and its wildlife. Please leave any legacy old-growth trees for the future.
As community members lobby Congress to protect the remaining ancient old growth forests of California, please do not allow Scotia Pacific to liquidate the last unprotected stands and trees of ancient redwoods found on their Northern California timberlands.
Sincerely-
I. Love Forest
P.O. Box 419
Arcata, Ca 95518
Comments for THP 1-07-157 HUM are due on 10 December 2007. That is not when you need it postmarked; they need to be in Santa Rosa on that date.
You can also fax comments to: (707)576-2608
or e-mail them to SantaRosa.Publiccomment@fire.ca.gov
( I think that hand written or typed letters snail mail carry the most weight.)
----------Sample Comment Letter----------- (cut and paste into WORD or the text of an e-mail message, and make appropriate changes)
CDF Northern Region Headquarters
135 Ridgeway Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Re: Timber Harvest Plan 'VD 08' 1-07-157 Hum
I am writing to you in regards to the Lower VD 08 submitted by Scotia Pacific Company. Both of these THPs may contain a small amount of residual forest, and both propose even-aged management in the form of clearcut forestry.
This Scotia Pacific THP in Root Creek is approximately 2.5 miles W/NW of Grizzly Creek State Park. Over 45 acres of clear-cut silviculture is planned in this THP, including the late seral and residual old growth that is present in this THP. There are over five spotted owl territories within a mile and a half of proposed units in this THP. Also USFWS released about 20 acres of ‘C’ and ‘D’ habitat for marbled murrelets. New roads will be constructed as part of this THP. Logging is proposed in unstable areas. There are other landowners within a 1000 feet downstream of the plan area. Directional felling is proposed for WLPZs. According to CGS, the majority of Unit 1 is characterized as a debris slide amphitheater slope. CGS also shows an inner gorge / debris slide complex just below and south of Unit 3 and below and north of Unit 4. The western portion of Unit 4 can be interpreted as part of a dormant translational / rotational landslide. A small dormant debris slide is shown at the sw corner of Unit 3. Also a NW-SE trending unnamed fault crosses between Units 1 and 2. Mapping in progress shows this to be a thrust fault.
Northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets continue to decline in spite of efforts to mitigate potential impacts to their habitat. Combined with the fact that the ecosystem protections of the Northwest Forest Plan may be inadequate to protect both species’ populations on public lands, these species are on a downward spiral towards extinction. The cumulative impacts of the continued destruction of spotted owl and marbled murrelet habitat including habitat written off to cutting in Scotia Pacific’s Habitat Conservation Plan may significantly contribute to the eventual extirpation of these species.
Logging and road building in unstable areas will increase the amount of sediment delivered to the Van Duzen, which is an anadromous fish bearing river. The few protections afforded the areas of instability in this THP may not be adequate overall, or in case of a catastrophic event. Trees are what is needed to keep soil on the slope in unstable areas.
Clearcut logging and even aged forest management provides very little habitat for interior forest species, such as spotted owls, for many years after logging is complete. I support select logging for this THP outside of the no cut zones, WLPZs and areas of instability. Protection of any legacy residual large trees is very important according to the findings of many scientists, and necessary for the re-establishment of the forest and its wildlife. Please leave any legacy old-growth trees for the future.
As community members lobby Congress to protect the remaining ancient old growth forests of California, please do not allow Scotia Pacific to liquidate the last unprotected stands and trees of ancient redwoods found on their Northern California timberlands.
Sincerely-
I. Love Forest
P.O. Box 419
Arcata, Ca 95518
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