[env-trinity] Fw: Trinity County roadside fuelbreak collaborative project gets go-ahead

[Denise Boggs]

This project is such a sham. I filed an objection and if I had an attorney for this one I would have litigated it. The entire project area is in designated critical habitat for Northern spotted owls. There are 8 NSO activity centers and every one is below minimum habitat thresholds as established by the FWS meaning they aren’t capable for reproduction - and the FS is going to log each and every one of them an additional 19-38%. They used a bogus white paper developed for private lands that allows “flexible” terms to enable the maximum amount of timber to be logged and avoid issuing “take” under the ESA. They also developed it to be economically viable so over 2,000 trees 24” diameter and over - and up to 150 years in age - will be logged. The Six Rivers NF is currently violating the NWFP for maintaining 10% old growth in each 5th field watershed so those old trees could have developed into old growth in a few more decades. In my opinion these collaboratives simply don’t understand all the implications of the projects they sign off on. Larry Glass is my friend and I have a lot of respect for him but I just don’t understand how the people involved in this project think it’s a good project. And I do not want to see this prescription applied to other areas. The project might be good for industry but it sure as hell isn’t good for the forest or the wildlife that live there.  Larry and I have talked about this and he knows how I feel. But I’d like the people on this list to consider the “other side of the story”. 

Denise Boggs
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> On Aug 4, 2018, at 10:53 AM, Tom Stokely <tstokely at att.net> wrote:
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>> Trinity County roadside fuelbreak collaborative project gets go-ahead
>> MAD RIVER, Calif. – On Friday July 27, acting Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor Elizabeth “Liz” Berger signed the Decision Notice for the 1st 48 Roadside Fuelbreak Collaborative Project (1st 48 Project) on the Mad River Ranger District. The project is the latest in the partnership between the Six Rivers National Forest (SRNF) and the Trinity County Collaborative Group (TCCG).
>> The project is designed to establish a network of linear, shaded fuelbreaks on approximately 821 acres to provide rural communities and residents safer travel zones during wildfire evacuations; allow greater, faster wildland firefighter response and suppression; and reduce the risk of roadside fire starts moving in to high-value forest resources. In addition to fuelbreaks, the project includes reducing stems per acre and creating more space between trees to decrease tree-to-tree spread of fire.
>> “This is the second successful project we’ve worked on with Trinity County Collaborative, and we couldn’t be more pleased with how everyone came together to make this project a reality,” said Dan Dill, district ranger for the SRNF’s Mad River Ranger District. “While we will be cutting trees on this project, the focus is certainly one of safety for our communities.”
>> The TCCG is composed of 55 diverse stakeholders including landowners, business owners, local and regional conservation groups, timber industry representatives, fire safe councils, local non-governmental organizations, federal and county government agencies. The collaborative vision is to build on the success of earlier initiatives to bridge organizations and gain traction to address environmental, economic and social concerns.
>> Larry Glass, executive director for both Safe Alternatives for our Forest Environment and Northcoast Environmental Center, as well as a TCCG member, said, “We hope after the successful implementation of this project, we can begin to see this prescription applied in many other appropriate sites.”
>> The 1st 48 Project decision notice, finding of no significant impact (FONSI), and environmental assessment (EA) are available online at online at www.fs.usda.gov/project/?proje ct=51215.
>> For more information, contact Mad River District Ranger Dan Dill at (707) 574-6233.
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