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Informational Meeting for Westside Post-Fire Logging Project
Karuk Department of Natural Resources 39051 Highway 96, Orleans CA
WHAT: Free Informational meeting and potluck dinner.
In the next two weeks the Klamath National Forest plans to auction off timber sales included in the Westside Project, a large commercial salvage logging proposal that would include logging on about 10,000 acres of forests affected by the Whites, Beaver and Happy Camp fires of 2014.
WHY does it matter to you? Why is it important to participate in the issues that will affect your life and your environment? Because in the long run good policy is made by the people who show up and learn all they can and open-mindedly discuss the options and work for an intelligent outcome, whether they are paid for it or not.
If you live in these mountains and are a close observer of your surroundings, you have probably noticed the vicious cycle of :
1. clear-cut logging of the big old fire-resistant, shade-producing trees
2. plantations that quickly become brush fields due to lack of funds to maintain them in an ongoing way.
3. fire suppression policy that continually increases the size and severity of fires that get away.
4. Fire-fighting strategies that often double the size of the burned area
5. Salvage sales that cost taxpayers more than the government makes on the sale, and in many cases leave huge amounts of slash on the ground, setting us up for the next fire. (And setting the fish up for a hot, sediment-choked, disease-prone environment.)
If you would like to learn about the size, scope and specifics of the Westside salvage sale and discuss potential consequences and potential community responses, you are cordially invited to come to this important meeting.
WHEN: September 11, 2015 at 6:30 pm.
WHERE: DNR-Department of Natural Resources, 39051 Highway 96. In Orleans, CA
WHO: All are welcome. Refreshments and dinner included, but bring a potluck dish to share if you can.
DIRECTIONS:
Headed northeast on Highway 96, go one quarter mile past Orleans and cross the bridge over the Klamath. The parking lot is on the right hand side (Just after Red Cap Road). Cell phones and GPS Navigation systems do not work here, so you may want to map your route. Allow ~2 hours of drive time from Arcata area.
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