T39S,5W,S16, Continuation of clear-cut ,100 acres, removing 1000 MBF, road construction, treatment of slash using burning, slope of 36-65% with evidence of old slides, northern Spotted Owl seasonal restrictions, headwaters of Goodwin Creek and Lone Creek, Land owner: Michael Riggs, PO Box 550, Meridian, Idaho, 83680, 208-938-3507
T39S,06W,S26, Manual application of a herbicide (Imazapyr) 88 acres near a tributary to Grayback Creek
Land owner: Indian Hill LLC, 200 Corporate Way,Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-476-7525
T39S,R5W,S2 &10,,
Manual application of a herbicide (Atrazine,Hexazinone,2,4-D)120 acres near Swamp Creek and Bill Creek, Cannot apply herbicides within 100 feet
Land owner:SFG HCK Timber Partnership, LP 572 Parsons Drive, Suite 124, Medford, OR 97501.541-494-4400
T39S, R5W, S32 commercial thinning, selective cutting, 160 acres removing 400 MBF Location: Grayback Glades area
Owner is Greg M. Liles 2109 E Vilas Rd. Central Point,Or 97502 541-613-1857
T38S,R5W,S36 Clear-cut overstory removal utilizing cable retrieval on 80 acres, removing 300 MBF,1/2 mile to northern spotted owl site. Tributaries to Cherry Gulch a non-fish bearing stream. Location: This area is east of Williams, noticeable from Watergap and Williams Highway and is a continuation of logging started last year.Owner is Greg Liles,2109 E Vilas Rd. Central Point,Or 97502 541-613-1857
T39S,R6W,S10 Clear-cut overstory removal using cable retrieval on 10 acres, removing 196 MBF with burning of slash. This is a continuation of logging started last year.
Landowner:SFG HCK Timber Partnership, LP 572 Parsons Drive, Suite 124 Medford, Or 97501
541-494-4400
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February 2013
T39S,R6W,S10
Clear-cut overstory removal using cable retrieval on 10 acres, removing 196 MBF with burning of slash. This is a continuation of logging started last year.
Owner:
SFG HCK Timber Partnership, LP
572 Parsons Drive, Suite 124
Medford, Or 97501
T38S,R5W,S36
Clear-cut overstory removal utilizing cable retrieval on 80 acres, removing 300 MBF
1/2 mile to northern spotted owl site
Tributaries to Cherry Gulch a non-fish bearing stream
This area is east of Williams, noticeable from Watergap and Williams Highway and is a continuation of logging started last year.
T39S, R5W, S32 commercial thinning, selective cutting 160 acres with 400 MBF removal
Owner of above two properties is Greg M. Liles
2109 E Vilas Rd.
Central point ,Or 97502
WIVM Environmental Assessment (EA) was made public by the BLM December 18, 2012. Comment period is open until January 28th. Comments received will be considered for the final Decision.
The EA is available for public review on the BLM’s website at http://www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford/plans under the section titled “Documents Currently Under Public Review”.
WCFP is promoting a more progressive approach to forest management that would embrace local values.
We object to the BLMs cutting of trees over 100 years old in natural stands, as the majority of trees are only 102 years old, and recommend a 32 inch diameter limit to provide for wildlife habitat and also foster human relationships regarding aesthetics.
We recommend to drop treatments adjacent to the Lone Creek clear cutting in section 16 . The units adjacent to this clear-cutting to have no treatment to provide a refugia for displaced animals and mitigate “edge” habitat, effects and fragmentations as clear-cut areas recover. Treating BLM areas adjacent recent clear-cuts exacerbates local cumulative impacts. These effects are negative to many species in terms of population densities, gene flow and local extirpation of populations.
The BLM is proposing 4,198 acres of Hazardous Fuel Reduction (HFR) and 824 acres of Pre-commercial Thin (PCT).On average, a mere 23 acres per year burns in the watershed. This hardly warrants the massive fuels reduction with proposed PCT and HFR. There is a huge disparity in the purported threat of wildfire and what wildfires actually do in the Applegate Valley/Klamath Region. We recommend that the decision identify strategic locations for hazardous fuels reduction such as along roads, ridges, and south facing slopes that would be funded with stewardship contracting similar to successfully implemented Deer Willy project that was developed and supported by Williams area residents and others.
Township 39S Range 5W Section 28: Part of 160 acres, Clear cut, Overstory Removal, 500 MBF
Location: Top of Rock Creek
Landowner: Dan Allsup
32935 Ellington Dr
Springfield OR 97478
541-747-9949
