Highland Fling Timber Sale

The Highland Fling Timber Sale yet another Bureau of Land Management logging project proposed along a popular hiking trail destination. This project is in direct conflict with the goals of the newly formed Molalla River Alliance, a group of concerned citizens in the Molalla area who would like to see the Salem District BLM put a higher premium on recreation, than on destructive timber sales. across hiking trails (such as the Pacific Crest Trail) and across two proposed off-highway vehicle designated areas.

Project Status:

Logged

General Information

District:

BLM Salem District

Total Acres:

760.0

Watershed:

Clear Creek, Foster Creek. Mill Creek, Upper Clear Creek

Prescriptions

Total Acres:

760.0

"Purpose & Need":

From the scoping letter The purpose of this project is to achieve specific objectives identified in the Salem BLM Resource Managment Plan (RMP) for Matrix and Riparian Reserve Land Use Allocations on approximately 760 acres of BLM-administered lands by reducing the denisty of trees in developing forest stands. Other potential activites may include road construction or the renovation of existing roads that access thinning areas and the decommissioning or blocking of roads after thinning.

Driving Directions:

From I-205, take Exit 12A towards Estacada. Follow 224 east towards Mt. Hood. Just after passing through the town of Estacada, there is a turn on the right for Road 211. Units for this proposed logging project are on either side of 211, accessible by roads turning from 211. One of the units is back on 224, approx. five miles after the 211 turnoff and the first left after the Silver Fox Campground. The timber sale project area is located between the City of Colton and the City of Estacada.

Associated Images:

Beautiful Nate Creek in Highland Fling Timber Sale

Nate Creek is a fish bearing stream in Highland Fling Timber Sale

Unit 27 in Highland Fling Timber Sale is home to lots of large woody debris and snags

Nate Creek runs into Highland Fling Timber Sale unit 27 from clearcut private forests

Can you see the clearcut through the trees? This is a view into private forest land

This culvert is too small for a fish-bearing stream. On our visit we witnessed fish upstream

Orange marks the Highland Fling Timber Sale boundary

Community members surrounding the Highland Fling Project area have created mult-use recreation trails

Little Clear Creek in Highland Fling Timber Sale

Highland Fling Timber Sale unit 35 is located adjacent to an old clearcut with Mt. Hood in the background

Concerned local residents walk through unit 35 of Highland Fling Timber Sale on a trail maintained by forest recreationists

Associated Files:

Attachment	Size
Highland Fling Timber Sale Environmental Assessment (EA)	6.76 MB
Bark EA Comments for Highland Fling Timber Sale	271.12 KB
Bark Scoping Comments for Highland Fling Timber Sale	1.11 MB
Clear Creek and Foster Creek Watershed Analysis	6.04 MB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Decision Rationale	2.25 MB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Handout	617.08 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Scoping Notice	1.14 MB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 35 Map	464.18 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 1 Map	445.19 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 21 Map	366.13 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 27 Map	406.76 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 18 Map	613.56 KB
Highland Fling Timber Sale Scoping Map	769.33 KB

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