Bear Cub Timber Sale

We are very sad to report that the Bear (a.k.a Bear II) timber sale has been logged. It 's heartbreaking to have to share this. Seven of the logged units are in Northern spotted owl Critical Habitat.

Project Status: 
Logged
General Information
District: 
Clackamas River Ranger District
Total Acres: 
207.0
Watershed: 

Hunter, Berry, Cub Creek

Legal Description: 

T8S, R8E sect. 30 T8S, R7E sect. 10-14, 23-27 T9S, R7E sect. 1, 2, and 12 T9S, R8E sect. 6 and 7

Habitat & Species
Habitat & Species: 

S&M Species: Corydentris aquae-gelidaeBotrychium montanum
T&E Species: Spotted Owl 1997 Bi-OpSpotted Owl CHU OR-13Peregrine Falcon
Other Species: deer and elkpine martenpileated woodpecker

Prescriptions
Total Acres: 
207.0
"Purpose & Need": 

The project area contains stands which are growing slowly are diseased and are exposed to repeated storm events which continually damage trees and blow them down. ' 'The objective of the project is to regenerate stands by removing most of the trees and preparing the site for planting. This conversion would result in young productive stands which are capable of growth commensurate with the site 's potential. ' What this argument states is that old growth forest areas grow slowly. Therefore we should cut older forests down and plant young trees that grow quickly. This values forests only for their use for timber production.On Thinning 'Within the planning area there are some stands of second growth trees that are experiencing a slowing of growth due to overcrowding. Approximately 69 acres of 70 year old natural second growth are currently overstocked. If left unaltered this overstocked condition would result in continued reduction of net annual growth and result in stands with reduced vigor and increased mortality. '

Timber Sale Names: 

Bear II (68 Acres, 3.48 MMBF, 4277.64 CCF)
Sold on Jun-04-2004 to Herbert
Status: Logged
Cub (139 Acres, 4.133 MMBF, 7361 CCF)
Sold on Jan-17-2003 to Freres
Status: Sold, but not logged

Restrictions
Restrictions: 

10/1-7/1 : No ground based. Restricted Units: 3,5,6,7,8,10,12,13,15,18,20,21,22,23,24, 25
4/1-7/1 : road construction, harvesting. Restricted Units: 5
5/15-7/1 : road construction. Restricted Units: 5, 18, 20, 21 25
3/1-7/1 : No harvest operations, road construction, use of motorized equipment or blasting . Restricted Units: 12
3/1-8/15 : No harvest operations, road construction, helicopter flight, or blasting . Restricted Units: 18, 19 and 25

Driving Directions: 

Bear Take 224 past Estacada. At junction of 57 and 46, turn towards 46. Stay left at junction with 63. 3 Options 1) Take a right at 4650//4670. Turn left onto 4670. At junction with 4670/4671 turn left on 4671. 2) Stay on 4670 to junction with 4672, turn left. Units are north and south of junction of 4671 and 4672. 3) Or stay on 46 until junction with 4672, take a left on 4672.Cub Take 46 south. Right on 6350. Units above 6350 to West of 46 and off to the south of 6350.

Road Comments: 

Temporary roads would be built. Portions of road 46 and other haul roads are in need of surface reconstruction.

Associated Images: 
Tree with lichen in Bear Timber Sale
View into unit 13 of the Bear Timber Sale to be cut by Herbert Lumber
Herbert Lumber cut the last standing strip of forest on this steep slope in unit 14 of the Bear Timber Sale
Clearcut slope adjacent to Bear Timber Sale unit 15 should be shading aquatic habitat
Stream running into culvert under road 4671 with clearcuts to left and Bear Timber Sale unit 15 to the right
Bear Cub Timber Sale unit
Bear Cub Timber Sale Map
Too much of this!
Consider the understory lost in a timber sale
Freres Lumber will log this healthy diverse forest in unit 20 of the Cub Timber Sale
Cub Timber Sale is made up of older, taller forest in the background. Foreground is forest previously logged and replanted
Logging road into Cub Timber Sale
Cub Timber Sale marker indicating Wildlife Habitat Area
Patches of oldgrowth forest in this heavily roaded and logged area are the forests to be logged in the Cub Timber Sale
Associated Files: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon Bear Timber Sale unit map201.49 KB
Microsoft Office document icon Bear Cub Environmental Assessment (EA)151.5 KB
Microsoft Office document icon Bark appeal of Bear Cub Timber Sale42.5 KB

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